Tag: Programme

Seminar held to sensitise public on prevalent economic crisis

-- ‘We need to reduce 20% of military expenditure to stop economic crisis in Pakistan’ KARACHI: All economies are required to maintain foreign exchange reserves...

Health minister assures no compromise on merit

-- ‘Mechanism of transparency coupled with performance-based promotions will be the order of the day’ KARACHI: Sindh Health Minister Dr Azra Pechuho on Wednesday announced that...

Ahsan Iqbal plans to introduce Pakistan-UK Knowledge Gateway

LONDON: Federal Minister for Interior, and Planning, Development and Reforms, Ahsan Iqbal met Chief Executive of British Council Sir Ciaran Devane at the British Council...

Planning ministry rejects PC-I for third phase of education reforms programme

Project director says second phase to be completed by end of April ISLAMABAD: The Planning and Development Division put the Capital Administration and Development...

India welcomes Pakistan’s ‘positive response’ to prisoners’ exchange proposal

NEW DELHI: India said it noted Pakistan’s positive response to a prisoners’ exchange proposal that was approved by Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif yesterday. According to...

KP govt initiates expansion of BS programme in all colleges

ISLAMABAD: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government (KP) has initiated expansion of BS programme in all the colleges of the province. According to a spokesman for Higher...

NTC initiates registration of graduate, professional engineering technologists

  ISLAMABAD: The National Technology Council (NTC) has started the registration of graduate and professional engineering technologists. NTC is a newly established accreditation council established by...

US Senate passes bill to renew internet surveillance programme

WASHINGTON: The US Senate on Thursday passed a bill to renew the National Security Agency’s warrantless internet surveillance programme for six years with minimal...

Federal judge blocks Trump’s move to end DACA programme for immigrants

SAN FRANCISCO: A US judge blocked President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday from ending a programme that shielded from deportation children brought to the...

UN council to meet on North Korea rights abuses, nuclear programme

UNITED NATIONS: United Nations Security Council ministers will meet on Dec. 15 to discuss North Korea’s nuclear and missiles programs and the body will also...

Punjab govt introducing PADL programme

MULTAN: The Punjab government is introducing Punjab Agriculture and Dairy Leadership (PADL) programme to trace farmers with more production of different crops including wheat,...

Polish envoy glad helping Pakistan in building missile programme

ISLAMABAD: Ambassador Republic of Poland Piotr A. Opalinski has said it was his immense pleasure that his country helped Pakistan in building its missile...

20k electricity-deprived schools to be given solar energy: CM

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that under the "Khadim-e-Punjab Ujala Program", shifting of 20,000 electricity-deprived schools to solar energy must be implemented...

CM’s skilled youth programme giving results: minister

Provincial Minister for Labour and Human Resource Raja Ashfaq Sarwar said that Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif's vision of skilled youth has started...

Senate lauds completion of IMF programme in June

Finance secretary tells Senate committee govt met all IMF targets for successful completion of loan programme The Senate’s Standing Committee on Finance was informed on...

PM Nawaz to inaugurate National Health Programme in Quetta

Federal Health Secretary Muhammad Ayyub Sheikh Sunday said that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif would visit Quetta to inaugurate the National Health Programme. According to a...

Are British Muslims boycotting UK’s anti-terror programme?

A fraction of referrals to a key British Government anti-terror scheme are being made from within the Muslim community, leading to widespread distrust and...