ISLAMABAD, Nov 29 (APP): Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) will hold a national conference soon for developing media-academia collaboration to promote community-based research study and introduce new innovations in social sector that relevant to society’s overall development.
Plant Breeders Rights bill tabled in NA: Bosan
MULTAN, Nov 28 (APP): Federal Minister for Food Security and Research Sikandar Hayat Bosan said “The Plant Breeders Rights” bill had been tabled in the National Assembly
to ensure availability of high quality seeds.
‘Belgian heritage award honour for Pakistan’
LAHORE, Nov 28 (APP): Provincial Minister for Minority Affairs & Human Rights Khalil Tahir Sandhu has said that Belgian Heritage Award by Belgium for Sacred Heart Cathedral
Lawrence Road is a great honour for Pakistan.
Dry weather forecast for city
MULTAN, Nov 28 (APP): The local Met office has forecast dry weather for the city and its suburbs during the next 24 hours.
ISLAMABAD, Nov 28 (APP): Chairman Senate Mian Raza Rabbani Saturday visited residence of late poet, writer and columnist Jamiluddin Aali in Karachi and paid tributes to the deceased on his services as member of the Senate. He worked with zeal and devotion to promote national unity and development of the country. While eulogizing his services, Mian Raza Rabbani observed that death of Jamiluddin Aali was a great national loss and the country has been deprived of a patriot and a great literary figure, said a press release. Earlier, the Chairman Senate was received by family members of Jamiluddin Aali. He offered fateha for the departed soul. The Chairman Senate prayed to Almighty to rest the departed soul in eternal peace and grant fortitude to the bereaved family to bear this loss with equanimity. Mian Raza Rabbani remained for some time at the residence of Jamiluddin Aali and sympathized with family members of late Aali.
ISLAMABAD, Nov 28 (APP): Chairman Senate Mian Raza Rabbani Saturday visited residence of late poet, writer and columnist Jamiluddin Aali in Karachi and paid tributes to the deceased on his services as member of the Senate.
PM attends CHOGM’s retreat session on violent extremism
BIRGU, Malta, Nov 28 (APP): Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Saturday attended a retreat session on the second day of Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) that focused the agenda of `Violent Extremism and Radicalization’.
PM’s Health Insurance Programme to be launched in December: Saira
LAHORE, Nov 28 (APP): State Minister for National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination Saira Afzal Tarar said on Saturday the government believed in strengthening of medical institutions and supporting initiatives which would add value to the medical practices in the country.
Finance Minister for enhancing value addition in textile sector
KARACHI, Nov 28 (APP): Federal Finance Minister, Muhammad Ishaq Dar, has called for enhancing value addition in textile sector to help increase the country’s exports.
Rs.3.1 billion disbursed among 50,000 people under BISP: Marvi Memon
BADIN, Nov 28 (APP)- State Minister and Chairperson Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) Marvi Memon has informed that over 50 thousand male and female persons of 290 Union Councils of 44 districts have been benefitted with disbursement of interest free loan of Rs. 3.1 billion under Prime Minister”s Youth Loan Scheme.
CM-Airport Shehbaz inaugurates Instrument Landing System at AIIA
LAHORE, Nov 28 (APP): Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday inaugurated Instrument Landing System (ILS) on the main runway for safe and smooth landing of aircrafts even in fog and bad weather conditions, here at Allama Iqbal International
Airport.