ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has underscored the urgent need for concerted global efforts to combat the growing inequality and reverse the alarming trend of poverty resurgence. Deputy Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations Ambassador Usman Jadoon made these remarks in a statement
ISLAMABAD: Regional Tax Office (RTO), Peshawar, has made the biggest seizure of non-duty/non-TTS cigarettes in the history. RTO Peshawar’s Inland Revenue Enforcement Network (IREN) team seized 1,869 Packerites (18,690,000 sticks) of various brands having market value of approximately Rs162,603,000/- (162.6 million) during
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar has expressed Pakistan’s desire to enhance cooperation with the UNDP in strengthening climate resilience, adaptation, and pursuing Sustainable Development Goals and socio-economic development. He made these remarks during a meeting with Assistant Secretary-General of the United
ISLAMABAD: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Pakistan Mr Wada Mitsuhiro paid a courtesy call on the Federal Minister for Economic Affairs, Ahad Khan Cheema here on Wednesday. The Ambassador was accompanied by Mr Naoaki Miyata, Chief Representative of the Japan
QUETTA: Pushtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PKMAP) on Wednesday rejected the re-polling conducted on the PB-50 Killa Abdullah and demanded finger verification of ballots through NADRA. Addressing a press conference, PKMAP candiate Mirwais Khan Achakzai said that re-polling in the constituency was rigged
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has stated that Pakistan and China enjoy long-term strategic relations, which need to be further strengthened in the areas of trade, economy, agriculture, people-to-people contacts, and culture. He underlined the need for both countries to continue to
KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Sindh President Haleem Adil Sheikh said on Wednesday that holding rallies and peaceful public gathering was their legal right. This he said while addressing a press conference along with General Secretary Advocate Ali Palh and other party leader
ISLAMABAD: The annual World Intellectual Property Day, observed on April 26, is set to focus on the theme “IP and SDGs: Building Our Common Future with Innovation and Creativity.” According to a statement issued here on Wednesday, in a press conference, Chairman