PESHAWAR: A policeman was martyred on Thursday in a firing attack by unknown persons within the limits of Tangi police station in Charsadda. According to Express News, officer Zarmast Khan was returning home from duty when unidentified persons shot and killed him. The deceased policeman was on night duty at the excise office.. The police had reportedly started a search operation to catch the culprits. The body of the slain cop was shifted to the Tangi Hospital for post-mortem examination. The attack comes a day after at least four people, including a policemanRead More

dna Rawalpindi – A live painting competition on the theme “Women Move Mountains” marked the opening of a two-week long 12th edition of Pakistan Mountain Festival (PMF) on Thursday at the Fatima Jinnah Women University. The festival is an annual flagship event of Development Communications Network (Devcom-Pakistan) to commemorate the UN’s International Mountains Day (IMD) that falls on December 11. As many as 34 girl-students and two boys enthusiastically participated in the live painting competition. The participating institutions included Fatima Jinnah Women University, National College of the Arts (NCA), RawalpindiRead More

DNA Islamabad.A Cultural Night was organized today at Jinnah Convention Center, Islamabad, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of establishment of Diplomatic Relations between Pakistan and Türkiye.  Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ms. Hina Rabbani Khar graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. In her remarks, the Minister of State stated that Pakistan and Türkiye have been brothers, friends and partners. The inseparable bonds of common faith, history, and culture have been reinforced by mutual trust and cooperation on critical issues. The strength of Pakistan-Türkiye relationship is anchored in affectionRead More

ISLAMABAD: The demand for conducting the special audits of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) put forward by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was turned down by the auditor general of Pakistan (AGP), The News reported. The report stated that the demand to special audits of SOEs, including Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGCL), Hyderabad Electric Supply Corporation (Hesco) and Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco), under the argument that any audit as proposed without considering terms of reference (ToRs) and specified risk areas will only be a duplication of efforts with the same observations/results. “The cash-bleeding energy sector hasRead More

ISLAMABAD: The State Bank of Pakistan’s (SBP) refusal to issue letters of credit (LCs) may trigger a medicine shortage as local banks are not issuing the document required for the import of raw material and medical devices due to dollar liquidity crunch, pharmaceutical manufacturers have warned, as per The News. “The State Bank Pakistan (SBP) has verbally conveyed to all local banks not to open LCs for the import of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) due to shortage of dollars in the country. We have the money to buy medicines’ raw material from abroadRead More

ISLAMABAD: Russia refused to give Pakistan a 30-40% discount on Russian crude oil, saying that it could not offer anything right now as all volumes were committed, The News reported Thursday.  The Pakistan delegation — comprising of State Minister for Petroleum Musadik Malik, joint secretary and officials of the Pakistan Embassy in Moscow — asked for a discount during talks in Moscow. The talks ended with no cogent conclusion but the Russian side promised to consider Pakistan’s demand and to share its mind later on through diplomatic channels. However, sources said that Russia can offer crude at the ratesRead More