2023 February 18 : AsiaNet-Pakistan

Archive for February 18th, 2023

Murad Ali Shah offers Namaz-e-Jinaza of KPO attack shuhada, at CPO, Ranger HQs 

February 18, 2023 |

Karachi, February 18, 2023 (PPI-OT):Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah offered Namaz-e-Jinaza of two police constables, Ghulam Abbas Leghari, and Mohammad Saeed and attended the funeral service of sweeper Ajmal Masih who laid their lives while fighting against the terrorists who attacked Karachi Police Office (KPO) on Friday evening. The Namaz-e-Jinaza and funeral service […]

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Vacancy Announcement (AEA) 

February 18, 2023 |

Islamabad, February 18, 2023 (PPI-OT):The Embassy of Japan is seeking to fill a vacant post of an Assistant Economic Advisor at the Economic and Development Section. The job of an Assistant Economic Advisor may include some secretarial work (such as arranging appointments); collecting information, making some analysis, and drafting documents on economic and development issues; […]

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Counsellor Derek Chollet and Delegation Visit Pakistan in Support of U.S.-Pakistan Partnership 

February 18, 2023 |

Islamabad, February 18, 2023 (PPI-OT):Counsellor of the U.S. Department of State Derek Chollet and a delegation of senior U.S. government officials, including Counsellor of the U.S. Agency for International Development Clinton White, and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Pakistan Elizabeth Horst visited Islamabad February 16 -17 to highlight the importance of our bilateral partnership and […]

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Managing Director Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal, Amir Fida Paracha and Director General NUML, Brig. Syed Nadir Ali exchanging the documents of MoU to support the deserving students of NUML

February 18, 2023 |

Islamabad, February 18, 2023 (PPI-OT):Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal (PBM) inks Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) with National University of Modern Languages (NUML), here in its Head Office, to keep the deserving students on their educational track. Managing Director PBM, Amir Fida Paracha signed the MoU with Director General NUML, Brig. Syed Nadir Ali. The MoU describes PBM’s further […]

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Vacancy Announcement (GGP)

February 18, 2023 |

Islamabad, February 18, 2023 (PPI-OT):The Embassy of Japan in Pakistan is seeking to fill a vacancy for an Economic Cooperation Assistant for Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP). Applicants should have English and Urdu proficiency, computer literacy, keen interest in rural development, and willingness to work as a team. Completion of at least […]

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Meeting of Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights held here at Parliament House with Senator Walid Iqbal in Chair 

February 18, 2023 |

Islamabad, February 18, 2023 (PPI-OT):At the outset, Committee reviewed the Ministry’s Public Sector Development Program (PSDP) Projects and discussed the budgetary proposals for the financial year 2023-24. Secretary of the Ministry of Human Rights informed that a substantial allocation of 222.281 million rupees has been specifically earmarked for the advancement of ten ongoing Public Sector […]

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Terrorists have no religious, ideological moorings: COAS 

February 18, 2023 |

Islamabad, February 18, 2023 (PPI-OT):Chief of Army Staff General Syed Asim Munir has emphatically stated that terrorists have no religious or ideological moorings rather only misguided conception forced through coercion or inducement. He said this during his visit to Karachi along with Chief Minister Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah on Saturday. The Army Chief said […]

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Chairman Senate, Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani, has strongly condemned the terrorist attack on the Karachi Police Chief’s Office

February 18, 2023 |

Islamabad, February 18, 2023 (PPI-OT):Chairman Senate, Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani, has strongly condemned the terrorist attack on the Karachi Police Chief’s Office. He expressed his deep sympathies with the families of the victims who lost their lives in the heinous act of violence. In his statement, the Chairman Senate reiterated that such cowardly attacks against law […]

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Defense Minister terms national harmony vital to uproot terrorism

February 18, 2023 |

Islamabad, February 18, 2023 (PPI-OT):Defense Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif says national harmony is needed to uproot the menace of terrorism. Talking to a private media channel, he said the time has come to move beyond condemnation against terrorism. The Defense Minister said Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf avoided building a national consensus against terrorism by refusing to participate […]

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Pakistan to send over 170,000 tents to quake-hit Turkiye: PM 

February 18, 2023 |

Islamabad, February 18, 2023 (PPI-OT):Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif says Pakistan will send over one hundred seventy thousand tents to Turkiye for earthquake’ victims keeping in view the blistering cold over there. Talking to the delegation of tent manufacturers in Lahore on Saturday, he appealed to the tent manufacturers to provide tents to the government at […]

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Foreign Minister urges for capacity building of Afghan authorities to counter terrorism

February 18, 2023 |

Islamabad, February 18, 2023 (PPI-OT):Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has urged the international community to help in capacity building of the Afghan interim authorities to take on threats of terrorism. Taking part in a panel discussion in Munich Security Conference, he said that the international community wanted the Afghan interim government to live up to […]

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Development of agriculture sector Govt’s top priority: Ahsan 

February 18, 2023 |

Islamabad, February 18, 2023 (PPI-OT):Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal says the government’s top most priority is development of the agriculture sector, which is the backbone of the country’s economy. He was addressing the deans and director at the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad. The minister said that reconstruction of the agriculture […]

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