Tag: Vital

PESHAWAR: The construction of new hydel dams, including Kalabagh dam, were vital to control massive loss of water during monsoon and to meet growing...

ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain on Tuesday, mentioning the importance of “Ijtihad” – intellectual consultation – for effective implementation of reforms in society and Islamic...

While welcoming recent improvement in Pakistan-Afghanistan relations including cooperative steps against cross-border militancy, the US Defense Department has said Islamabad’s role remains vital to...

The Punjab government on Tuesday transferred and posted various officers on key posts and issued a notification in this regard. According to details, Officer on...

The new Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Justice (Retd) Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim said it is the first and the last goal of his life to...

Libya’s new rulers on Wednesday declared victory in the battle for the key southern city of Sabha, one of the last strongholds of forces...

The Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU), in collaboration with UNESCO, marked International Literacy Day on Thursday under the theme “Literacy and Peace”. Federal...

President Obama’s special representative Marc Grossman said on Saturday that Pakistan lied at the heart of tremendous trade prospects between Central and South Asia,...

Upul Tharanga hit a century and paceman Lasith Malinga grabbed five wickets as Sri Lanka posted a crucial 78-run win over Australia in the...

Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has directed the Pakistani Envoys to concert their energies and efforts for promotion of Pakistan’s trade, economic and...

Health Secretary Jehanzeb Khan said that strengthening the primary and secondary healthcare system was vital to minimizing the mortality rate especially in cases of...

Agriculture experts have said progressive farmers are getting 55 to 80 maunds of wheat per acre whereas an average farmer is getting only 28...

DASKA - Federal Information Minister Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan has urged non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and philanthropists to come forward and establish educational institutions in the neglected areas of the country.
Addressing the annual prize-distribution of a school in village Sherpur, the minister revealed that a "sasta bazaar" would soon be started in the district where women would run their own businesses exclusively. Dr Firdous said that women could play a vital role

DHAKA - Australia's new captain Michael Clarke says he will count on his predecessor Ricky Ponting's advice in a one-day series against Bangladesh starting in Dhaka on Saturday. "Ricky's advice has always been very helpful to me whether that was when I was his vice-captain or now as the captain," Clarke told reporters on Friday.
"I have certainly said openly to Ricky that everybody in the team will continue to need his knowledge of the game and me definitely. His knowledge is

KARACHI - The use of biotechnology approach is vital for rapid agricultural development and healthcare in the country, said University of Karachi's International Centre for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS) Director Dr M Iqbal Choudhary on Friday.
"The potential of biotech crops for the future is enormous," he said while delivering a lecture at the ICCBS. He further said that droughts and floods are predicted to become more prevalent and severe as country faces new

ISLAMABAD - The enhancement of the aesthetic appeal of the Pakistani citrus (kinnow) and proper production techniques are need of the hour to boost its presence on the international market. There is also a need to augment technical knowledge and post-harvest handling and storage procedures. Pakistan earns millions of dollars every year through the export of kinnow but blemishes in the final product are a major area for concern, impeding its exports, particularly to European Union (EU)

KARACHI - Roads play a vital role in the development and prosperity of any country, and the present government is paying full attention to the construction, repair and renovation of Sindh's essential roads, said Chief Minister (CM) Qaim Ali Shah at the CM House on Tuesday.
Presiding over the fifth meeting of the Public-Private Partnership Policy Board as the board's chairman, Shah said that by initiating various projects under public-private partnership, the provincial government