Pakistan joins Digital Cooperation Organization as founding member
Five countries have banded together to launch a new global organization with the aim to strengthen cooperation across all innovation-driven areas and accelerate the growth of the digital economy. Called the Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO), the participating nations in the initiative are Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait and Pakistan. Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, in […]
NUST ranked at no. 76 among Asian universities
The National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST) has been ranked at No 76 among Asian universities, in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Asia University Rankings 2021 announced on November 25, 2020. NUST has gained 7 positions since last year when it was ranked at No 83. The new ranking has placed NUST amongst the Top […]
KMC to restore Frere Hall
Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) has initiated the renovation and restoration work of Frere Hall 16 years after the project was granted approval. Administrator Karachi Iftikhar Ali Shallwani inaugurated the renovation and restoration work. He said the work would be carried out under the heritage preservation rules. Frere Hall is located in central Karachi’s colonial-era Saddar […]
ABAD appreciates incentives for construction sector
The Association of Builders and Developers of Pakistan (ABAD) Chairman Fayyaz Ilyas has appreciated the efforts of the federal government for announcing incentives for the construction industry. Though, ABAD had been asking for all incentives for a very long time, but the previous governments were not reluctant enough to consider them. A delegation of ABAD […]
Govt encouraging export of vehicles from Pakistan
Prime Minister Imran Khan addressed the “Country Strategy Dialogue on Pakistan” organized by the World Economic Forum (WEF) through a video link. He said that the main hurdle for increasing industrialization in Pakistan in the expensive electricity being made. He said that in Pakistan the cost of energy is 25 percent more than in competitors […]