Islamabad, 18 April 2019 (Daily Dawn)
The Prime Minister's Office announced a major reshuffle of the federal cabinet on Thursday, with key portfolios of the finance, interior and information ministries seeing new faces.
This development came only hours after Asad Umar stepped down as the finance minister.
The portfolio of information minister has been ... Read More
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Doha, 17 April 2019
6th Edition of the Qatar e-Nature schools contest concluded with an award ceremony recently held at Wyndham West Bay Hotel. A record participation of 339 students from 60 governmental schools and 53 private schools across Qatar including government and private schools was observed this year.
Sasol, the international ... Read More
April 17, 2019M Ashraf Siddiqui
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Doha, 16 April 2019
Eminent Pakistani and Indian Urdu scholars, Dr. Tehsin Firaqi and Feroz Sultan Ejaz (Fay Seen Ejaz) have been declared winners of 23rd Aalmi Frogh-e-Urdu Adab Award (Award for Promoting Urdu Literature), established by the Qatar-based Majlis-e-Frogh-e-Urdu Adab in 1996.
Firaqi and Ejaz will receive the honour at a function to ... Read More
April 16, 2019M Ashraf Siddiqui
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Doha, 16 April 2019 (QP)
Qatar Petroleum has won exploration rights in five offshore blocks in the North Argentina, and Malvinas West basins in Argentina. The winning bids were announced today by Argentina’s Secretariat of Government of Energy (“SGE”) at the end of a public tender process that started in November 2018. ... Read More
April 16, 2019M Ashraf Siddiqui
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Doha, 16 April 2019
Maj. Gen. Majid Ibrahim Al Khulaifi, Director of Elections Department, Ministry of Interior and Head of the Central Municipal Council (CMC) Electoral Committee announced the winners of the CMC 2019 election in a press conference held in the Media Centre of the election in officers club of ... Read More
April 16, 2019M Ashraf Siddiqui
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Doha, 15 April 2019
The international conference on “National, regional and international mechanisms to combat impunity and ensure accountability under international law” was organized from 14 to 15 April 2019 in Doha by Qatar National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) in cooperation with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for ... Read More
April 15, 2019M Ashraf Siddiqui
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Doha, 15 April 2019 (Ashgal)
The Public Works Authority ‘Ashghal’ has inaugurated main carriageway and three vital interchanges on Al Khor Road. Present on the occasion were Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, ministers, government officials, “Ashghal” representatives and project contractors.
The opening of ... Read More
April 15, 2019M Ashraf Siddiqui
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Doha, 15 April 2019
'Tarsheed campaign for conservation of water and electricity in Qatar by General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa) has helped Qatar in savings of QR 1.75 b in 2018', announced by Essa bin Hilal al-Kuwari, President of Kahramaa. He was addressing at the glittering 7th Annual celebrations of conservation ... Read More
April 15, 2019M Ashraf Siddiqui
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Quetta (Pakistan),12 April 2019 (Daily Dawn)
At least 20 people were killed and 48 injured in a blast believed to be targeting members of the Hazara community in Quetta's Hazarganji market on Friday morning.
The attack claimed the lives of nine Hazara and one Frontier Corps (FC) soldier who was deputed for ... Read More
April 12, 2019M Ashraf Siddiqui
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Khartoum, 12 April 2019 (Xinhua News)
Chairman of Sudan's transitional military council Awad Mohamed Ahmed Ibn Auf on Friday announced his resignation.
"I, chairman of the transitional military council, declare my resignation from this post," said Ibn Auf in a statement broadcast by official Sudan TV. "I announce selection of Lt. Gen. Abdel-Fattah ... Read More
April 12, 2019M Ashraf Siddiqui