PESHAWAR: Tourism Corporation of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (TCKP) has handed over all the government rest houses in the Galiyat area to the Galiyat Development Authority (GDA) which would now be responsible for the booking of these resorts. [huge_it_slider id=”47″] The TCKP spokesperson on Monday said that the rest houses were handed over to GDA last week and that tourists had been advised to contact the authority from now onward for booking. She said that TCKP earned Rs15 million in a very short time after getting charge of rest houses and and renovated all these properties while keeping the expenditure very low.…
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World leaders reacted with anger and defiance after President Donald Trump on Thursday, 1 June, announced the United States, the world’s second biggest carbon emitter, was quitting the 2015 Paris climate agreement. The 2015 Paris Agreement is the first pact to commit all nations to limiting global warming caused by emissions from burning coal, oil and gas. “I cannot, in good conscience, support a deal that punishes the United States,” Trump said while announcing the decision to pull the US out of the agreement. Trump repeatedly painted the pact, struck by his predecessor Barack Obama, as a deal that did…
ISLAMABAD: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has accepted the first-ever nomination of intangible cultural heritage filed by Pakistan of Kalash practice of ‘Suri Jagek’ for placing it at ‘UNESCO’s List in Need of Urgent Safeguarding the tradition’. [huge_it_slider id=”46″] ‘Suri Jagek’ is a traditional Kalash metrological and astronomical practice of observing the sun, the moon, stars and shadows with respect to the local topography. Mr. Nazir Ahmad, Joint Secretary, National History and Literary Heritage (NHLH) Division told that the nomination for placing the practice at UNESCO’s list was filed by the division on March 29, 2017 and…
Hotel One requires Resident Manager for its Multan property. Ideal incumbent would have more than 10 years of experience of managing hotel operations and should have graduation / post graduation degree. The position offers competitive salary with fringe benefits. If you fulfill the mentioned criteria then please send an updated copy of your resume at asad.rehman@hotelone.com.pk by June 2,2017
LONDON: The visitors applying for a visa to visit the UK will be forced to pay nearly £6 for every email they send. The Home Office of UK has announced the outsourcing of of its customer enquiries service for visa applications to a private firm, Sitel UK. Sitel will charge £5.48 per email sent, change opening hours and reduce the number of languages services are available in. Services will be offered in English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Arabic, French, Hindi, Russian and Spanish. [huge_it_slider id=”45″] The Home Office says the languages no longer offered; make up only four per cent of the…
ISTANBUL: Turkish Airlines celebrated well the arrival of its 30th Boeing 777-300ER, adding to its ever-growing fleet. The new delivery, welcomed with a traditional water salute, is the first aircraft to feature seats by Turkish Seats Industries (TSI), a complete Turkish brand through a close collaboration with Boeing. TSI, the first locally aircraft seat producer in Turkey, which is a joint venture between Turkish Airlines and Assan Hanil, aims to play a key role in the global aircraft seat market with its innovative, lightweight, quality products. “Three years ago, we partnered in a significant initiative to pioneer another first…
VENICE: A monster cruise ship meets a giant octopus and crashes into the Rialto Bridge, provoking a tsunami. It’s an apocalyptic vision of Venice. The message of Stop the Madness, Philip Colbert’s pop-art-with-a-purpose at the current Venice Biennale, is echoed by Lorenzo Quinn’s Support, a large-scale installation of giant hands reaching out of the Grand Canal to prop up the crumbling Palazzo Sagredo. [huge_it_slider id=”44″] Venice’s mayor Luigi Brugnaro could also do with a helping hand. Under-populated and over-touristic, Venice is facing threats from all sides. Its status as a world heritage site is slowly sinking, with Unesco threatening to…
Moscow: Russia carried out the maiden flight of its new MS-21 medium-range passenger plane on Sunday, 28 May. This is its first post-Soviet foray into production of a mainline commercial aircraft which it hopes will rival those of its Western competitors. [huge_it_slider id=”43″] Irkut Corporation and its state-controlled parent company United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) said an MS-21-300 model had successfully completed a 30-minute flight at a height of 1,000 metres and travelling at 300km an hour. Squeezed by Western sanctions over its role in the Ukraine crisis, Russia is trying to rejuvenate domestic industrial production to make the country less…
QINGDAO: The world’s largest supplier of commercial helicopters, Airbus Helicopters has started building an assembly line in China. The Airbus Group said that it is a key step in its plans to tap into the ever expanding Chinese market. The company’s final assembly line will be located in Qingdao, eastern China, with construction expected to be completed by 2018. An Airbus framework agreement signed in 2016 called for 100 H135 helicopters to be assembled over the next 10 years, and the first aircraft roll-out from Qingdao is planned for mid-2019. China is opening up its low-level airspace to civilian aircraft,…
Written by Ch. Faisal Mahmood As we go to print, the holy month of Ramzaan has set in and the vast majority of Pakistanis have started availing the bounties of God’s mercies by fasting and by sharing their advantages with their disadvantaged neighbors and social service organisations. Take the city of Karachi. Like all other cities and towns in the country, visitors new to it are struck by the spreads of Aftaari meals on makeshift hospitality tables placed at major crossroads, bus stands and at shopping centres. As the time approaches for breaking the day-long fasts, these offerings are readied…