Category: National

ISLAMABAD, Jan 8 (APP): Senate Standing Committee, on Planning, Development and reforms Friday stressed the need for resolving issues of non-conventional security threats of the coastal areas of Sindh and Balochistan provinces.

ISLAMABAD, Jan 8 (APP): National Assembly standing committee on cabinet secretariat will meet on Monday (January, 11).

ISLAMABAD, Jan 7 (APP): Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Thursday chaired a high-level meeting on national and regional security.

ISLAMABAD, Jan 7 (APP): President Mamnoon Hussain on Thursday said that the stability of the national economy was government’s foremost priority and it was extending all possible facilities to the business community for that purpose.

ISLAMABAD, Jan 7 (APP): President Mamnoon Hussain Thursday said development of national educational curriculum was very important for forging national harmony, strengthening national bonds, achieving progress and raising standards of education.

ISLAMABAD, Jan 7 (APP): Officers of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) briefed Minister for Interior Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan here on Thursday about ongoing investigation in cases of Khanani and Kalia, AKD Securities and currency exchange business in the country.

QUETTA, Jan 7 (APP): Federal Minister for Planning and Development, Ahsan Iqbal held meetings with the Chief Minister Balochistan, Speaker Balochistan Assembly and leaders of Pashtoonkhawa Milli Awami Party and National Party at Chief Minister House, here on Thursday.

RAWALPINDI, Jan 7 (APP): Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Bin Ahmed Al Jaber, who arrived on Thursday on an official visit to Pakistan, called on Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif here at the General Headquarters.

ISLAMABAD, Jan 7 (APP): Pakistan and Saudi Arabia Thursday agreed to make a concerted effort to promote multi-faceted cooperation and work together to defeat their common enemy – terrorism and extremism.

ISLAMABAD, Jan 7 (APP): Saudi Foreign Minister Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir arrived here Thursday to discuss the situation in the Middle East following its estranged ties with Iran.

ISLAMABAD, Jan 7 (APP): Minister of State for Information Technology and Telecom, Anusha Rahman Thursday said that transparency, reliability and efficiency would be ensured in biometric verification system.

ISLAMABAD, Jan 7 (APP): Minister of State for Federal Education and Professional Training Engr Muhammad Baligh Ur Rahman Thursday said that imparting education to each and every child of the country was responsibility of the federal government and provinces.

ISLAMABAD, Jan 7 (APP) : Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) will organized an International conference on research and practices in education  in first week of next month.

ISLAMABAD, Jan 6 (APP): President Mamnoon Hussain stressing the need of betterment of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on Wednesday said the government in this respect would soon introduce new laws, that will bring about positive results.

ISLAMABAD, Jan. 6 (APP): Chairperson Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) Marvi Memon Wednesday said that Pakistan’s economy was gradually getting stable due to prudent policies of the government.

PESHAWAR, Jan 6 (APP): Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms, Ahsan Iqbal said on Wednesday that the government has laid the foundation of Pakistan-US Knowledge Corridor (PUKC) to bring revolution in the field of higher education and research vital for sustained progress and economic development.

ISLAMABAD, Jan 6 (APP): Advisor to Prime Minister on National History and Literary Heritage Irfan Siddiqui on Wednesday said the defusing tension between Iran and Saudi Arabia was Pakistan’s top priority.

ISLAMABAD, Jan 6 (APP): Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage Senator Pervaiz Rashid on Wednesday said that the entire nation paid tribute to Aitzaz Hassan, who had sacrificed his life to save fellow students of his school in Parachinar two years back.

KARACHI, Jan 6 (APP): Chancellor, Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology (SSUET) and Chairman Managing Committee, Aligarh Institute of Technology (AIT), Jawaid Anwar has said that the technical education is vital for the growth of any country.

ISLAMABAD, Jan 5 (APP): President Mamnoon Hussain Tuesday said Pakistan would continue to adhere to the principled stand of the right of self-determination of Kashmiri people, which was the basis of its foreign policy.