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ISLAMABAD, Sep 26 (APP): Negotiations are underway to finalize the schedule for Pakistan’s first pilot freight train to Russia, which would carry 16 containers of rice in its inaugural shipment. The project, launched under the 9th Intergovernmental Commission (IGC), aimed to connect Karachi Port with Moscow via Iran, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan. A contract between Pakistan…
ISLAMABAD, Sep 25 (APP): The National Highway Authority (NHA) is poised to complete around 39 development projects worth over Rs 1,406.3 billion during the current fiscal year. According to documents available with Wealth Pakistan, these schemes were approved last year and subsequently executed. Originally, they were part of the Public Sector Development Program (PSDP). The…
ISLAMABAD, Sep 24 (APP): Saudi Arabia remained the largest destination as more than two million Pakistanis secured overseas employment in over 50 countries between 2023 and August 2025. According to the official statistics of Bureau of Emigration and Overseas Employment (BEOE) available with Wealth Pakistan, a total of 2,041,147 workers registered for foreign employment during…
ISLAMABAD: GAK HealthCare International on Wednesday launched a strategic expansion into Indonesia, a move expected to generate cross-border investments, enhance medical education, and showcase Pakistan’s private sector as a trusted global partner. The initiative, led by Group CEO Yasir Khan Niazi, aims to establish a medical college modeled after GAK’s Islamabad Medical & Dental College,…
ISLAMABAD: The CMPak, a leading telecom operator in Pakistan, and Huawei reached a strategic cooperation to jointly promote product innovation and technology upgrade. They aim to work out a leading enterprise network solution to accelerate digital transformation of various industries in Pakistan. To achieve this, CMPak and Huawei jointly launch a unified enterprise node (Card-UEN),…
LAHORE: A seminar on blood cancer awareness was held at Nasir Usmani Auditorium under the auspices of the Lahore Press Club in collaboration with Himmel Pharmaceuticals, where health experts emphasized the need to raise public awareness about this deadly disease. Addressing the seminar, Professor Dr. Abbas Khokhar, Head of the Oncology Department at Mayo Hospital,…
ISLAMABAD, Sep 23 (APP): Pakistani scientists have developed a new rose variety that can earn farmers up to Rs1.5 million per acre annually, opening a fresh window into the $60 billion global floriculture market while providing resilience against rising temperatures. The breakthrough variety, Rosa Centifolia UAF, has been introduced by the Institute of Horticultural Sciences,…
ISLAMABAD, Sep 22 (APP): A pilot project has been planned to provide instant, targeted cash assistance to families living in disaster-affected areas through the integration of the National Catastrophe (NatCat) Model with the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP). According to official documents available with Wealth Pakistan, the initiative forms part of a broader plan to…
ISLAMABAD, Sep 21 (APP): The National Disaster Risk Management Fund (NDRMF) has completed a portfolio of 16 major disaster resilience and preparedness projects worth over Rs 6.5 billion across Pakistan between 2018 and 2024. The initiatives were implemented in collaboration with leading national and international partners, targeting vulnerable districts in Balochistan, Sindh, Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,…
ISLAMABAD, Sep 20 (APP): The Ministry of Climate Change and Environmental Coordination (MoCC&EC) has constituted a working group to address the country’s growing challenge of electronic waste (e-waste). According to an official notification available with Wealth Pakistan, the working group has been tasked with deliberating on and providing technical input for the development of a…
