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Unesco country director laments the new trend of personalised attacks on media people, particularly women journalists.

Pakistan to host “World Environment Day 2021” in partnership with UN Environment Programme

Says access to saving accounts is first step towards broader financial inclusion Mr Khan also thanked Queen Máxima of the Netherlands for her support for the initiative of the Ehsaas Financial Inclusion Strategy when she visited Pakistan in November 2019 in her capacity as the UN secretary general’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development and Honorary Patron of the G20’s Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion. The prime minister also visited an Ehsaas Kafaalat payment ...

Dutch envoy advocates equal rights for women National ISLAMABAD: Ambassador of the Netherlands Wouter Plomp has advocated equal rights for women and girls. “The Netherlands recognises the role and contribution of women all over the world and stands for promoting equal rights for women and girls,” the envoy said in an International Women’s Day message. The day will be marked worldwide today (March 8) to acknowledge the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women with t...

Clockwise from top left: Nur Nasreen Ibrahim, Eman Omar, Michele Hutchison, Joanna McCalmont and Marieke Lucas Rijneveld This year’s Lahore Literary Festival (LLF) provided space for many book launches and conversations with an array of authors from different parts of the world. From architectural influences derived from the Islamic world, to the historical significance of horses in the Subcontinent, audiences were spoiled for choice with the variety of topics discussed. Marina Wheeler was on...

Capacity building project for potato growers launched in four districts of Punjab The Embassy of the Kingdom of Netherlands hosted the launch of a capacity building project for smallholders potato growers in Punjab. Supported by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), the two and a half years project is meant to help increase productivity and sustainability of 960 smallholder potato growers in four core districts of Punjab (Sahiwal, Okara, Kasur and Pakpattan) with special focus on strengtheni...

Top Story December 16, 2020 ISLAMABAD: Governor State Bank of Pakistan Reza Baqir has said that exports have recovered to their pre-COVID monthly level of around $2 billion, with the strongest recovery in textiles, rice, cement, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals. Pakistan needs to focus on competitiveness and reduce imports even further to support local businesses. Addressing the plenary on “Pakistan’s Economic Response to COVID-19 and Way Forward for an Inclusive Economic Recovery” on the ...

Exports recover to pre-Covid levels SBP governor says Pakistan needs to focus on competitiveness, import reduction PM Task Force on IT member Parvez Iftikhar pointed out that Covid-19 had shown that internet of high speed and large ca-pacity was a must to keep wheels of economy, healthcare, education and other sectors moving. PHOTO: FILE ISLAMABAD: Exports have recovered to pre-Covid monthly levels of around $2 billion with the strongest recovery in textile, rice, cement, chemical and pharmace...