ISLAMABAD, Feb 02 (FD): The Millennium Universal Colleges TMUC, Pakistan hosted a two days Annual Colloquia 2023 on the theme ‘Inspire-Aspire-Attain: Redefining Quality Education’ at TMUC Islamabad says a press release. Heads of Institutes, Academic Heads, Programme Coordinators, Counsellors, and support staff from all over the TMUC campuses nationwide attended this 7th Annual Colloquia. TMUC is Pakistan’s top International …

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police Chief Moazzam Jah Ansari said on Thursday that the police was “closing in” on the terror network behind the suicide attack on a mosque in the Peshawar Police Lines area, revealing that the “bomber was clad in a police uniform”. On Jan 30, a powerful explosion ripped through a mosque in Peshawar’s Red Zone area where between …

  RAWALPINDI, Feb 2 (FD):  Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rashid Ahmed was arrested by police from his residence in a private housing society in the wee hours of Thursday. His nephew and former MNA Rashid Shafiq has confirmed the arrest of Mr Ahmed by the Islamabad police. He said a heavy contingent reached the residence of the former …

  ISLAMABAD, Feb 2 (FD):  The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has demanded that assets owned by Pakistani bureaucrats should be made public to ensure transparency and accountability. A delegation of the global lander is visiting Pakistan to hold talks with the government officials as the cash-strapped South Asian country was trying to strike a staff-level agreement with IMF on the …

  PESHAWAR, Feb 2 (FD): Police in different parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa held protest march to condemn the Monday bombing of a mosque inside a compound that left more than 100 dead and scores wounded. In an unprecedented move and what is believed to be the first of its kind, over 24 uniformed police personnel gathered outside Peshawar Press Club …

  WASHINGTON, Feb 2 (AFP): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced new visa restrictions against the Taliban Wednesday in response to bans on employment and education for women in Afghanistan. “I am taking action today to impose additional visa restrictions on certain current or former Taliban members, members of non-state security groups, and other individuals believed to be responsible …

  BIRMINGHAM, Feb 2 (FD): Tens of thousands of school teachers, university staff and lecturers, train drivers, and civil servants are among the workers walking out as part of Wednesday’s nationwide strike in the UK. Such widespread strike action has not taken place since a previous pay dispute back in 2011 when more than a million workers walked out. The …

  INDIA, Feb 2 (FD): India proposed on Wednesday 5.94 trillion rupees ($72.6 billion) in defence spending for the 2023-24 financial year, 13 per cent up from the previous period’s initial estimates, aiming to add more fighter jets and roads along its tense border with China. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman allocated 1.63tr rupees for defence capital outlays — an expenditure …

  ISLAMABAD, Feb 1 (FD): Society for the protection of the Rights of Child (SPARC) shared a press release stressing the importance of pending Tobacco Health Levy Bill to ease Pakistan’s current economic crisis. Malik Imran Ahmed, Country Head, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK), mentioned that the destruction caused by tobacco induced non-communicable diseases to Pakistan’s healthcare system is a …

  ISLAMABAD, February 1 (INP): More than 0.4 million people in Gwadar will be relieved of appalling power woes as all electrification and configuration work for receiving 100 MW Iranian electricity to power up Gwadar will be completed in 15 days. According to a report published by Gwadar Pro on Wednesday, the project cost approximately Rs. 500 million. Gwadar City, …