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Meeting of Agriculture Policy Institute Committee on Wheat 2021-22 Crop held

Islamabad, August 26, 2021 (PPI-OT):The Meeting of the Agriculture Policy Institute (API) Committee on Wheat 2021-22 Crop was held today on 26th August, 2021 under the Chair Syed Fakhar Imam, Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research, Islamabad. Representatives of wheat growers, Provincial Agriculture Departments., ZTBL and senior officials

Three years of Government and Ehsaas

Islamabad, August 26, 2021 (PPI-OT):Senator Dr. Sania Nishtar, SAPM on Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation has issued an official statement on the completion of three years of government and Ehsaas. Under the umbrella of Ehsaas, National Ehsaas survey has been completed after a lag of 10 years, despite COVID-19 pandemic.

Prime Minister meets Executive Director of United Nations World Food Programme

Islamabad, August 26, 2021 (PPI-OT):The Executive Director of the Rome-based United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), Mr. David M. Beasley, called on Prime Minister Imran Khan. The Prime Minister appreciated the role of WFP as the leading international humanitarian organization for delivering food assistance in emergencies and for working with

Sidhu’s ‘India has occupied Kashmir’ remarks upsets BJP leader

New Delhi, August 26, 2021 (PPI-OT):Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) General Secretary Tarun Chugh on Thursday said the Congress should clarify its stand on the recent remarks made by the advisers of the party’s Punjab unit chief, Navjot Singh Sidhu, on Pakistan. Tarun Chugh talking to reporters in New Delhi also

UN expresses concern over intimidation of journalists in IIOJK

United Nations, August 26, 2021 (PPI-OT):The United Nations Human Rights Council has called upon the Government of India (GoI) to take measures to halt the acts of arbitrary detention and intimidation of journalists covering the situation in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir while giving it sixty days to file

Dalit authors removed from English syllabus, DU comes under fire

New Delhi, August 26, 2021 (PPI-OT):In a communal move, Delhi University removed two Dalit authors from the English syllabus along with a short story of Award-winning writer Mahasweta Devi. According to Kashmir Media Service, fifteen members of the Delhi University Academic Council (DUAC) expressed strong opposition over the removal of

India using brutal tactics to suppress Kashmiris’ voice: Rehmani

Islamabad, August 26, 2021 (PPI-OT):The Convener of All Parties Hurriyat Conference Azad Jammu and Kashmir (APHC-AJK) chapter, Muhammad Farooq Rehmani, has said that New Delhi-led administration in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir after failing to strangle the Kashmiris’ voice for freedom is resorting to various forms of intimidation and

Yahoo shuts down news sites in India

New Delhi, August 26, 2021 (PPI-OT):Yahoo has shut down its news websites in India due the new foreign direct investment (FDI) rules that limit foreign ownership of media companies that operate and publish digital content in India. The company closed the offerings including Yahoo News, Yahoo Cricket, Finance, Entertainment and