Islamabad: Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ms. Hina Rabbani Khar today received British High Commissioner, Mr. Adam Thomson. The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs expressed appreciation for UK’s support and solidarity on the bilateral front as well as in the context of the EU. She also expressed the hope that the launching of the British-Pakistan Foundation and the Strategic Dialogue would contribute to further enhancing Pakistan-UK bilateral relations. The High Commissioner, while stressing importance of Pakistan, underlined that [...]

Karachi: A total of 19,572 tonnes of garbage was shifted to city government landfill sites at Jam Chakro and Gondpass during first four days of the 15 day cleanliness drive in city. No garbage was delivered at these sites from Bin Qasim Town and neither other municipal services providers including DHA, KPT, Port Qasim and Pakistan Railway on first four days of present campaign. According to details on the third day of campaign a total of 5237 tonnes of garbage [...]

Karachi: Seema Mangi, World Bank’s Senior Infrastructure Officer for Europe and Central Asia called on Administrator Karachi Fazlur Rehman in his office on Monday. During the meeting she said that the World Bank was formulating a policy regarding funding in the infrastructure development projects for Karachi. Administrator Karachi on this occasion briefed the World Bank officer about the mega projects which have been completed in Karachi. He said work on many mega projects including S-3 and K-IV could be carried [...]

Islamabad: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has revised/ amended the existing Branchless Banking Regulations for Financial Institutions (FIs), which include commercial, Islamic and microfinance banks for expanding the outreach of branchless banking operations in the country. These amendments in the Regulations shall be immediately applicable to all potential FIs. Financial Institutions which have already been allowed to offer branchless banking services have been advised to streamline their existing operations/processes as per amended Regulations within six months, and report compliance [...]

Islamabad: Aseefa Bhutto, ambassador for polio eradication on Monday kicked off the countrywide anti-polio drive by administrating vaccine to minors and pledging to carry forward her mother’s mission. Aseefa is the country’s first child who was administered anti-polio drops personally by her mother – the then Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, who launched the polio eradication campaign in 1994. President Asif Ali Zardari was present at the ceremony held at Aiwan-e-Sadr, to mark the partnership of polio eradication campaign with Benazir [...]

Islamabad: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) is taking concrete measures for cleaning and restoration streams and nallah’s with a view to revive their natural condition when these ravines and nallah’s flowing through the Federal Capital use to be fairly clean for drinking and irrigation water, swimming, fishing and even for outdoor recreation. This was stated by Chairman, CDA Imtiaz Inayat Elahi, addressing seminar “Saved streams save the life on earth” organized by the Rotary Club Islamabad, green city at Islamabad [...]

Peshawar: At least three people including a child were killed Monday in a car bomb blast targeting an anti-Taliban vigilante leader outside the north-western city of Peshawar, police said. The bombing outside the compound of local anti-Taliban vigilante commander Altaf Khan in the restive Matni suburb of Peshawar also wounded seven others and damaged a boundary wall and shops in the street, they said. “At least three people were killed and seven others were wounded,” senior police official Kalam Khan [...]