PESHAWAR, Nov 11 (APP): The New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) made history Wednesday at the 2015 IOC Women in Sport Awards ceremony, when it became the first National Olympic Committee (NOC) to be named World Winner.
Absence of bureaucrats, Speaker suspends House proceedings for short time
ISLAMABAD, Nov 11 (APP): Speaker National Assembly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq Wednesday expressed displeasure over the absence of the high officials of four important ministries during the question-hour and suspended the House proceedings for ten minutes.
Ishaq Dar reaches Kuwait city
ISLAMABAD, Nov 10 (APP): Finance Minister, Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar reached in Kuwait on Tuesday to participate the Global Islamic Finance Conference scheduled to be held on Wednesday.
CEC has authority to extend service period of ECP employees: Senate told
ISLAMABAD, Nov 10 (APP): Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Sheikh Aftab Ahmed Tuesday apprised the Senate that the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) was the competent authority to grant extension in service to employees under the rules.
PM, Belarusian PM discuss cooperation in trade, defence, culture
ISLAMABAD, Nov 10 (APP): Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif and his Belarusian counterpart Andrey Kobyakov on Tuesday held a one-on-one meeting and discussed issues of bilateral interest with particular focus on enhancing cooperation in trade, defence and
culture.
Madaris agree to hold audit of their accounts: Sardar Yousuf
ISLAMABAD, Nov 10 (APP): Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Sardar Muhammad Yousuf Harmony Tuesday said that Madaris (religious seminaries) had agreed to hold audit of their accounts.
Govt committed to socio-economic uplift of deprived segments: Marvi Memon
ISLAMABAD, Nov 10 (APP): Present Government under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has resolved to utilize all resources for the welfare of downtrodden and deprived segments of society to address the issue of poverty in the country.
Foreign exchange rates
KARACHI, Nov 10 (APP): The Exchange Rates Committee of Financial Markets Association of Pakistan issued the following exchange rates bulletin here on Tuesday.
Currency rates of NBP
KARACHI, Nov 10 (APP): Following are the selling/buying rates of major currencies issued by the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) here on Tuesday.
Unprecedented savings, continuity in power projects to glow every home: PM
BALLOKI (KASUR), Nov 10 (APP): Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Tuesday said that the unprecedented savings of Rs 110 billion in three re-gasified power projects and continuity in their completion would brighten up every home in the country.