Prof Tariq Mehmood made honorary surgeon commander of Pakistan Navy
Professor Tariq Mehmood, Head of the Radiology Department, CyberKnife and Tomotherapy, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center (JPMC), was made the Honorary Surgeon Commander of Pakistan Navy on Friday. Vice Chancellor JSMU and Executive Director JPMC Professor Shahid Rasul has congratulated Professor Tariq Mehmood on this recognition of his services to the country. Under Professor Tariq Mehmood,…
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K-3 nuclear power plant likely to achieve COD by March
Pakistan’s 7th Nuclear Power Plant formally known as K-3 is expected to achieve Commercial Operation Date (COD) on March 2022. Sources said here that with the commissioning of K-3 and decommissioning of K-1, the total installed capacity of six nuclear power plants would become 3620MW. The power plant being set up at Karachi is in…
LUMS Vice Chancellor named International Educator of the Year
The Academy of International Business (AIB), the premier global organization of international business and management scholars, has named LUMS Vice Chancellor, Dr. Arshad Ahmad, the AIB International Educator of the Year for 2022. Established in 1959, AIB’s membership spans more than 70 countries worldwide. AIB fosters excellence in education by advancing the highest professional standards…
PM leaves for China on four-day visit
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday left here for China on a four-day official visit to attend the ceremony of Winter Olympics and meet the Chinese leadership. The prime minister’s delegation included Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin, Planning Minister Asad Umar, Information Minister Chaudhry Fawad Hussain, National Security Adviser Dr Moeed…
PM Imran Khan launches health card for residents of Islamabad
Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan has launched Naya Pakistan Qaumi Sehat Card scheme in Islamabad on Wednesday. Under the scheme, all families of Islamabad, Punjab, Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), and Tharparkar will be provided free medical treatment of Rs1 million a year at government and private hospitals. Addressing the launching ceremony of…
Cricketer Muhammad Rizwan to Teach a Masterclass Course on ‘Abwaab’
Pakistan cricket team’s talismanic wicketkeeper batsman and one of the nation’s most loved cricketers, Muhammad Rizwan has just begun one of the most meaningful partnerships of his career in the field of education. After having a record-breaking 2021, being dubbed ‘Men’s T20I Cricketer of the Year’ by ICC and ‘Most Valuable Player’ by PCB, Rizwan…
CPPA seeks increase in Power Tariff by RS 3.12 Per Unit
ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) on Friday received Central Power Purchasing Agency (CPPA) request to jack up the electricity tariff by Rs3.12 per unit. According to details, the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) will hear the CPPA plea on February 1. The recent increase has been sought for the month of…
LADIESFUND donated 100 wheelchairs to SIUT
Karachi: Dawood Global Foundation LADIESFUND donated 100 wheelchairs to SIUT Karachi, in follow-up to the 100 wheelchairs they donated a couple of months ago, as part of the LADIESUND 10,000 wheelchair drive #LFWheels to make Pakistan and Pakistanis more mobile. This month, the drive will cross 1,000 wheelchairs having been given throughout Sindh to hospitals…
WHO Warns of ‘very High’ Omicron Risk as Covid Surges Worldwide
GENEVA: Omicron still poses “very high” risk and could overwhelm healthcare systems, the WHO warned on Wednesday, as the highly transmissible coronavirus variant fuelled record outbreaks in many countries. Case numbers have shot up 11 percent globally in the last week, forcing governments from China to Germany and France to find a difficult balance between…
Urea sales increased in Nov’21
· As per the numbers released by NFDC, total urea offtake for the industry clocked in at 574k MT (+8%YoY/+12%MoM). The cumulative 11MCY21 numbers depict a growth of 11%YoY to stand at 5.7mn MT in contrast to 5.15mn MT in same period last year. · DAP offtake decreased 36%MoM/38%YoY to 219k MT taking 11MCY21 DAP…