ISLAMABAD, JUN 18: A day after PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari rejected the recently unveiled budget, Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal on Sunday stressed that coalition partners should discuss government decisions in the cabinet instead of criticising them in political rallies. The differences among the ruling coalition over the federal budget came to the fore on Saturday when the foreign minister indicated that his party would not vote for the budget unless their concerns were addressed. Bilawal passed these remarks during a rally in the Khwazakhela area of Swat. He said theRead More

ISLAMABAD, Jun 18 (DNA): The Prime Minister’s National Innovation Award(PMNIA), a flagship initiative under the PM Youth Programme to supportearly-stage startups from across Pakistan, is currently underway inIslamabad. The idea-pitching stage of the highly anticipated event was held at theNational University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) from June 17through June 18. As many as 256 shortlisted candidates from across the country pitchedtheir innovative ideas before an esteemed panel of judges at NUST. The competition will culminate in to the National Award Ceremony at thePrime Minister’s Office on June 19 (Monday).Read More

The sayings of Prophet Mohammad P.B.U.H are the right path of beacon for promoting peace QAZI SHOAIB KHAN DNA ATTOCK (JUNE-18) – Eminent Islamic world spiritual scholar and custodian of religious tomb of Darbar e Alyia Eidgah Sharif Peer Mohammad Naqeeb ur Rehman on Sunday while addressing the weekly teaching session of Hadith Mubarak has said that the sayings of Hazrat Mohammad P.B.U.H are the right path of beacon for promoting peace, stability to forge hegemony and unity among the various ranks of our society. Highlighting the salient features ofRead More

ISLAMABAD, JUN 18: In light of the recent Greece boat tragedy, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday directed law enforcement agencies (LEAs) to trace those involved in human smuggling. On Wednesday, an overloaded boat — with around 750 people on board according to a European rescue support charity — sank in open seas off Greece. Many Pakistanis are feared dead although the exact number has not yet been officially confirmed. The Foreign Office said on Saturday that 12 Pakistanis had been found alive as National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervaiz AshrafRead More

ISLAMABAD, JUN 18 (DNA): Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb on Sunday said that the revival and expansion of Pakistan’s film industry were vital to project the national narrative through screen tourism. “Screen tourism presents an opportunity to spread the narrative of Pakistan, as seen in the successful examples of Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Iran, where budding film industries have thrived”, she said while addressing 25 high achievers of the National Amateur Film Festival Award bound to leave for Australia on Monday. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting hasRead More