ISLAMABAD, Feb 19 (APP): Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry paid an official visit to Stockholm, Sweden from February 16 to 19 and led the Pakistan delegation at the final preparatory Sherpa meeting of the 4th Nuclear Security Summit, to be held in Washington DC at the end of March 2016. Besides attending the Sherpa meeting, the Foreign Secretary also met his Swedish counterpart, State Secretary Ms. Annika Soder and other senior Swedish officials on Friday
Foreign Secretary visits Sweden; attends preparatory meeting of 4th Nuclear Security
Classes in Gwadar, Zhob varsities to start in September
ISLAMABAD, Feb 19 (APP): Minister for Planning, Development and Reform Ahsan Iqbal on Friday informed the National Assembly that directives have already beenissued to start classes in Gwadar and Zhob universities in September.
Abid seeks support of provinces, lawmakers to build dams
ISLAMABAD, Feb 19 (APP): Minister of State for Water and Power Abid Sher Ali Friday sought support of the provinces and lawmakers to build dams including Akhorias some 29 million acres feet (MAF) water flown down stream to sea every year.
CCP imposes Rs 26 billion penalties on violation of competition Act
ISLAMABAD, Feb 19 (APP): Chairperson Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP), Vadiyya Khalil Friday said that CCP had imposed over Rs 26 billion penalties on various undertakings for different violations of the Competition Act, 2010.
Pakistanis in Bahrain unite behind new Ambassador
ISLAMABAD, Feb 19 (APP): Pakistani community in Bahrain has warmly welcomed the decision by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to appoint distinguished gulf based Pakistani, Javed Malik as Pakistan’s new Ambassador to the Kingdom of Bahrain.
Hajj 2015: Religious Ministry pays Rs 2.5 mln compensation to scion of crane victim
ISLAMABAD, Feb 19 (APP): Minister of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony has paid Rs 2.5 million as compensation to families of five crane incident victims, who was killed in Makkah during hajj 2015.
Govt ready to hold census in March, NA told
ISLAMABAD, Feb 19 (APP): Parliamentary Secretary for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization, Rana Muhammad Afzal Khan on Friday informed the National Assembly that government was ready to hold population and housing census in March this year in case army personnel were available. He was responding to a calling attention notice of Shekih Slahuddin and others about delay in holding of census in the country, causing grave concern amongst the public.
PSF to hold squash carnival in April
ISLAMABAD, Feb 18 (APP): Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF) will hold a 13-day squash carnival to provide an opportunity to both promising and senior players to participate in exciting contests and learn from squash legends.
Mayweather was too scared to fight with me: Amir Khan
ISLAMABAD, Feb 18 (APP): Explaining the reason for stepping up two weight divisions to challenge World Boxing Council middleweight champion Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez, Pakistan-origin British boxer Amir Khan has claimed that American boxer Floyd Mayweather was “too scared” to agree to a fight with him. Mayweather retired last September with a perfect record of 49-0 and has been continually linked with a return to the sport. Despite meeting long-time rival Manny Pacquiao, the 39-year-old dodged a series of high-profile opponents including Khan during the final years of his career, instead choosing to face Marcos Maidana and Andre Berto in three of his final four bouts.
Nisar gives certificate, cash to injured FC personnel
ISLAMABAD, Feb 18 (APP): Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan here Thursday presented a commendation certificate and a cheque of Rs 300,000 to a personnel of Frontier Corps for countering a terrorist who fired on police at a check post in I 9 sector. The personnel will also receive an amount of Rs 500,000 announced by the government for injured officials.