ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has decided to hold local government polls in Punjab in the last week of April 2023, an ECP spokesperson said on Wednesday, pinning the holdup on delaying tactics. Quoting the minutes of a meeting chaired by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Sikandar Sultan Raja, to review the Punjab local elections schedule, the spokesman said a consensus to this effect was reached after detailed consultations. According to the spokesperson, the meeting was informed that local government laws were changed twice due to which the ECPRead More

DNA ISLAMABAD, NOV 30: As the Rabi season approaches and sowing is underway in various parts of Pakistan, the Higher Education Commission (HEC) has appreciated the role of agriculture universities across the country in supporting the farming community and has urged them to enhance their facilitation to farmers and guide them to take right decisions to gain bumper yields of grains, pulses, vegetables and oilseed crops. HEC has advised the universities to adopt unconventional methods for enhancing the agricultural productivity by setting up bootcamps to train housewives and farmers. InRead More

DNA ISLAMABAD, NOV 30: Youth being the most vital asset of the nation, with Pakistan having more than 60 per cent of its population under 30 years of age – potentially an important demographic dividend – needs to be engaged positively and prepared to take up the challenges of upcoming era, empathetically and systematically. The views were expressed by speakers at a ceremony organized by Youth Impact, a not-for-profit social development organization, at a local hotel, to showcase and acknowledge 75 peacebuilding projects undertaken by youth leaders it trained fromRead More

DNA Rawalpindi: The Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) has emphasized that as no nation in the world could progress without focusing on research, the youth should promote a culture of research in all walks of life. RCCI Acting President Muhammad Hamza Sarosh who was invited as a Chief Guest on 7th Multidisciplinary Student Research International Conference at University of Wah, said that information and digital technologies were the future technologies in which the new generation of Pakistan should acquire special expertise to enable them to serve the countryRead More

DNA PESHAWAR, Nov 30 (APP): The Regional Meteorological Center Peshawar on Wednesday predicted that mainly cold and dry weather is expected in most districts of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, while very cold in hilly areas and upper parts of the province. It said that moderate to dense fog is likely to occur over Swabi, Mardan, Nowshera, Charsadda, Peshawar and D.I. Khan districts, as well as over Peshawar to Swabi motorway during late night and morning hours. Hence, travelers on the motorway and national highways are advised to avoid unnecessary travelling andRead More