Friday, August 19th, 2022
PBF urged Punjab govt to provide soft loans for uplifting women entrepreneurship
DNA Lahore: Pakistan Businesses Forum (PBF) Chairperson Women Wing, Ayesha Farooqui has said Pakistan’s development road map “Vision 2025” of an increase in female labor force participation (FLFP) from its current level of 25 percent to 45 percent by 2025. Women’s labor force participation is rising across the country; however, significant challenges remains. However anti-harassment laws have played a effective role in providing a safe environment for women in offices, factories and other workplaces and now they feel more confident and can perform their duties in a favourable environment especiallyRead More
From The Diary-Pages Of Rashid Minhas Shaheed
“They tell, talk to a pilot about flying and one will find a true love story.”Asma Ishaq This line goes true about our one young pilot officer: Rashid Minhas Shaheed who happens to be the youngest and only PAF officer becoming recipient of the Highest Military Award-Nishan-e-Haider. Born on 17 February, 1951 in Karachi, this flying officer had got every charismatic mannerism that a passionate flying officer can have. His parents and older siblings had expressed at many occasions that he grew up collecting the fighter- jetmodels and playing withRead More
When Nations Vanish
Dr. Abdus Sattar Abbasi Nations vanish when they obstruct diversity of thoughts and ideas in their lands. Decline becomes their destiny when they try the dominance of single thought or philosophy, the viewpoint of the majority, for the existence in their society. It is even harmful in present times when humanity learned the power of inclusion and diversity. The learning and insight which comes from the participation of all segments of the society has been considered as invaluable for the progress and the development of any group, organization and aRead More
Court orders to keep Gill in hospital till Monday
ISLAMABAD, Aug 19: A judicial Magistrate of Islamabad on Friday directed to conduct another medical analysis of PTI’s leader Shahbaz Gill and ordered to keep him in hospital till August 22, in a sedition case registered by Kohsar Police Station. The court order said that the two-day physical remand of the accused was not started yet and thus rejected the request of prosecution for further eight days remand. Shahbaz Gill was produced before before the court of Judicial Magistrate Raja Farakh Ali Khan by the police amid foolproof security arrangements.Read More
Rise of dollar against rupee is troubling
DNA ISLAMABAD: FPCCI’s Presidential candidate Atif Ikram Sheikh on Fridays said the stability of the dollar against the rupee is worrying as the rupee has not yet stabilized as expected. Steps should be taken to bring the rupee to one hundred eighty or one hundred and eighty-five to a dollar as per the expectations of the business community, he said. Talking to the business community, Atif Ikram Sheikh said that the dollar was worth 215 rupees after retreating for two weeks but now it is gaining strength against the rupee whichRead More
Pakistan rejects India’s ‘deliberate attempts’ at pre-poll rigging in IIOJK
ISLAMABAD, AUG 19 /DNA/ – Pakistan on Friday categorically rejected deliberate Indian attempts of “pre-poll rigging” and “overt manipulation” in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). The statement comes days after the chief electoral officer in the occupied valley, Hirdesh Kumar, announced that non-locals living ordinarily could register their names in the voting list. “Jammu and Kashmir is likely to get around 25 lakh additional voters, including outsiders, after the special summary revision of electoral rolls,” The Wire quoted Kumar as saying. The report added that his remarks drew angry reactionsRead More