Friday, July 5, 2024

Development

Pakistan, Afghanistan must overcome trust deficit to achieve stability

Tensions and trust deficit between the two countries is the main hurdle to peace in the region: Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan Omer Zakhilwal ISLAMABAD – Pakistan and Afghanistan must restore the trust between two countries, Advisor to the Prime Minister on...

Pakistan and Turkmenistan sign 8 accords, discuss TAPI project

Turkmen president hold talks with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and President Mamnoon Hussain on issues pertaining to bilateral relations and cooperation in diverse fields ISLAMABAD (Pakistan) - Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov received a warm welcome on Wednesday as he arrived...

Pakistan, Germany to launch renewable energy forum

Pakistan and Germany are working on Pak-German Renewable Energy Forum (REF) to connect Pakistani-German stakeholders from public and private sectors of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, Ambassador of Germany to Pakistan Ina Lepel said on Saturday. Speaking at the 5th International Exhibition...

Hydrogen fuel cell technology: a promising new source of Energy

Hydrogen fuel cell technology offers a great opportunity to meet the rising demand of energy and for the sustainable development of Pakistan By Umeed Younis Hydrogen fuel cell is a new technology which has a huge potential of meeting rising energy...

PM inaugurates Green Line Bus service in Karachi

“Karachi’s Green Line bus project will be more beautiful than the Lahore metro,” PM Nawaz Sharif announces KARACHI - Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif inaugurated the Green Line Bus Rapid Transit System (BRT) at Karachi’s Anu Bhai Park on Friday. The project starts...

Experts urge to promote social enterprise to empower people

Enabling environment, regulatory support for social enterprise contribute to growth ISLAMABAD - Experts call upon the government to create an enabling environment, concrete policy regime and regulatory support for development of social enterprise that contributes to addressing some of the most...

Dutch Queen Máxima visits Pakistan

UN Special Advocate Queen Máxima urges Pakistan to bring the poorest and most marginalized people into the financial system ISLAMABAD (Pakistan) – Her Majesty Queen Máxima of the Netherlands arrived in Pakistan on a three-day visit today in her role as...

Pakistan ranks 147th on Human Development Index 2015

With 2 billion people lifted out of low human development in last 25 years, now we must galvanize progress says 2015 Human Development Report. LAHORE — Fast technological progress, deepening globalization, aging societies and environmental challenges are rapidly transforming what work...

Tsai Ing-wen becomes first female president of Taiwan

Tsai Ing-wen wins historic victory over her closest rival, Eric Chu        TAIPEI (Taiwan) – Tsai Ing-wen of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) becomes the first president of the island nation. Tsai takes over from President MaYing-Jeou, who had...

Pakistan announces Health cards to benefit poor families

ISLAMABAD (Pakistan) - Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif today launched National Health Program for free medical treatment, of the poor and destitute people. “It is our duty to provide the best medical care to poor people and this program is just a step...

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Storms cause flooding in Switzerland, Italy and France as wildfires rage in Turkey and Greece

Extreme weather across Europe has caused four deaths in storms in Switzerland and northern Italy, while wildfires have forced evacuations in Greece and Turkey.