Islamabad, December 12, 2020 (PPI-OT): Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Overseas Citizens and Human Resource Development Zulfikar Bukhari on Saturday said the government has brought back 8,700 Pakistanis imprisoned abroad. “I can assure you that our government will not forsake Pakistanis imprisoned abroad and we will work to …
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Climate Ambition Summit 2020 (Transcript of Video Message of the Prime Minister)
Islamabad, December 12, 2020 (PPI-OT): Mr. Chairperson, Pakistan is the country whose contribution to global emissions is less than one percent. Yet and sadly, we are the fifth most vulnerable country to climate change. We have decided firstly that we will have nature based solutions to mitigate the effects of …
Read More »Pakistan takes a leadership role on climate change
Islamabad, December 12, 2020 (PPI-OT): Prime Minister Imran Khan was chosen amongst the top 10 global leaders to show case climate action at the high level “Climate Action Summit” hosted by the UK Government which is currently the chair of the global climate negotiations process. The Prime Minister in his …
Read More »COVID-19 claims 23 more lives, infects 1,489 others
Karachi, December 12, 2020 (PPI-OT): Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that 23 more patients of Coronavirus died lifting the death toll to 3,132 and 1489 new cases emerged when 11,537 samples were tested. In a statement issued here from CM House on Friday, he said 23 …
Read More »Pakistan Navy and Anti-Narcotics Force seize drugs in a joint operation in Arabian Sea off Jiwani, Balochistan
Islamabad, December 12, 2020 (PPI-OT): In a joint operation, Pakistan Navy (PN)along with Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) apprehended 200 Kg of Ice and 99 Kg of Crystal off Jiwani, Baluchistan. The drugs, valued at approximately Rs 1.8 billion, were to be smuggled to unknown destination through Arabian Sea. The seized drugs …
Read More »PIA has always played it’s role as a National Flag carrier and committed to provide services to Pakistanis across the Globe
Karachi, December 12, 2020 (PPI-OT): PIA has always played it’s role as a National Flag carrier and committed to provide services to Pakistanis across the Globe. PIA has arranged transportation of Pakistanis on short notice from Bangkok. PIA spokesman said on Friday. PIA operated flight PK 895 from Bangkok is …
Read More »Pakistan to cooperate with SAARC universities on COVID Response
Islamabad, December 12, 2020 (PPI-OT): Chairman HEC Tariq Banuri has said that all the SAARC Member States have similar experiences in terms of the use of different applications and software for online education, governance of e-learning system, capacity building of faculty, poor internet connectivity, and power breakdowns and need for …
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