Islamabad: Pakistan Day was observed with usual enthusiasm and fervour at New Delhi as elsewhere. The day began with prayers for the prosperity and well being of Pakistan. A simple but impressive flag hoisting ceremony was held at the Chancery. The High Commissioner for Pakistan, Mr. Shahid Malik raised the flag [...]
Islamabad: National ICT R&D Fund, Ministry of IT & Telecom, Government of Pakistan fund has launched its National ICT Scholarship Preogram 2009 for students of rural/non-metropolitan areas of Pakistan to pursue undergraduate degrees in Information and Communication Technology related disciplines.
This program by National ICT R&D Fund was initiated in the year 2006 and has been [...]
Islamabad: The Pakistan Economy Watch (PEW) on Tuesday said resuming charge by Chief Justice Pakistan Iftikhar Chaudhry is to bring positive change in the political and business environment of the country.
Stock exchange and financial markets have already welcomed him the day he was reinstated and the disgruntled business community is pinning high hopes on him. [...]
Hyderabad: Liver diseases are on the rise in the country and 15 million people are suffering from hepatitis B and C , said Dr Sadik Memon, Associate Professor, Isra University Hospital (IUH), Hyderabad . He was addressing the second session of the National CME (Continuing Medical Education) Series which is being held under the aegis [...]
Islamabad: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has sent a message of greetings to the Prime Minister of Tunisia, Mr. Muhammad Ghannouchi on the country’s National Day falling on March 20th 2009.
In his message the Prime Minister said: “ I feel great pleasure in extending cordial greetings and warm felicitations of the people of Pakistan [...]
Islamabad: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has granted 100 per cent concession on payment of customs duty to goods imported from Sri Lanka under Pak-Sri Lanka Free Trade Area (PSFTA), says a press release issued here Friday.
The FBR has issued notification SRO 248 (I)/2009 whereby all goods imported under Pak-Sri Lanka Free Trade Area [...]
Islamabad: Like other parts of the world, Pakistani Community in Malaysia is all set to celebrate the 69th anniversary of the “Pakistan Day”. On this day in 1940, a resolution adopted in Lahore by the All-India Muslim League, the Muslims of India vowed to strive for a homeland of their own to order their lives [...]
Islamabad: The Chairman Senate, Mr. Farooq H. Naek has said that the time-tested and all weather friendship between Pakistan and China is a model of inter-state relations in the world, which is destined to go from strength to strength in the days to come.
He was talking to the Chinese Ambassador in Pakistan, Mr. Luo Zhaohui, [...]
Islamabad: National ICT R&D Fund, Ministry of IT & Telecom, Government of Pakistan fund has launched its National ICT Scholarship Programme 2009 for students of rural/non-metropolitan areas of Pakistan to pursue undergraduate degrees in Information and Communication Technology related disciplines, says a press release received from the Ministry of Information & Technology here today.
This [...]
London, UK: On March 18 2009, Mohammad Sarwar MP hosted a meting of British Pakistanis at the House of Commons. Guests included Lord Nazir Ahmad, Mohammad Sarwar MP, Councillor Mustaque Lasharie, QC Sibgat ullah Kadri, Sadiq Khan MP, Shahid Malik MP, Khalid Mahmood MP as well as councillors, members of parliament, the business community, lawyers, [...]
