Rawalpindi—Minister for Information and
Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira Saturday said the
Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly is likely
to hold its first session after Eid ul Azha. Mr.
Kaira, who is also Acting Governor of Gilgit-
Baltistan, was speaking at a reception held in
honour of the elected members of the GB
Legislative Assembly.
Islamabad—Traders of sacrificial animals are
fleecing the buyers, who have no choice but to
buy the animals in view of the fast approaching
Eid-ul-Azha. An average size of multi-colored
cow having ‘do daant’ (two teeth) was being
priced from Rs 70,000, and comparatively high
prices of animals were observed at the stalls.
Islamabad—A two-day
‘Children Book Fair’ by National National Book
Foundation (NBF) displaying unique variety of
children literature concluded today. The fair
arranged in connection with Universal Children’s
Day aimed at boosting reading habits among
children as well as entertaining them with story
reading sessions, funny cartoons and humorous
poems.
Islamabad—The Pakistan Paediatric Association (PPA)
organized a moot of Child-Health experts and
practitioners to commemorate the occasion of
“International Children’s Day”, which is
celebrated globally on November 20th every year.
Rizwan Shah the spokesperson for PPA hre said
that this heavily attended forum comprised of
deliberations on the Child-Health Scenario in
Pakistan, reviewed in the light of “Charter of
the Rights of Children” (CRC), which was passed
by the United Nations General Assembly on the
20th November, 1989.
Islamabad—Pakistan’s private TV channel
“SAMMA TV” has won Corporate Social
Responsibility (CSR) excellence award-2009.
Pakistan marked a new page in the history of
Corporate Social Responsibility by receiving the
excellence award 2009 in CSR.The Polio Control
Cell was established in joint partnership with
UNICEF Pakistan and Ministry of Health,
Government of Pakistan. The Asian Forum on
Corporate Social Responsibility (AFCSR)
announced the winners of the AFCSR Award 2009 at
a grand gala award ceremony held in Manila,
Philippines.
