BEIJING: The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), the country’s top science academy, conferred its 2013 Award for International Scientific Cooperation on renowned Pakistani scientist Dr Attaur Rahman. He is the first Pakistani national to get… Read More »Dr Attaur Rahman wins prestigious Chinese academic award
LAHORE: The Punjab government has announced to hold Basant festival at the Changa Manga forest from February 21 to March 5, and a formal notification in this regard has already been issued.
This notification has been issued on the continued pressure from the kite-flying association of the provincial metropolis, as well as the supporters of the dying industry of kites and strings manufacturing.
Another reason for allowing the festival was to provide entertainment facilities to the kite lovers, who had been legally stopped from flying kites following a number of deaths in the city caused by metallic twines. However, the citizens are still divided over whether to celebrate the festival at the designated place or not. Read More »Basant at Changa Manga
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More than 20 people died and more than 200 poling stations burnt to ashes; that is what happened there in Bangladesh on the Election Day. The opposition party BNP remained all aloof from the election process Today Bangladesh is passing through the ever worst phase of its history. The recent elections have changed the peaceful scenario of this heaven-like country into a blazing inferno. Mahfuz Sadique of BBC News, Dhaka reported on the 5th of January, ‘The trickle of voters never turned into the long queues Bangladeshi elections are known for. Read More »ELECTIONS IN BANGLADESH
Mehmood Ul Hassan Khan The Qatar’s Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics (MDP&S) forecasted that growth of real gross domestic product (GDP) during the current fiscal year would grow by 5.3 percent. Different Qatar’s official… Read More »Qatar: Socio-Economic Milestones
Mehmood Ul Hassan Khan UAE Project to Assist Pakistan (UAEPAP) was initiated in January 2011 upon the directives of H.H. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan the President of UAE. It was started with the… Read More »UAE Project to Assist Pakistan (UAEPAP): A Case of Socio-Economic Prosperity
LAHORE: The Muslim Commercial Bank (MCB) has launched the world’s first socially connected Mobile Wallet backed by the powerful technology giant -VISA on the eve of New Year terming it an innovative package for its clients.
The commercial launch ceremony of MCB Lite held at MCB House Lahore. MCB President & CEO Imran Maqbool, Group Head (Retail) Ali Kazmi, Digital Banking & Business Development Head Qasif Shahid, a large number of other stakeholders and media was present on this occasion.Read More »MCB launches world’s first socially connected Mobile Wallet