ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Saturday issued a written order on the inheritance of women in the country. The top court termed depriving women of the shariah right of their inheritance ‘an abominable act’. “It has become common to deprive women of the inheritance specified by the shariah, which is a violation of commandment of … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan directed the authorities concerned on Saturday to facilitate all the Chinese investors, who were setting up industries in Pakistan, on an emergency basis by resolving their issues related to road connectivity and the provision of utilities. “We will support Chinese businesses in Pakistan on the priority basis, and are grateful … Read more
KARACHI: Police on Saturday arrested a group of drug peddlers who took orders on phone calls in Karachi. Police said the suspects would deliver drugs in a rickshaw pretending to be going to drop passengers at a destination. Police carried out a raid on a tip-off and arrested three suspects, including the rickshaw driver, from … Read more
ISLAMABAD: President Arif Alvi and Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitments to safeguard children and their rights. In his message on the occasion of World Children’s Day, President Dr Arif Alvi said the government was striving to ensure that every child received quality education and healthcare and none of them was discriminated … Read more
KARACHI: A police official allegedly committed suicide during an altercation with his second wife on Saturday in Gulshan-e-Maymar area of Karachi. Police said ASI Tariq Yameen was posted at Security-II, which provides guards, gunmen, escorts and drivers to VIPs. He had two marriages and would often have heated arguments with his second wife. Police said … Read more
KHAIRPUR: A 10-year-old was raped and killed in Khairpur district, Bol News reported on Saturday. The victim, a Hindu boy, had gone missing from the Babarlu Bypass area since Friday evening. Relatives of the child started searching for him, but to no avail. In the night, they found the boy’s tortured body from a vacant … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Law and Justice Dr Farogh Naseem on Friday said the opposition was politicising the matter of legislation regarding providing Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav consular access. Addressing a news conference along with Parliamentary Secretary MNA Maleeka Bokhari in Islamabad, he said objections of the opposition on the recent legislation passed by the joint … Read more
KARACHI: The provincial administration of Sindh signed an agreement with a Kuwaiti firm to supply water from Nabisar to Vajihar in Sindh’s Tharparkar desert, Arab News quoted Pakistan’s diplomatic mission in Kuwait. The official signing ceremony between Kuwaiti state-owned firm, EnerTech Holding Company and the provincial administration of Sindh, was held in Karachi on Wednesday. … Read more
KARACHI: The rupee ended 57 paisas down against the dollar on Friday, owing to higher demand for the foreign currency for import payments. The exchange rate ended at Rs175.24 against the greenback from the previous day’s closing Rs174.67 in the interbank foreign exchange market. It was the second straight day when the dollar strengthened against … Read more
ISLAMABAD: A day after the Election Commission of Pakistan expressed uncertainty over electronic voting machines in the next general elections, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) MNA Syed Agha Rafiullah on Friday criticized the government saying that the institution which is responsible for using the machines was itself unaware of how to use them. Syed Rafiullah said … Read more
ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Friday urged the West to be mindful about the sentiments of Muslims while pursuing the notion of freedom of expression so as to promote interfaith harmony. “Creation of hatred in the clothing of freedom of speech is something the West has to look upon to increase cooperation among Islam, … Read more
KARACHI: Advisor to Chief Minister Sindh on Law and Karachi Administrator, Murtaza Wahab on Friday said a few days ago that Federal Minister for Energy, Hammad Azhar has misstated about production of gas in Sindh. “Hammad said that Sindh produces 38 per cent gas, which is wrong,” Murtaza Wahab said while addressing media in Karachi. … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday said the government was providing subsidy and incentivising construction industry to help low income people to have their own houses. “Rs35 billion have been allocated for subsidy on construction of houses by the low income people,” said the prime minister while speaking at a ceremony during his visit … Read more
SARGODHA: A man on Friday killed his maternal uncle and aunty over refusing his marriage proposal for their daughter in Sargodha. Because of belligerence over domestic issues against his family, the victim Riaz refused marriage proposal of his nephew Adeel. Following which, the suspect armed with a weapon entered his house and started quarrelling. Younger … Read more
KARACHI: The Pakistani Rupee gained 77 paisas against the dollar in early trade at the interbank foreign exchange market on Friday. The dollar is being traded at Rs173.90 at the opening of the interbank market. The exchange rate was closed at Rs174.67 on Thursday November 18, 2021. Analysts said that the appreciation comes on the … Read more
LAHORE: Kazakhstan Vice Minister of Industry and Infrastructure Development MaratKarabayev has expressed the hope that the historical relations between Kazakhstan and Pakistan will now reflect in the expansion of bilateral trade and commercial ties with enhanced frequent interaction between the business communities of the two countries. Addressing a zoom meeting with All Pakistan Textile Mills … Read more
LUSAKA: The advent of the Covid-19 pandemic has so far left debilitating effects on various sectors of the economies across the world. One such sector that has been affected is the job market where companies have been forced to downsize their workforce due to lost production caused by the pandemic. However, Chinese enterprises in Zambia … Read more
KARACHI: The Pakistan bourse quickly recovered after starting off with a bearish note as the KSE-100 index witnessed an increase of 402.17 points, or 0.87 per cent, in the first hour of trading on Friday. The local equity market on Thursday finished lower as resumption in rupee’s downtrend against the dollar dampened the market sentiment … Read more
