Monday, March 20th, 2023
Nazafreen, Sarmad Ali elected President, Secy General of APNS
CENTRELINE again elected as Executive Committee member Imtinan Shahid elected Senior Vice President, Aslam Kazi Vice President, Shahab Zubairi Finance Secretary, Munir Jilani Joint Secretary DNA KARACHI: The Annual Meeting of the APNS General Council held on March 20, 2023 at APNS House, Karachi unanimously elected Nazafreen Saigol Lakhani as President, Imtinan Shahid as Senior Vice President, Muhammad Aslam Kazi as Vice President, Sarmad Ali as Secretary General, S.M. Munir Jilani as Joint Secretary and Shahab Zuberi as Finance Secretary of the Society. The AGM was held under the chairmanshipRead More
Neha Mankani named as U.S. Mission Pakistan’s 2023 “Woman of Courage”
DNA Islamabad, MAR 20: U.S. Mission Pakistan Deputy Chief of Mission Andrew Schofer named Pakistani midwife Neha Mankani as U.S. Mission Pakistan’s 2023 “Woman of Courage” at an event commemorating Women’s History Month on March 20. Mankani, an alumna of the U.S. government-funded Fulbright Program, established the Mama Baby Fund in 2019 to support new mothers who could not afford prenatal and postnatal care. In fall 2022, she and her team courageously stepped in to serve pregnant women and babies in need in Sindh Province. She traveled to internally displacedRead More
5th VCs Forum concludes with resolve to transform higher education in the Islamic world
Islamabad, MAR 20 /DNA/ – The 5th Vice-Chancellors’ Forum of Universities in the Islamic World concluded in Islamabad on Monday. Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives, Mr. Ahsan Iqbal chaired the closing ceremony. Over 200 Vice Chancellors, including 40 from 20 different OIC countries, participated in the VC Forum that was jointly organized by Higher Education Commission (HEC), COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI), Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO), Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training and British Council, Pakistan. Speaking at the occasion, Mr. Ahsan IqbalRead More
DMA assures to address encroachments and other issues of traders
Islamabad, MAR 20 /DNA/ – The encroachment in markets are creating hurdles in smooth growth of business activities and DMA should take the concerned market associations on board to remove all encroachments from the local markets. This was said by Ahsan Zafar Bakhtawari, President, Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry while talking to Yasir Farhad, Director Municipal Administration, CDA during his visit to ICCI. Ahsan Bakhtawari said that a week schedule in coordination with market associations should be developed to survey the local markets for removal of encroachments. He saidRead More
Ex-Saudi envoy Ali Asseri urges political leaders to reconcile differences
DNA ISLAMABAD, MAR 20: Ali Asseri, the former Saudi ambassador to Pakistan, has appealed to the political leaders in the government and the opposition to reconcile differences in the larger national interest. In his article published by the Arab News, he argued that current political polarization is ripping the nation when it is facing the most severe economic crisis in history. “With political conflict and economic crisis reinforcing each other, the end result can only be disastrous. Averting this eventuality requires a renewed spirit of reconciliation and restraint by allRead More
PN Ship NASR reaches Turkiye after completing relief mission at Syria
DNA ISLAMABAD, MAR 20: Pakistan Navy Ship NASR, deployed on international Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) mission reached Mersin, Turkiye after completing relief mission in Syria. The ship will provide relief goods weighing approx. 200 tons to Turkish Officials for distribution amongst victims of earthquake. Second shipment of relief goods is scheduled to reach Mersin onboard Pakistan Navy Ship MOAWIN on 23 Mar. Upon arrival at port Mersin Turkiye, PN ship was received by Governor of Mersin, Turkiye government representatives, Ambassador of Pakistan to Turkiye and Turkish Naval officials.Read More