Day: November 24, 2022

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has expressed deep concerns over the deteriorating human rights situation in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). Responding to a question at her weekly news briefing here in Islamabad on Thursday, Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch we have not seen any improvement in the situation in IIOJK as it remains under military siege and Indian oppression continues unabated there. She said carrying on with their spree of extra judicial killings, last week the Indian occupation forces killed two Kashmiri youth in fake encounters in Islamabad and Shopian districts of IIOJK. She said Indian occupation forces are also engaged in killing innocent youth while in their custody. The Spokesperson said we are also deeply concerned about the welfare o...

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif is paying a two-day official visit to Turkiye from tomorrow (Friday). The Prime Minister is undertaking this visit on the invitation of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Alongside President Erdogan, Shehbaz Sharif will jointly inaugurate the third of the four MILGEM Corvette Ships for the Pakistan Navy, PNS Khaibar, at the Istanbul Shipyard. The two leaders will also hold wide-ranging discussions encompassing bilateral relations, the regional situation and other issues of common interest. The Prime Minister will interact with leaders of the Turkish business community. The President of the ECO Trade and Development Bank will also call on the Prime Minister during his stay in Istanbul. It is pertinent to mention that Pakistan and Turki...

ISLAMABAD: National Skills University (NSU) and Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for lease of land to develop an NSU campus at Muridke in Sheikhupura district. The MoU was signed here in Islamabad on Thursday in the presence of Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training Rana Tanveer Hussain and Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony Mufti Abdul Shakoor. Speaking on the occasion, Rana Tanveer Hussain said provision of technical and vocational training is one of the top priorities of the government to uplift the common man. Mufti Abdul Shakoor said attainment of education is the foremost duty of every Pakistani and Muslim.

ISLAMABAD: Women Parliamentarian’s Caucus has launched a web portal for coordination among all provincial caucuses and providing information about women related legislation and their parliamentary role. The portal was launched at National Conference of Women’s Parliamentary Caucus held here in Islamabad on Thursday. The web portal will connect women caucuses of all four provincial assemblies, Gilgit Baltistan and Azad Kashmir Assembly and provide comprehensive data on women initiated and women oriented legislation. Addressing the conference as a chief guest, Speaker National Assembly Raja Pervez Ashraf said women empowerment is inevitable for progress of the country. He said unless we respect our women and provide opportunities for them, development and prosperity will remain an elus...

ISLAMABAD: In wake of winter-related emergencies, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) organized the first Winter’s Contingency Plans and Preparedness Coordination Conference on Thursday. Chairman NDMA, Lieutenant General Inam Haider Malik presided over the meeting. The conference was first of its kind, undertaken as a proactive measure to establish coordination among all stakeholders enabling them to take preventive measures to save precious lives and infrastructure damage during winter season. Chairman NDMA underlined the urgent need of collaborated and synergized response within diaphragm of potential disaster risk in different areas of the country. He emphasized on adopting the advanced and technology-driven disaster management and public awareness campaigns to stave...

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi has said that Pakistan had many strengths and opportunities which should be communicated to our coming generations to provide them with a baseline and motivation to make our country stronger and prosperous. The President expressed these views while virtually addressing a seminar on the role of the Presidency organized by the London School of Economics Students Union Pakistan Development Society, says an official statement issued here on Thursday. The session was chaired by the Director of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Baroness Minouche Shafik. The President said that the constitution provided the role of the Presidency as a unifying force where the President was the head of the state and the elected Prime Minister enjoye...