Wednesday, January 25th, 2023
Saudi Assistant Defense Minister calls on COAS
RAWALPINDI, Jan 25: Assistant Minister of Defense, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), Major General Talal Abdullah Al-Otaibi called on Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Syed Asim Munir here at General Headquarters (GHQ), the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) news release on Wednesday said.
US targets Google’s online ad business monopoly in latest Big Tech lawsuit
WASHINGTON, JAN 25: The US Justice Department accused Alphabet Inc s (GOOGL.O) Google on Tuesday of abusing its dominance in digital advertising, threatening to dismantle a key business at the heart of one of Silicon Valley s most successful internet companies. The government said Google should be forced to sell its ad manager suite, tackling a business that generated about 12 percent of Google s revenues in 2021, but also plays a vital role in the search engine and cloud company s overall sales. “Google has used anticompetitive, exclusionary, and unlawful meansRead More
LHC summons Punjab, Islamabad IGs over failure to produce Fawad Chaudhry
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday summoned the inspector generals of Islamabad and Punjab police after the authorities failed to produce Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Fawad Chaudhry before it. Fawad was arrested from his residence earlier today after he publicly “threatened” the members of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in a media talk outside Imran Khan’s residence in Zaman Park a day ago. The LHC had ordered authorities to present Fawad before it in response to a petition filed by Fawad’s cousin, Nabeel Shehzad, for the “recovery” of the formerRead More
US partners with KP to boost agricultural livelihoods
DNA ISLAMABAD, JAN 25: U.S. Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission, Andrew Schofer, joined U.S. Embassy Director of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) Lori Antolinez, Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) Representative Florence Rolle, and KP Special Secretary of Agriculture Department Janat Gul to celebrate the successful completion of a $477,876 project to benefit the citizens of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The project developed state-of-the-art training manuals, supported 350 farmers—including 80 women—on improved alternative agricultural technologies, and trained 16 master trainers from the Agriculture Extension Department from Mohmand, Khyber, Bajaur, and Torghar districtsRead More
ICCI for fostering women entrepreneurs to accelerate economic growth
Islamabad, JAN 25 /DNA/ – Ahsan Zafar Bakhtawari, President, Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) said that women are almost half of the total population and government should make conducive policies to enhance their role in the economic activities that would pave way for their empowerment and accelerate the economic growth of the country. He said this while talking to a delegation of women entrepreneurs during their visit to ICCI. Beenish Iftikhar Qadri Founder President Hyderabad Women Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Rizwana Asif President Islamabad Women Chamber ofRead More
Pakistan strongly condemns despicable act of desecration of Holy Quran in the Netherlands
DNA ISLAMABAD, JAN 25: Pakistan strongly condemned the despicable act of desecration of the Holy Quran in the Netherlands on 22 January 2023. It is undoubtedly a provocative Islamophobic hate crime committed under the guise of freedom of expression. Such offensive acts deeply hurt the feelings of 1.5 billlion Muslims around the world and can create disharmony among the international community. Pakistan has always maintained that freedom of expression comes with responsibilities. We also believe that it is the responsibility of national governments and the international community at large toRead More