Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif addressing the launching ceremony of Prime Minister’s Health Program for journalists, media workers, artists and technical resource workers
Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif distributing health insurance cards among the working journalists, media workers, artists and technical resource workers
Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif distributing health insurance cards among the working journalists, media workers, artists and technical resource workers
Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif distributing health insurance cards among the working journalists, media workers, artists and technical resource workers
Haroon wants to make nation proud by winning more laurels
ISLAMABAD, Aug 08 (APP): Young talented table tennis player Haroon Ijaz wanted to make the nation proud by winning laurels for the country at national and international levels.
Haroon, who won a gold medal in table tennis at National Special Olympics Games last year, said he would make the nation proud if he gets a chance to represent the country in the future.
“I excelled in the table tennis competition of the National Sports Olympics Games and bagged a gold medal. The Games were played in Rawalpindi from September 18 to 20 last year. Around 50 special children from schools across the country participated in the event,” he said.
“Three other school-level competitions were also organized in Lahore, Faisalabad, and Karachi during the past four to six months in which, I also performed brilliantly and won gold medals in all three events”.
“I’m grateful to the government for giving opportunities to special children to participate in the games. I will soon participate in the table tennis event in Karachi,” he said in an interview with APP.
Haroon, who was a resident of District Bagh, Azad Kashmir is currently studying here at the National Training Center for Special Persons School.
“I am a student of class 8 and along with studies, I also participate in sports competitions, and at the moment I am also learning music in school,” he said.
He said his father was retired from Punjab Bank, and they were two brothers. My elder brother has done matriculation while I am still studying in 8th standard, he said.
Haroon said he had a stutter in his tongue, due to which he faced difficulty while speaking. “I will soon participate in the table tennis event to be held in Karachi, for which I’m preparing”. The National Training Center for Special Persons is fully supporting me in school-level competitions. If I got a chance I would make my country proud.
He said he also wanted to participate in national-level table tennis competitions but encouragement was needed by the government and federation.
It is pertinent to mention, Haroon performed brilliantly in the National Special Olympics Games last year, which was an example for other special children. If special children were given opportunities in games, they could play their part in making the nation proud.
Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif distributing health insurance cards among the working journalists, media workers, artists and technical resource workers
Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif distributing health insurance cards among the working journalists, media workers, artists and technical resource workers
Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif distributing health insurance cards among the working journalists, media workers, artists and technical resource workers
Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif addressing a ceremony to launch the website and app “Pakistan Code”
PSX loses 956.42 points
ISLAMABAD, Aug 8 (APP): The 100-index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed bearish trend on Tuesday, losing 956.42 points, a negative change of 1.98 per cent, closing at 47,429.83 points against 48,386.25 points the previous trading day.
A total of 336,078,121 shares were traded during the day as compared to 381,855,144 shares the previous day, whereas the price of shares stood at Rs12.547 billion against Rs 14.528 billion on the last trading day.
As many as 338 companies transacted their shares in the stock market; 47 of them recorded gains and 275 sustained losses, whereas the share price of 16 companies remained unchanged.
The three top-trading companies were Cnergyico Pk with 28,316,392 shares at Rs 3.47 per share; Oil and Gas Dev with 27,785,286 shares at Rs.97.85 per share and K-Electric Ltd with 24,628,760 shares at Rs.2.10 per share.
Khyber Textile witnessed a maximum increase of Rs 55.00 per share price, closing at Rs 949.00, whereas the runner-up was Gatron Ind. with an Rs 8.81 rise in its per share price to Rs 228.99.
Sapphire Tex. witnessed a maximum decrease of Rs 87.31 per share closing at Rs 1077.56; followed by Nestle Pakistan XD with Rs 70.01 decline to close at Rs 6999.99.