Wednesday, October 21st, 2026
NHMP organizes White Cane safety awareness session in Islamabad
The session brought together road safety professionals, mobility trainers, and members of the visually impaired community to highlight the importance of creating a safer and more accessible road environment for all citizens DNA ISLAMABAD: The Road Safety Awareness Unit (RSAU) of the National Highways & Motorway Police (NHMP) coordinated a special White Cane Safety Awareness Session in collaboration with the National Mobility & Independence Training Centre (NMITC) at the DLA Hamid Shakeel Auditorium in Islamabad. Organized in connection with White Cane Safety Day, the event aimed to promote inclusive roadRead More
Tajikistan calls for stronger security, economic cooperation within SCO
ASTANA Oct 21: Tajik President Emomali Rahmon met with heads of delegations from member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) who had arrived in Dushanbe for a meeting of the SCO Council of Heads of Government, Qazinform News Agency reports.Welcoming the participants, Rahmon said current global developments underscore the importance of the SCO as a platform for constructive dialogue and mutually beneficial cooperation. “We are interested in further strengthening the Organization’s role in ensuring peace and stability, sustainable development and an atmosphere of trust throughout its area of activity,”Read More
PM Shehbaz Sharif greets Romanian Prime Minister Luca Niculescu
Centreline Report ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister of Pakistan, Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, has extended his heartfelt congratulations to Luca Niculescu on assuming office as the Prime Minister of Romania. “I extend my most sincere felicitations to H.E. Mr. Luca Niculescu on his assumption of the office of the Prime Minister of Romania. I also express my best wishes for his success in the new office,” the Prime Minister said. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif noted that Pakistan and Romania enjoy excellent bilateral relations founded on mutual respect, friendship, and cooperation. He expressed confidenceRead More
Voice for All: How Two Students Took Disability Inclusion From Classroom to Assembly
By Eshal Amin and Hana Marfani In most Model United Nations rooms in Pakistan, a delegate raises a placard, the chair nods, and a speech begins. It is so ordinary that no one notices how much it assumes: that every delegate can see the placard, hear the chair, read the draft resolution, and follow the debate as it moves. For blind and deaf children, each of those assumptions is a locked door. We started Voice for All to unlock them. When we began working with students at Ida Rieu School,Read More
Norwegian envoy appreciates CDA efforts for beautification of Islamabad
ISLAMABAD, OCT 21 /DNA/ – Sigvald Hauge, Ambassador of Norway to Pakistan, called on Mr. Sohail Ashraf, Chairman Capital Development Authority (CDA) and Chief Commissioner Islamabad, at CDA Headquarters, Islamabad. During the meeting, matters of mutual interest, avenues for cooperation, and opportunities to further strengthen bilateral engagement were discussed. Chairman CDA Sohail Ashraf highlighted Islamabad’s significance as Pakistan’s capital and emphasized CDA’s vision of transforming the city into a modern, beautiful, sports, tourist-friendly, and environmentally sustainable capital. He apprised the Ambassador on CDA’s ongoing initiatives aimed at urban development, infrastructureRead More
HEC facilitates five Pakistan, Maldives University MOUs
ISLAMABAD, OCT 21 /DNA/ – Building bridges through higher education collaboration, the Higher Education Commission (HEC) welcomed the honorable Vice Chancellor of Maldives National University – Dr. Aishath Shehenaz Adam to Pakistan and facilitated the signing of Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) between the Maldives National University and five Pakistani universities to strengthen bilateral academic and research cooperation, academic exchange, institutional partnership, and knowledge sharing. In this connection, HEC organised an MoU signing ceremony at its Secretariat, wherein Vice Chancellor Maldives National University Dr. Aishath Shehenaz Adam signed MoUs with theRead More