Kalbe Ali

6 days ago | dawn.com | Kalbe Ali

ISLAMABAD: Stakeholders have welcomed a new idea floated by Maritime Affairs Minister Junaid Anwar Chaudhry to set up a ‘maritime chamber of commerce and industry’ so that all players in this sector were brought on one platform. Speaking at the Pakistan Business Council Forum in Karachi on Saturday, the minister said the new chamber would promote the blue economy and enhance environmental sustainability across the maritime sector as well.

1 week ago | dawn.com | Kalbe Ali

DAWN.COM E-Paper | May 30, 2025 Subscribe to notifications Get the latest news and updates from Dawn Not Now Allow Notifications Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Friday strongly condemned the “arbitrary arrest of human rights defenders Tahira Abdullah and Samina Omar in Islamabad”, the commission said in a post on X.

1 week ago | dawn.com | Kalbe Ali

ISLAMABAD: A day after the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) declared the bill banning child marriages un-Islamic, many clerics from different schools of thought have appealed to President Asif Ali Zardari not to sign the bill into law. The Islamabad Capital Territory Child Marriage Restraint Bill, 2025, which seeks to protect the rights of children and eventually eradicate marriages of children under the age of 18, reached the presidency on May 27 after sailing through both houses of parliament.

1 week ago | dawn.com | Kalbe Ali

DAWN.COM E-Paper | May 29, 2025 Subscribe to notifications Get the latest news and updates from Dawn Not Now Allow Notifications ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Freelancers Association (Pafla) and the Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) will establish co-working spaces for more than 50,000 freelancers every year across Pakistan.

1 week ago | dawn.com | Kalbe Ali

ISLAMABAD: The automobile assemblers and parts manufacturers have urged the government to announce a clear policy on reducing vehicle import duties before announcing the upcoming budget. In a recent meeting with Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) Haroon Akhtar Khan, the representatives of the Pakistan Association of Automotive Parts and Accessories Manufacturers (Paapam) and Pakistan Automotive Manufacturers Association (Pama) demanded clarity of policies from the government.