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Collaborative efforts imperative to ensure food security: experts
FAISALABAD, Jan 12 (APP):The experts said that collaborative efforts on the part of academia, research, extension, farming community and industry with integrated approach are imperative for ensuring food security. They were addressing a meeting of Regional Agriculture Forum Central Punjab at University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF). UAF Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Zulfiqar Ali presided over […]
FDA directed to ensure financial discipline
FAISALABAD, Jan 12 (APP):Director General (DG) Faisalabad Development Authority (FDA) Muhammad Asif Chaudhary ordered to ensure financial discipline across all FDA departments, emphasizing that there must be complete transparency in accounting entries. Assigning monitoring responsibilities to Additional Director General (ADG) Qaiser Abbas Rind here on Monday, the DG said that income and expenditure details in […]
Chinese EV company’s delegation visit BOI to explore investment opportunities in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Jan 12 (APP):The Chinese Chaoniu (EV) electric motorcycle company’s visiting delegation explored the investment and localization opportunities in Pakistan Following the Prime Minister–led Pak–China B2B Investment Conference held in Beijing in September 2025, a distinguished three-member delegation from Shenzhen-based EV technology firm Chaoniu (Electric Motorcycle) visited the Board of Investment (BOI) to explore opportunities […]
53rd CTP probationary officers of IRS visit FBR headquarter
ISLAMABAD, Jan 12 (APP):Nine probationary officers of the Inland Revenue Service (IRS) from the 53rd Common Training Programme (CTP), undergoing training at the Civil Services Academy (CSA), Lahore, visited the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Headquarters as part of their Inland Study Tour. The visit aimed to familiarize the newly inducted officers with the organizational […]
Global Economic Relations Must Be Rebuilt to Overcome Current Crisis: Iftikhar Ali Malik
Lahore, January 11:Former President of the SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Iftikhar Ali Malik, has said that Pakistan must fundamentally restructure its external economic relations to overcome the current economic crisis, with a strong focus on sustainable reforms, competitiveness, and innovation. In a statement issued on Sunday, he emphasized that the time has come […]
KP Govt approves major free solar energy project for merged districts
PESHAWAR, Jan 12 (APP):The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has decided to launch a large-scale solar energy project in the merged tribal districts, aiming to provide free solar power to hundreds of thousands of residents. The project will be implemented in Khyber, Kurram, Bajaur, Orakzai, Mohmand, North Waziristan, and South Waziristan. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Energy Development Organization […]
ANF seizes over 258 kg of narcotics in nationwide operations
RAWALPINDI, Jan 12 (APP):The Anti Narcotics Force (ANF) conducted nine countrywide operations, arresting five suspects and seizing 258.94 kilograms of drugs worth more than Rs244.8 million, an ANF spokesman said on Monday. He said that one suspect was arrested near Sahu Chowk in Multan, where two kilograms of crystal methamphetamine (ice) concealed in a bag […]
Modern sewage system introduced in CBD NSIT City
LAHORE, Jan 11 (APP):The Punjab Central Business District Development Authority (CBD Punjab) has once again raised the bar in urban development by introducing a revolutionary 100-year life sewage system at Nawaz Sharif IT City (NSIT City), marking a first-of-its-kind initiative in Pakistan’s urban infrastructure landscape. The CBD sources said that it had crossed another milestone […]
PSX sheds 2,025 points to close at 182,384 points
ISLAMABAD, Jan 12 (APP):The benchmark KSE-100 Index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Monday closed bearish, losing 2,025.52 points, a negative change of 1.10 percent, to settle at 182,384.15 points compared to 184,409.67 points on the previous trading day, according to PSX data. During the session, the ready market witnessed a trading volume of […]
Shipping activity at Port Qasim
KARACHI, Jan 12 (APP):Shipping activity was report at the port where four ships, MSC Marina Elena, Bulk Bolivia, Mraikh and Kavo Perdika carrying Container, Soya Bean Seed, LNG and Coal, berthed at Qasim International Container Terminal, Grain Terminal, Pakistan Gas Port Terminal and Pakistan International Bulk Terminal respectively. Meanwhile another gas carrier […]