MULTAN, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 23rd Aug, 2026) Punjab Food Authority (PFA) continued its crackdown on elements involved in the sale and production of unsafe food, taking major action in Multan and Khanewal. According to Director General Food Authority Raja Mansoor Ahmed, PFA food safety teams inspected a meat shop and…
BAHAWALPUR, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 23rd Aug, 2026) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dave Castle Group of IT Training Institute,Hassan Nawaz on Sunday announced 10 scholarships under the Khushi Muhammad Memorial Scholarship for deserving students of the Department of Social Work at the Islamia University of Bahawalpur (IUB). According to an official…
AJMAN, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM – 23rd Aug, 2026) Ajman Chamber recorded 21,324 memberships during the first half of the current year, including 2,681 new memberships. The value of certificates of origin issued exceeded AED3.9 billion across a total of 22,422 certificates, reflecting the growing economic activity, investment and trade in the…
VIENNA, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM – 23rd Aug, 2026) Austria will launch its first military satellite, BeaconSat, next February to conduct research in space technology and strengthen the country’s technological capabilities and domestic industries. The Austrian satellite will be carried by a Falcon 9 rocket. It took a year and a half…
DUBAI, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM – 23rd Aug, 2026) The Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence Office has announced the opening of registration for the seventh cohort of the Artificial Intelligence Program, which will run from September 2026 to January 2027. Led by the National Program for Artificial Intelligence in collaboration with…
SARGODHA, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 23rd Aug, 2026) Special Assistant to Chief Minister(CM) Punjab for Inspection Teams Shoaib Mirza on Sunday chaired a meeting at the Deputy Commissioner’s Office here to review development projects and administrative affairs in the district. Deputy Commissioner(DC),Hussain Ahmad Raza Chaudhry,Additional Deputy Commissioners and officials from WASA,…
Dera Ismail Khan, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 23rd Aug, 2026) The food Department, Dera Ismail Khan, has intensified inspections of authorised flour dealers to ensure the availability and transparent distribution of government-subsidised flour at officially fixed prices. The inspection was carried out by Assistant Food Controller Khaliq-ur-Rehman, accompanied by Food Grain…
PESHAWAR, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 23rd Aug, 2026) The hall erupted as the opening notes of the Pashto national song “Monga Da Khyber Zalmi” (We are Khyber’s youth) rang out in a university amid the unmistakable thunder of the dhol. As students of City University Peshawar formed a circle and broke…
HONG KONG, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM – 23rd Aug, 2026) Chinese technology group Alibaba Holding plans to raise around US$10 billion, equivalent to HK$80 billion, through a new share offering on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, in a strategic move aimed at strengthening its infrastructure and global competitiveness in artificial intelligence. Bloomberg…
LAHORE, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 23rd Aug, 2026) Pakistan Furniture Council (PFC) Chief Executive Officer Mian Kashif Ashfaq has said Pakistan needed a decisive shift towards algorithmic originality and fundamental research to emerge as a leader in artificial intelligence (AI), warning that the country could otherwise remain a fast follower in…
