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Prime Minister Imran Khan presides over a cabinet meeting on Tuesday. — Photo courtesy: Prime Ministers Office/Twitter ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet on Tuesday directed Pakistan’s navy and air force to vacate state land that they had “encroached on”, especially in the federal capital’s National Park area. The cabinet meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan, once again invited the opposition to sit with the government to discuss important national issues, but said talks would no...

Daily Times * Government has formed policy to provide interest free loans to women: Gul August 4, 2021 Promoting women entrepreneurs is the key priority of the government to reduce poverty and improve economic growth, therefore, the government is taking many initiatives to bring more women into the mainstream of the economy. This was stated by Zartaj Gul, minister of state for climate change, while inaugurating an exhibition of women handcraft products. The event was organised by the Islamabad ...

Capital in grip of mangoes’ aroma July 5, 2021 Islamabad : The three-day Mango Festival, organised at the Centaurus Mall, would literally live in the memories of Islooites for so long, as this brought natural fragrances of hundreds of mango varieties in the capital city from different regions of the country. The mango festival was visited by people from all walks of life including government ministers, industrialists and ambassadors from different countries, the presence of whom made it a s...

Daily Times July 3, 2021 The Adviser to Prime Minister on Commerce, Abdul Razak Dawood on Friday said that Pakistan is a major potential producer of mangoes and predicted that up to 160,000 Metric Tons (MT) of mangoes will be exported in the year of 2021. Pakistani mangoes are in great demand abroad and, “We can earn millions of dollars in foreign exchange especially through the value addition of mangoes” the Adviser for Commerce expressed these views while talking to journalists during ‘...

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Sirajul Haq to lead Palestine rally Islamabad May 19, 2021 Rawalpindi: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) will take out protest rallies across the country to express solidarity with the people of Palestine on Friday (May 21). Addressing a press conference here, JI Punjab ameer, Dr. Tariq Saleem said the party had finalised the arrangements to observe Palestine Solidarity Day on Friday. The protest rallies will be held after Jumma prayers to be led by central, provincial and district leadership. He said tha...

Islamabad: Pakistan on Monday eased restrictions after the May 8-16 countrywide lockdown and allowed offices and businesses to resume directing them to follow all the coronavirus guidelines and necessary Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). However, despite allowing normal life back on track, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), the country’s nerve centre monitoring the coronavirus situation has made it clear that ban on all types of tourism activities will continue till further...

ISLAMABAD: The capital administration once again revised its strategy over the closure of commercial activities under which markets, marakiz and shopping malls would be closed on different days. It is for the third time the local administration has revised the strategy over the closure of markets since March 19, as it failed to prevent the spread of the virus. Besides, some trader unions also showed reservations over the schedule, said officials. On March 19, the administration ordered the clos...

Islamabad to observe safe days for controlling coronavirus cases   Published On The restrictions will remain enforced till April 11, 2021. ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – In a bid to control rising cases of coronavirus in the federal capital, authorities have decided to observe ‘safe days’ for businesses. Notification issued by the Office of District Magistrate in this regard states that as per guidelines of National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) and after detailed discussions with trade...

Construction work on a few commercial buildings is underway on the G-8/G-9 section of the Blue Area. — Photo by Tanveer Shahzad ISLAMABAD: The capital city is being developed without the growth of Blue Area, causing a shortage of space for business activities. The city, which is supposed to be developed in accordance with its master plan prepared by Greek firm Doxiadis Associates in 1960, is facing several challenges in implementing it. The master plan says the city’s residential sectors ...