KARACHI: A minor girl died during an exchange of fire between a security guard and unidentified robbers near Manzil Pump in Shah Latif Town area of Karachi, Bol news reported on Thursday. Police said an alleged injured robber was arrested. Read more: Two robbers gunned down in police encounter According to details, six armed robbers … Read more
Pakistan bourse remains bullish at midday KARACHI: The Pakistan stocks witnessed a bullish trend at midday, as the KSE-100 Index registered an increase of 5.32 points, or 0.01 per cent, on Wednesday. –LATIFUR REHMAN Read more PYMA appeals Tarin not to impose R&D on polyester filament yarn KARACHI: Saqib Naseem, central chairman of Pakistan Yarn … Read more
ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi has urged doctors to focus on the prevention of diseases and underlined the need for avoiding unnecessary use of antibiotics. Speaking at the 5th Rawalpindi Medical University International Conference, he said diseases like hepatitis, which spread due to irresponsibility, should be controlled through preventive measures, Radio Pakistan reported on Thursday. … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday said Afghanistan needed humanitarian assistance as soon as possible. Addressing an event at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Islamabad, PM Imran Khan said a crisis was unfolding in Afghanistan which was oppression. “The world should immediately help Afghanistan,” he stressed. Read more: Saudi Arabia sends 200 trucks … Read more
ISLAMABAD: King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief) on Tuesday launched a relief package for Afghanistan. Chairman Senate Sadiq Sanjrani was the chief guest at the launching ceremony of the project. Read more: OIC agrees to set up trust fund; launch food security programme for Afghans Under this initiative, initially 200 trucks loaded with … Read more
KARACHI: Leader of Opposition in National Assembly and Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday said results of the first phase of local government elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had ended an expensive experiment. In a tweet, Shehbaz Sharif said the people of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa had rejected the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). Read more: PTI accepts … Read more
LAHORE: Senior Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) leader and former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Tuesday said the PML-N leaders would become petitioners and demand inquiry into sugar, LNG and flour crisis. “When the time comes, we will become petitioners. We will ask who robbed the nation of LNG, sugar and flour,” Shahid Khaqan Abbasi … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Vice-President Sherry Rehman on Tuesday said despite buying the most expensive Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) in Pakistan’s history, the government failed to ensure supply of gas to citizens. In a tweet, Sherry Rehman said there were reports that Gunvor, an LNG trading company of Singapore, would not be able to … Read more
KARACHI: Haematologist and bone marrow transplantation (BMT) physician Dr Tahir Shamsi passed away in Karachi, Bol news channel reported on Tuesday. Dr Tahir Shamsi was undergoing treatment at a private hospital because for a ruptured cerebral artery. He was put on ventilator as his condition deteriorated. Read more: Third richest Arab billionaire Majid Al Futtaim … Read more
Current account deficit balloons to $7 billion in five months KARACHI: Pakistan’s current account deficit has ballooned to $7 billion during the first five months (July-November 2021/22 on sharp growth in import bill during the period, according to the balance of payments data released by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Monday. –SHAHNAWAZ AKHTER … Read more
ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Tuesday asked Turkmenistan to join efforts with Pakistan to boost regional connectivity and economic integration. He said this while talking to the visiting Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan Meredov Rashid Ovezgeldiyevich, who called on him in Islamabad, Radio Pakistan reported. Read more: OIC appoints special envoy for Afghanistan to coordinate … Read more
KARACHI: The Pakistan stocks opened on a bullish note as the KSE-100 index witnessed an increase of 219.20 points, or 0.40 per cent, in the first hour of trading on Tuesday. The local bourse closed in the green zone on Monday, as investors’ sentiment eased after the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) cued short-term relaxation … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Monday said people above 30 would be able to get a booster jab from January 1, 2022. The NCOC announced after its meeting in Islamabad. The meeting decided that strict measures would be taken for the implementation of mandatory vaccination. Read more: NCOC announces winter vacations … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Vice-President and member of Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs Sherry Rehman on Monday said the government was going to increase electricity price by Rs4.33 per unit in terms of fuel adjustment. “This will rob the people of more than Rs40 billion. A burden of billions of rupees is passed … Read more
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday sought personal appearance of the secretary special education Punjab to explain the delay in the transfer of a blind school teacher under the wedlock policy. The petitioner, Amna Arshad, pleaded that she was a teacher at Mandi Bahauddin’s School of Special Education and her husband was employed … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Secretary-General of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Hissein Brahim Taha on Monday said Ambassador Tarig Ali Bakheet had been appointed as special envoy for Afghanistan who would coordinate with stakeholders to provide assistance to the interim Afghan government viewing humanitarian crises. Read more: OIC extraordinary session to mobilise world’s support for Afghans: Saudi Foreign … Read more
PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Monday accepted its defeat in the first phase of local government elections in 17 districts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP). Addressing media in Peshawar, Minister for Science and Technology Shibli Faraz said the PTI lost the LG elections because it had a contest against itself. Many of the PTI workers were … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Russell Tribunal on Kashmir has expressed concern over the grave crimes against humanity, including genocide, which are occurring in the Indian Illegally Occupied territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Kashmir Civitas, a Canada-based NGO, partnered with the World Kashmir Awareness Forum, Russell Foundation (London, UK), the Permanent People’s Tribunal of Bologna, Italy, Nahla (Center for … Read more
