Monday, July 25th, 2022
President reiterates Pak’s offer to provide online education to students in Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD, JUL 25 /DNA/ – President Arif Alvi has reiterated Pakistan’s offer to provide virtual and online education facilities to the students of Afghanistan through Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) and the Virtual University of Pakistan (VUP). The offer was made when the Minister of Education of Afghanistan visited the President and said that higher education is in dire straits in Afghanistan While talking to Mufti Taqi Usmani after being informed that Mufti Sahib was going to Afghanistan for discussions with the leadership. The President said that since Afghanistan doesn’tRead More
Putin waging ‘war against unity of Europe’: German President
BERLIN: The war Russian President Vladimir Putin is waging against Ukraine is also “a war against the unity of Europe“, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Sunday. “We must not let ourselves be divided, we must not let the great work of a united Europe that we have begun so promisingly be destroyed,” he said in a speech in the western German city of Paderborn. “This war is not just about the territory of Ukraine, it is about the double shared foundation of our values and our order of peace,” he said. But defending theseRead More
PIAF asks govt to prioritize local investors, overseas for SOEs privatization
DNA LAHORE: The Pakistan Industrial & Traders Associations Front (PIAF) has urged upon the government to sell shares of state-owned enterprises to overseas Pakistanis or local investors through stock exchange instead of giving priority to foreign investors to get both dollars and rupees, as in this way the national assets would remain in the hands of Pakistanis. In a statement, PIAF chairman Faheem Ur Rehman saigol said that state-owned enterprises (SOEs) caused a colossal loss of Rs. 692 billion since 2017 to the national exchequer due to lack of reformsRead More
Switzerland sees freezing point climb to record high above Alpine summits
GENEVA – Switzerland, which is caught in Europe s extreme heatwave, has seen freezing point rise way above its highest summits, smashing a record set 27 years ago, meteorologists said on Monday. Scientists say human-induced climate change is amplifying the record heatwaves seen in several parts of the planet in recent weeks. Weather balloons rose to 5,184 metres (17,008 feet) above the Alpine country overnight before they found freezing point (0 degrees Celsius, 32 degrees Fahrenheit), MeteoSwiss said in a tweet. That was nearly 70 metres higher than the previous SwissRead More
Punjab CM election: SC rejects ruling allies plea seeking full court formation
ISLAMABAD, JUL 25: Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC) on Monday rejected coalition parties’ request to form a full court bench related to the recently held Punjab chief minister’s re-election case. Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial said that the court needs more legal clarification regarding the formation of a full bench to issue a verdict on the case. The CJP also said that he was unsure whether the decision on the said ruling will be made today. Earlier in the day, the SC had reserved the verdict on theRead More
Power tariff hikes for circular debt control to hit nation’s affordability substantially: Experts
DNA Islamabad, July 23: The power sector of Pakistan has been badly incapacitated by the grave issues of circular debt, which is reflected in the continuous electricity tariff hikes and skyrocketing fuel price adjustments. Not only the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has approved a Rs11 per unit tariff hike for the high-end consumers on the request of the Ministry of Energy, the “flat slab rates” mechanism also has been implemented, burdening the low electricity consumers substantially. This was discussed during a meeting held at the Institute of PolicyRead More