Tag: Community

Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s high-level business delegation, headed by Vice President Junaid Esmail Makda met Shrimati Rita Menon, IAS, Secretary Textiles of India...

Communities need to work closely with health services in the battle against mosquitoes spreading dengue – a serious illness that afflicts around 50 million...

His Excellency Jamil Ahmed Khan, Ambassador of Pakistan to UAE called on Chairman NADRA today here at Headquarters NADRA. The purpose of visit was...

Commerce Minister Makhdoom Amin Fahim has said that Pakistan has achieved a surplus target of $25 billion exports this year despite problems like the...

Traders and industrialists, criticising the present government for taking foreign debts to an ‘alarming’ level of $58 billion, have called upon the business community...

Addressing a function at the PCSIR Auditorium on Thursday, the Rescue 1122 Director General Dr Rizwan Naseer said the Punjab emergency service has rescued...

The Sindh Home Department is introducing the Community Watch Project in the metropolis, and it has finalised the modalities for the formal launching of...

While demanding role of business community in decision making, Pakistan Industrial & Traders Associations Front (PIAF) has urged the government to redesign all economy-related...

A high-level committee, including senior bureaucrats and politicians from the Punjab government, has recommended an overall package of Rs 5 billion for the medical...

TRIPOLI - Countries and regional organizations in the world are calling for immediate ceasefire and political solution in Libya, where forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and anti-Gaddafi rebels chased each other in the UN-mandated no-fly zone.
Algeria's Maghreb and Africa Affairs Minister Abdelkader Messahel Tuesday reiterated, "We endorse an immediate cease fire, as proposed by the African Union in its road map."
"We believe that political option remains the best

KARACHI - The city's police chief was on Saturday directed to revive the community policing system and ensure effective policing in commercial and industrial areas for protecting the business community from extortionists. Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah issued these directives in a meeting with traders and businessmen of the city at the Chief Minister's House. The meeting was also attended by Sindh Home Minister Dr Zulfiqar Mirza, Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Karachi Saud

LAHORE - The government should look to provide an atmosphere conducive to the promotion of business, rather than just focusing at levying new taxes. Promulgation of presidential ordinance for levy of reformed General Sales Tax (GST) and flood surcharge will hurt business activity, showing disassociation of the government from the business community. These views were expressed by the Pakistan Industrial and Traders Associations Front (PIAF) Chairman Sohial Lashari, Senior Vice-Chairman

KARACHI - The Sindh Assembly was told on Friday that community development centres (CDCs) for eunuchs would be established in Karachi, Hyderabad and Sukkur. In these CDCs, facilities of residence and food would be made available, and eunuchs would be trained to become beauticians, besides being imparted training in other fields.
Sindh Welfare Minister Nargis ND Khan said that CDCs would be included in the Annual Development Programme of the province.
Member of the Provincial

GENEVA - The UN human rights chief on Monday called on the international community to support reforms in the Middle East and urged vigilance in Libya amid fears of violent reprisals. "The international community bears the great responsibility of extending its support in words and deeds to assist such indispensable reforms.
It must do so with dispatch and firmness," said High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay. She told the UN Human Rights Council that it should remain

PESHAWAR: The Christians and Hindus in Lower Dir have demanded a community center at Timergara so they could arrange their functions there. The demand was made during a Christmas ceremony held at a local hotel. An NGO, the Rural Development Organisation (RDO) had arranged the ceremony. Local Christians and Hindus participated at the event. Mr Shamoon Masih was chief guest on the occasion.
Musicians and local artists presented religious songs, dances and tablues on the occasion.

PESHAWAR - Federally Administrative Tribal Areas (FATA) community schools teachers staged a protest rally in Peshawar on Saturday against the government's bid to close community schools in FATA.
More than one hundred teachers from Khyber Agency gathered in front of FATA Secretariat on Warsak Road and chanted slogans against the closure of community schools. Teachers Association President Aman Ullah Afridi said that closing down of 950 community schools was an unwise decision that

LAHORE: Judo players and organizers all over the country have expressed their increasing concerns at the extremely poor performance of the Pakistan Judo team that finished rock bottom in the Asian Games being held in China currently.
Mrs Samina Khan, President Pakistan Women Judo Association, said an eight-member team comprising six players and two officials failed miserably to achieve anything in these Games. All the players lost their bouts in seconds and were thrown out of