LAHORE: Punjab Governor Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar held meetings with the Hungarian ministers, officials of the Foreign Office, members of the European Parliament and representatives of the Austrian business community, who assured him of supporting Pakistan in GSP Plus status extension. Pakistan and Hungary agreed to enhance ties in various fields, including higher education. According to … Read more
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan: The Islamic State group on Saturday claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb attack on a mosque in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar that killed at least 41 people and injured scores more. The Friday assault came just a week after another IS-claimed attack on worshippers at a mosque in the northern city … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI)-based inflation for the week ended October 14, 2021 witnessed an increase of 0.20 per cent, compared with the previous week, the latest data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) showed. The weekly SPI with base year 2015/16=100 is covering 17 urban centres and 51 essential items for … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Minister for National Food Security and Research Syed Fakhar Imam has stressed the need to increase awareness about safe and nutritious food, and encourage the stakeholders to produce more nutritious food sustainably, and manage food waste. He was speaking as the chief guest at an event in connection with the World Food Day, jointly … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Finance Shaukat Tarin has highlighted the economic priorities of the government, emphasising that Prime Minister Imran Khan was committed to inclusive and sustainable economic growth that benefits all the segments of the society, especially the poor. Speaking at a seminar on Pakistan’s Economy, organised by the Embassy of Pakistan, Washington, DC in … Read more
KARACHI: The rupee recovered two paisas against the dollar on Friday, as external payments demand kept the market under pressure, dealers said. The exchange rate ended at Rs171.18 against the greenback from the previous day’s closing of Rs171.20 in the interbank foreign exchange market. The rupee recorded an all-time low of Rs171.20 against the dollar … Read more
PARIS: The coronavirus pandemic has made vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna and the mRNA technology that they use into household names. These types of jabs are new but researchers have been working for decades to try to figure out how to use messenger RNA for other vaccinations and to treat illnesses from AIDS to cancer. … Read more
PARIS: France on Friday stopped offering Covid tests free of charge for everyone, in the government’s latest effort to incite holdouts to get vaccinated against the virus. A recent negative test, proof of recovery or full vaccination is needed to get a health pass which is required for access to cafes, restaurants, sports facilities and … Read more
A self-taught Pakistani sportsman, Farhan Ayub, sees the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as a potential “sports corridor.” Ayub has broken 21 Guinness World Records in different categories, including kick-ups, no-handed kick-ups, break-dance, helicopter spin, spoons twisting, and balloon bursting. He now sets his eyes on breaking more records. The athlete expects the CPEC to promote … Read more
NEW DELHI: India ranks 101 in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2021, according to a new GHI report. The country has slipped from its last year’s ranking of 94, to be placed behind its neighbours Nepal (76), Bangladesh (76), Myanmar (71) and Pakistan (92), which fared better at feeding its citizens than India, according to … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The federal government is reportedly mulling over increasing petroleum product prices again. According to sources, petrol price is likely to go up by about Rs6 a litre after the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) recommended an increase of up to Rs10 a litre for petroleum products. The final decision, however, will be taken … Read more
Upon the orders of the London High Court, British-Pakistani journalist Reham Khan has apologised to Prime Minister Imran Khan’s former special assistant Zulfi Bukhari for levelling “false allegations” against him in Roosevelt Hotel’s sale. On December 6, 2019, the former wife of PM Imran, via a YouTube video, had raised a question of Sayed Zulfiqar … Read more
MANAUS: Leeds United attacker Raphinha scored twice as Brazil edged closer to clinching a berth in next year’s FIFA World Cup with a 4-1 win over Uruguay here on Thursday. Neymar opened the scoring in the 10th minute when he ran onto Fred’s lofted pass and coolly slotted a shot past Fernando Muslera. Raphinha, who … Read more
BEIJING: Pakistani, as well as other exhibitors from across the world have geared up, while organisers have gone all out for final preparations for the upcoming China International Import Expo (CIIE), scheduled to be held offline in Shanghai from November 5 to 10. Though China’s weeklong National Day holiday is ongoing, Pakistani businessman Habib Ur … Read more
TEHRAN: Iran’s first president after the 1979 Islamic revolution, Abolhassan Banisadr, died in a Paris hospital on Saturday aged 88, the official news agency IRNA said. “After a long illness, Abolhassan Banisadr died on Saturday at the (Pitie-)Salpetriere hospital” in southeast Paris, IRNA reported, citing a source close to the former president. Banisadr was elected … Read more
WASHINGTON: US Trade Representative Katherine Tai spoke with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He to discuss Chinese commercial practices that Washington deems unfair. This was the second consultation between the chief trade negotiators from the world’s two biggest economies after relations were damaged under former US president Donald Trump. The two last spoke in May. “During … Read more
The Sri Lankan government has ended price controls on essential foods in a bid to end black market trading, as food shortages worsen amid a foreign currency crisis. The cabinet decided to free prices for milk powder, wheat flour, and sugar and liquefied petroleum gas, hoping it would increase supplies. “[The] prices could go up … Read more
Iran’s new central bank governor Ali Saleh-Abadi has said he intends to implement strict monetary policy to control inflation, as the country battles a severe economic crisis. “The most important priority of the central bank is to control inflation, and with the help of the government’s economic team… we (will) try to stabilise various markets … Read more
