By Imran Naeem Ahmad ISLAMABAD: A trip to Saidpur Village is like heading back into history – a narrow winding road leading up to the landmark Hindu temple at its entrance, stacks of hay, terraced mud houses and the Margalla Hills overlooking them all combine to turn the clock back. […]
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has revised upwardly, the rates of profit on National Saving Schemes (NSS). Updated profit rates effective from 1st January 2019 are as under; DEFENSE SAVING CERTIFICATES (DSC) For historical chart of profit rates click below link DEFENSE-PROFIT-RATES SPECIAL SAVINGS CERTIFICATES (SSCR) For historical chart of profit rates […]
By Mansoor Ahmad LAHORE: The rhetoric of the previous regime about good governance has been exposed by the World Bank report ‘Governance Matters VII’ that states that governance in Pakistan deteriorated to the lowest ebb in 2007 than a decade ago. Latest governance indicators, evaluated by the World Bank for […]
By Anwar Shaikh NAWABSHAH: The first Girls’ Cadet College in Pakistan would be established at Nawabshah with the efforts of former district Nazim Faryal Talpur. Sources said Rs 450 million had been allocated for the college in the development budget of Sindh. The number of cadet colleges in Sindh would […]
THARPARKAR: Mohammed Yousuf Memon, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB), has said a positive change is about to come in the life of the people of Tharparkar as dark nights of Thar are going to light up with the execution of a rural electrification project. He […]
Shafqat Mahmood Today, the caravan of democracy led by the lawyers’ movement reaches Islamabad. By the time you read this, thousands indeed hundreds of thousands would be congregating in front of the parliament house. As symbols go, there would be many on this fateful day. The march itself is not […]
ISLAMABAD: Higher Education Commission Executive Director Dr Sohail Naqvi has said distant learning has the potential to revolutionise the way people learn and it is attracting people because of its widespread coverage through existing infrastructure.He was presiding over the 4th meeting of experts on distant learning at the HEC Secretariat. […]
By AMJAD AGHA The country is facing a huge electric power crisis today. This crisis appears insurmountable in the near or even long-term future, unless proper understanding and correct implementation is undertaken on priority basis.
With Capital Development Authority (CDA) planning to complete work on colourful Children’s Park in the premises F-9 Park in one month, entertainment-starved kids of the city will finally have a fun place to go to. Spread over an area of 20 acres, the park has been planned in a way […]
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