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Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal says poverty alleviation is inevitable for achieving sustainable development goals. Addressing a ceremony in Islamabad today, he called for making collective efforts to address the issues of common m...

The 26th death anniversary of prominent scholar Hakim Muhammad Saeed was observed today. Hakim Mohammed Saeed was born on January 9, 1920 in Delhi and migrated to Pakistan with his family after independence in 1947. He established Hamdard Dawakhana...

Chairperson of Benazir Income Support Programme , Rubina Khalid, has announced increase in the amount of the Benazir Kafalat quarterly instalment for beneficiaries upto 13,500 rupees by next year. During a visit to the Benazir Nashonuma Center at Si...

The Punjab Government has announced a holiday in all educational institutions throughout the province tomorrow (Friday). The decision was made on the recommendation of law enforcement agencies to maintain law and order. According to the spokesman, ...

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty was observed today (Thursday). This year the theme of the day was"Ending Social and Institutional Maltreatment Acting together for just, peaceful and inclusive societies". Source: Radio Pakistan

Belarus has expressed its readiness to invest in multiple agriculture projects of Pakistan. The understanding to this effect reached during a meeting between high-level delegation of Belarus and President Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited Tahir Yaqoob Bh...

On the directives of the Prime Minister, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) continues to provide humanitarian aid to the war-affected people of Gaza and Lebanon. In this regard, the 2nd consignment of aid was dispatched from Karachi t...