Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Laptops to also be provided to students of Madaris, tribal areas: NA told

Laptops

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Thursday passed ‘The Islamabad Capital Territory Local Government (Amendment) Bill, 2022’ aimed at increasing the number of existing Union Councils in Islamabad and direct election of mayor. Under the amendments, there will be 125 Union Councils within the Islamabad Capital Territory to cater for the existing population of the federal … Read more

Focus of foreign policy changed from geo-politics to geo-economics: NA told

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Friday said that the government had given a new direction to the country’s foreign policy from geo-politics to geo-economics for the welfare of people. “The country’s economy is now touching 5.37 per cent growth rate regardless of the contraction caused by Covid-19 to the international economies. According to … Read more