DUSHANBE: The leaders of Pakistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Kyrgyzstan on Thursday jointly launched the Central Asia South Asia (CASA-1000) electricity project, calling it win-win and mutually rewarding for all stakeholder states and for prosperity of their people. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon, Afghan Chief Executive Dr Abdullah Abdullah and Kyrgyz Prime Minister […]
LONDON: Biogas equipment is being sold to impoverished Pakistan farmers at a subsidised rate in order to boost farming output and lower living costs, British media reported on Monday. The pilot project, led by the Punjab provincial government, has been used by the likes of farmer Mujahid Abbasi, who has switched the power source for […]
ABBOTTABAD: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-F (JUI-F) leader Maulana Fazalur Rahman while addressing the Workers Convention said that afghan refugees had come to us with their jeremiad. The JUI-F leader was of the opinion that migration might be forced but the return couldn’t happen with external influence. He told in his address that an oppressed strategy was applied […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Vice President Senator Sherry Rehman questioned the amendments proposed by the government in the Income Tax Ordinance, saying that in light of the revelations made in the Panama Papers regarding the wealth held by the prime minister’s family, the proposal is highly questionable. “Why is the government insistent on these […]
ISLAMABAD: At least 50 people were killed and dozens others injured in torrential rains and landslides in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan. According to the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 10 people were killed in Shangla, four in Swat, 12 in Kohistan, two each in Bannu, Batagram and Mardan while […]
ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday left for London via Moscow for a medical treatment. A statement issued by the Prime Minister’s Office said that the prime minister had deferred his check-up a number of times because of his pressing engagements. The prime minister’s two sons – Hassan and Hussain – are already […]