Sunday, August 20th, 2023
31st FISU Games activates new momentum for Chengdu’s development
By Li Kaixuan, People’s Daily Games of the Chengdu Universiade are exciting and thrilling, while in the streets and alleyways of Chengdu, scenes of people living in peace and contentment can be seen everywhere. The Chengdu Universiade just infused youthful vigor into the city, giving it new splendor and vitality. The sports event has made Chengdu more beautiful and livable. It marks the first time that a city in western China hosts a major international comprehensive sports event. To hold it, Chengdu has built featured blocks and new public serviceRead More
ICCI, CDA launch tree plantation drive from F-6 Markaz
Islamabad, AUG 20 /DNA/ – Chairman CDA Noorul Amin Mengal along with President Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry Ahsan Zafar Bakhtawari and Director General Environment Protection Agency Ms. Farzana Altaf Shah visited Islamabad’s posh commercial center F-6 Markaz and launched a tree plantation drive from markets by planting a saplings in the Supermarket. F-6 Markaz Traders Welfare Association President Shahzad Shabbir Abbasi, Secretary General Aqib Abbasi, Khalid Chaudhry, Saifur Rahman Khan, Akhtar Abbasi, Malik Shabbir Awan, Imtiaz Abbasi and others were also present on the occasion. Chairman CDA tookRead More
Unstable Rupee keeps damaging economy amid tough IMF conditions
Anjum Nisar says rupee emerges as worst performing currency in Asia, registering 26% decline in a year KARACHI, AUG 10 /DNA/ – The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry’s Businessmen Panel (BMP) has said that the unstable rupee value and its massive fall continued to damage the economy, as the local currency has hit a new all-time low mark against US dollar in the interbank market amidst rising energy cost and escalating markup rate owing to tough conditions of the International Monetary Fund, devaluing the rupee by 1.96%Read More
Cipher case: Asad Umar ‘arrested’ from Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Asad Umar has been arrested from Islamabad in the cipher case, sources told on Sunday, as the authorities ramp up efforts to resolve the pressing matter. Umar’s arrest comes a day after senior party leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi and PTI Chairman Imran Khan were arrested in connection with an investigation. Khan — ousted via a parliamentary vote in April last year — had alleged on March 27, 2022, that Washington orchestrated a plan to remove him from office — and brandished the cipher at aRead More
BREAKING: ‘As God is my witness’: President Alvi says he did not assent to bills amending Army Act, secrets law
ISLAMABAD, AUG 20: In a startling turn of events, President Arif Alvi said on Sunday that he did not sign the bills amending the Official Secrets Act and the Pakistan Army Act into law as he “disagreed with these laws”. He alleged that his staff “undermined” his will and command. In a post on social media platform X (formerly Twitter), Alvi said: “As God is my witness, I did not sign Official Secrets Amendment Bill, 2023 and Pakistan Army Amendment Bill, 2023 as I disagreed with these laws.” The presidentRead More
China to make greater contributions to building clean, beautiful world
By Ren Ping, People’s Daily Waliguan Mountain is located in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which is often referred to as “the roof of the world” and features an average altitude of over 3,800 meters above sea level. On the top of the mountain stands the China Global Atmosphere Watch Baseline Observatory, the highest baseline observatory in the world and the only one in the hinterland of Eurasia. In the nearly 30 years since the observatory was established in 1994, generations of meteorologists have worked tirelessly day and night, producing the “WaliguanRead More