Monday, July 18th, 2022
CDA Board decides to hand over metro bus service affairs to a private company
ISLAMABAD, JUL 18 /DNA/ – The meeting of the Capital Development Authority Board was held on Monday under the chairmanship of Chairman Capital Development Authority at CDA Headquarters. The meeting was attended by the members of the CDA board. During the meeting, different agendas were taken into consideration and various projects were also approved. The CDA Board during its meeting approved handing over the affairs of metro bus service to a private company at the comparatively lowest rate of all the metro bus services operating in Pakistan. Similarly, approval wasRead More
Marriott Hotel’s culinary team draws discerning crowds with taste for int’l cuisine
ISLAMABAD, JUL 18 /DNA/ – The Islamabad Marriott Hotel, which is known for its quintessential fine dining experience, is proud to welcome a team of International culinary chefs, from around the world. These master chefs belong to Greece, China, Italy, Thailand, Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan. The hotel is delighted to introduce specialty chefs whose authentic creations would certainly delight the palate of food connoisseurs. “We are proud to be the only five-star hotel in the capital serving authentic cuisine” says the General Manager of Marriott Hotel Islamabad, Mr. DavidRead More
Economic Crisis: Lanka Premier League 2022 postponed
Colombo, JUL 18: Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) on Sunday announced that the Lanka Premier League (LPL) 2022 has been postponed with immediate effect. In a statement, SLC said that the decision was taken following a request made by the Innovative Production Group FZE (IPG), the Rights Holder of the tournament, which cited the current ‘economic situation,’ in the country, as not conducive to hosting the tournament. LPL 2022 was scheduled to be held from August 1 to 21, 2022. SLC did not comment on when the league might be held.Read More
ICCI calls for withdrawal of hike in SBP interest rate to save economy
Islamabad, JUL 18 /DNA/ – Muhammad Shakeel Munir, President, Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ICCI) has called upon the government to urge the SBP to withdraw hike in its benchmark interest rate, which has been increased to 15 percent, in order to save the economy from further troubles as this historic hike would badly affect the growth of business activities and cause further slump in the economy. Muhammad Shakeel Munir said that the benchmark interest rate in Malaysia was only 2.25 percent, Indonesia 3.5 percent, China 3.7 percent, BangladeshRead More
Turkey and Security of Middle East
ADHAM KAWA The importance of the Position of the East Sea geopolitically and geopolitically is considered one of the most important factors that push Turkey to pay more attention to the region in terms of Turkey’s national security policy, either now or in the future. To understand the importance of this region geostrategicaly, it is enough to look at the conflict between regional and international forces to impose their power and influence in the Middle East. Many international and regional forces such as the United States, Russia, France, Britain, Italy,Read More
PTI’s landslide win; what went wrong for PML-N
Take the prices of oil, gas, electricity to 11 April when this government actually assumed office. It may be a difficult call but it has to be made if the party really wants to whip up its sagging popularity Analysis Ansar M Bhatti ISLAMABAD: To everybody’s surprise, the PTI has begged 15 out of 20 seats in the Punjab by-elections thus putting itself in a vantage position of regaining control of the biggest province. Four seats went to the PML-N. These four seats for them are a bonus as theseRead More