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Pak-Iran trade potential to touch $ 5bln in five years: IIAA chief

  • ISLAMABAD, (APP): President Islamabad Industrial Area Association (IIAA) Faridoon Khattak on Thursday said that Pakistan and Iran have embarked on boosting bilateral trade which is expected to touch $5 billion in next five years. Welcoming the signing of MoU on Five-Year Strategic Trade Cooperation Plan between Pakistan and Iran he said it would also give […]

  • TeH condemns arrest of youth in Islamabad, Badgam

    ISLAMABAD, (APP): Tehreek-e-Hurriyet Jammu and Kashmir (TeH) has strongly denounced the arrest of innocent youth of Islamabad and Badgam in Indian occupied Kashmir. The police arrested Kifayat Ahmad Dar of Waghama in Bijbehara area of Islamabad district and Muhammad Yousuf Tantray of Chadoora in Badgam. KMS reported. The TeH spokesman in a statement issued in […]

  • Only Kashmir solution can ensure peace in South Asia: APHC

    ISLAMABAD, (APP): The All Parties Hurriyet Conference has called for settlement of the Kashmir dispute to ensure lasting peace in South Asian region. The demand was made at the APHC Executive Council meeting, presided over by its Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq in Srinagar. Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on the occasion said the Hurriyet wants cordial relations […]

  • PM cancels US visit

    ISLAMABAD, Mar 28 (APP): Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Monday decided to cancel his visit to Washington, United States where he was to attend the Nuclear Security Summit. The decision was taken in view of the terrorist attack in Lahore which took a heavy toll on the lives of innocent citizens and caused injuries to […]

  • Tehran to host 1st int’l congress on Stem Cell Sciences

    ISLAMABAD, (APP): The first national festival & international congress on Stem Cell Sciences and Technologies and Regenerative Medicine will be held at Rayzan International Seminars Center, Iran from May 19-21. The gathering is co-sponsored by the office of Vice-President for Science and Technology, Council on Development of Stem Cell Sciences and Technology and the Chronic […]

  • Three siblings victims of Lahore suicide laid to rest

    SHEIKHUPURA, (APP): Three siblings, who were killed in suicide blast at Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park Lahore yesterday were laid to rest at their ancestral graveyard, Sharqpur, on Monday. The funeral prayer of Wajahat Ali (5), Samiullah (12) and Arooj (13) was attended by a large number of people from all walks of life. MPA Arif Khan Sandheela, […]