Category: National

PESHAWAR, Jul 31 (APP):Chairman National Disasters Management Authority (NDMA), Lt Gen Muhammad Afzal here Wednesday said all preparations were completed to extend all out help and assistance to the people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) during emergency situation including floods and torrential rains in monsoon season. Addressing a press conference here at his meeting with Chief… Continue reading NDMA prepares to extend all out assistance to KP in emergency situation: Gen Afzal

ISLAMABAD, Jul 31 (APP):The operational plan of the General Presidency of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque is being implemented by 7,720 teams to serve pilgrims during this Hajj season. The Saudi agency’s teams are providing their services in all aspects of the plan. These include service, engineering, technical, technological, cultural, information, social aspects… Continue reading More than 7,000 teams to serve pilgrims during Hajj 2019

ISLAMABAD, Jul 30 (APP):President Dr Airf Alvi and Prime Minister Imran Khan have strongly condemned the blast in Quetta on Tuesday and expressed their grief over the loss of lives. The President and Prime Minister prayed for the departed souls and early recovery of the injured. They also prayed for grant of courage to the… Continue reading President, PM condemn Quetta blast

ISLAMABAD, Jul 30 (APP):Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday constituted a committee to collect the data of juvenile, women, elderly and disabled prisoners to provide them best possible facilities. The committee comprising the secretary interior, provincial home secretaries and inspectors general of jails, and other stakeholders, would conduct a survey of all the jails for… Continue reading PM constitutes jail reforms committee to facilitate prisoners: Firdous

ISLAMABAD, Jul 30 (APP):Chairman National Assembly Standing Committee on Finace and former finance minister Asad Umar said on Tuesday that the country’s economy was put on the verge of collapse due to former Finance Minister Ishaq Dar’s wrong economic policies. Talking to media persons after chairing the committee meeting here, Asad Umar clarified that his… Continue reading Dar’s economic policies proved disastrous for country: Asad Umar

LAHORE, Jul 30 (APP):First Lady Mrs Samina Alvi here on Tuesday visited Darul Ehsaas (Pakistan Sweet Home Lahore Centre), a project of Pakistan Baitul Maal (PBM), and reviewed facilities being provided to orphans at the centre. She visited various rooms of the centre and met the children. She asked various questions from the children about… Continue reading First Lady Samina Alvi visits ‘Darul Ehsaas’

ISLAMABAD, Jul 30 (APP):Federal Minister for Education & Professional Training Shafqat Mehmood Tuesday said the government was focusing to develop a uniform certification regime which would be recognized and accepted both at the local and international level. Addressing the launching ceremony of NVQF, organized by National Vocational & Technical Training Commission (NAVTTC) here, Shafqat said… Continue reading Govt developing uniform certification regime: Shafqat

ISLAMABAD, Jul 30 (APP):Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser Tuesday said increasing parliamentary cooperation would help achieve prosperity in South Asia and strengthen democratic systems in the countries. He said that the tradition of continuing collaborative synergy between the national legislature of Pakistan and the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Asia region branches for deepening democratic linkages,… Continue reading Parliamentary cooperation to help achieve prosperity in South Asia: NA Speaker

ISLAMABAD, Jul 30 (APP):Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser on Tuesday here chaired a meeting of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Asia Regional Executive Committee and discussed matters of mutual interest with the representatives of member countries. Deputy Speaker, Sri Lankan Parliament, Deputy Speaker National Assembly Qasim Suri, Deputy Speakers of Punjab, Balochistan and Sindh Provincial Assemblies,… Continue reading NA Speaker chairs CPA Asia Region Executive Committee meeting

ISLAMABAD, Jul 30 (APP):Federal Minister for Interior Brig (R) Ijaz Ahmed Shah Tuesday said a zero tolerance policy would be adopted to ensure eradication of smuggling from the country, regretting that the issue has been ignored for the last seven decades. Presiding the 2nd meeting of Anti-Smuggling Steering Committee here along with Federal Minister for… Continue reading Zero tolerance policy to be adopted for eradication of smuggling: Ijaz Shah

ISLAMABAD, Jul 30 (APP):In order to improve governance and service delivery of certain Division/Ministries, the Prime Minister’s Performance Delivery Unit (PMDU) after detailed deliberations has devised a composite tasking document containing proposed interventions; with timelines, in the shape of targeted institutional interventions.

ISLAMABAD, Jul 30 (APP):A ten-member delegation of the European parliamentarians Tuesday called on Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and discussed the deteriorating human rights situation in the Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IOK).