Islamabad, June 17, 2021 (PPI-OT):Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam on Thursday said that Pakistan is grappled with growing threat of expanding desertification for the last many years, which has exacerbated the country’s food insecurity, poverty, hunger levels and biodiversity loss. “But, various green initiatives

Islamabad, June 17, 2021 (PPI-OT):The Governor updated the Finance Minister on the progress of different policy initiatives that are designed for the uplift of the rural and urban youth. The Governor briefly touched upon the simplification of regulation the Central Bank has proposed to keep pace with the fast-changing financial

Islamabad, June 17, 2021 (PPI-OT):Swedish delegation led by Ambassador of Sweden in Pakistan Henrik Persson called on Federal Minister for IT and Telecommunication Syed Amin Ul Haque here on Thursday. Matters of mutual interests and related to IT and Telecommunication, connectivity and digitalization were discussed during the meeting. Federal Secretary

Islamabad, June 17, 2021 (PPI-OT):Pakistan High Commission, in coordination with Singapore Business Federation (SBF) , Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) and Pakistan Fruits and Vegetable Association (PFVA), organized a webinar on “FYI: Pakistan Your Sourcing Destination for Fresh Produce” on June 17, 2021. The webinar was organized in pursuance

Islamabad, June 17, 2021 (PPI-OT):Dr. Sania Nishtar chaired the meeting of the Ehsaas steering committee for the Ehsaas education conditional cash transfer programme. The steering committee was briefed on the upscaling of primary education conditional cash transfer (CCT) programme, Waseela-e-Taleem Digital to the secondary level. The programme is all set

Islamabad, June 17, 2021 (PPI-OT):To ensure the admission of FSc (Pre-medical) and A2 Cambridge students in public and private medical universities of Pakistan, a joint high level meeting held under the co-chair of Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood and SAPM on Health Dr. Faisal Sultan today in Islamabad. The disruption

Islamabad, June 16, 2021 (PPI-OT):Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi will undertake an official visit to Turkey to participate in the Antalya Diplomacy Forum from 17-20 June 2021 at the invitation of Foreign Minister of Turkey Mevlut Cavusoglu. The Foreign Minister will also be participating in a panel discussion on

Islamabad, June 16, 2021 (PPI-OT):Federal Minister for Law and Justice, Barrister Dr. Muhammad Farogh Naseem chaired a meeting on Removal of Difficulties in Installation of New Electricity and Gas Connections in Islamabad Zones 3, 4 and 5. Meeting was attended by MNA Ali Nawaz Awan, MNA Raja Khurram Nawaz, Chairman