In a strategic move, the Africa Institute in Sharjah has divulged plans for its new, 32,000-square-metre campus which will welcome its first set of students in 2023. The disclosure will lead Africa Institute to be the premier research foundation for African studies, according to published report on Friday. Designed by Ghanaian-British architect David Adjaye, the … Read more
TARAR KHAL: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday said that the prime focus of his party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) would be the development of the underprivileged people by providing them amenities of education, health and subsidised food. Addressing a large public gathering ahead of the election of AJK Legislative Assembly, … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The Indus River System Authority (Irsa) on Friday released 296,700 cusecs of water from various rim stations with the inflow of 442,800 cusecs, according to the data released by the authority. The water level in the River Indus at Tarbela Dam was 1,487.91 feet, which was 103.91 feet higher than its dead level of … Read more
Motorola is currently working on its new Edge 20 series, which reportedly includes the Edge 20, Edge 20 Pro, and Edge 20 Lite. The Edge 20 and Edge 20 Pro were spotted on TENAA’s website earlier this month along with their pictures and a few specifications. Today, new renders of Motorola Edge 20’s global version … Read more
Karachi: Today 1 Bitcoin to PKR (BTC to PKR) according to the foreign exchange rate for today. Check the latest 1 bitcoin to Pakistani rupee. Today Bitcoin Price In Pakistan Find today’s 1 Bitcoin into PKR exchange Rate, 1 BTC to PKR Rate (Updated 23rd, July 2021). 1 BTC = 5,202,501.12 PKR Q: What is the … Read more
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Israel, after two decades of diplomatic efforts, has been managed to obtain observer status at the African Union (AU) as there are reports of festivity for strengthening of Israel-Africa relations. Making the move official, Israeli Ambassador to Ethiopia, Burundi and Chad Aleli Admasu on Thursday presented his credentials to Moussa Faki Mahamat, chairman of the … Read more
ISLAMABAD: China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Authority chairman Lt Gen Asim Saleem Bajwa (Retd) has vowed to unlock the potential of the Northern Areas in line with Prime Minister Imran Khan’s decision. In a tweet, the CPEC Authority chairman, who is currently on Gilgit-Baltistan’s visit said he met Chief Minister Khalid Khurshid to discuss with … Read more
DUBAI: Sectors such as e-commerce, information technology, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, customer service, and financial technology are hiring a highly-skilled workforce in the UAE in 2021, Khaleej Times reported. This comes as firms recruit a contingent workforce to have flexibility in headcount based on the business needs, human resources executives said. Though hiring is expected … Read more
Mommy-to-be Sarah Khan shares an adorable picture with hubby Falak Shabir on Instagram as they both left fans gushing over them.
Sarah Khan took to her Instagram and was seen in pregnancy glow cradling her lovely baby bump. The actress donned a long skirt with a tugged-in lavender top.
She chose her hair to fall straight with little curves. Whereas, Falak caressed his beautiful wife.
On the first day of Eid-ul-Adha, Sarah Khan shared multiple pictures from the first day of Eid-ul-Adha along with her husband Falak, striking some lovely poses.
“Eid-ul-Adha Mubarak from us,” she captioned the post. The actress donned an elegant white dress with some floral detailing and minimal makeup look. They both posed for the picture holding beautiful white flowers.
KARACHI: The rupee fell 84 paisas to touch a nine-month record low of 162.32 against the dollar on Friday due to the demand pressure for the foreign currency, as the market opened after the Eid holidays. The exchange rate closed at Rs161.48 on July 19, 2021 in the interbank foreign exchange market. The government had … Read more
Pakistan’s men’s and women’s national cricketers have expressed their best wishes for Pakistan’s Tokyo Olympics contingent.
The spectacular sporting event Tokyo Olympics originally scheduled for summer 2020, will have an opening ceremony on Friday after a year-long delay due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Pakistan men’s cricketers Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Hasan Ali, Mohammad Hasnain, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Shadab Khan and Shaheen Shah Afridi and women team’s all-rounders Aliya Riaz and Nida Dar gave their backing and support to their fellow national athletes.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has released a video with messages of the seven men’s and two women players.
Aliya Riaz: “I want to wish good luck to Pakistan’s Tokyo Olympics contingent, please enjoy yourself and give it your best shot, we are all behind you.”
Faheem Ashraf: “My best wishes are with Pakistani athletes competing in the Tokyo Olympics, good luck and go well.”
Fakhar Zaman: “I want to wish the very best to Pakistan’s Tokyo Olympics contingent especially Mahoor Shahzad and Najma Parveen.”
Hasan Ali: “My best wishes are with our contingent, please go out there enjoy yourself and give your best, the entire country is backing you.”
Mohammad Hasnain: “My best wishes are with the athletes and officials representing Pakistan in the Tokyo Olympics especially Arshad Nadeem and Bisma Khan.”
Nida Dar: “I am backing the Pakistan contingent to do well in the biggest sporting extravaganza, it is a big occasion for these athletes, we would be giving them all the support they need and would follow their progress.”
Sarfaraz Ahmed: “I want to wish Pakistan’s athletes the very best, my best wishes are with all the athletes especially Mahoor Shahzad, Bisma Khan and Arshad Nadeem, I am sure you all will give it your best to bring glory to the country.”
Shadab Khan: “My best wishes are with all the athletes who are representing Pakistan in the Tokyo Olympics, go well.”
Shaheen Shah Afridi: “Good luck to the entire Pakistan Tokyo Olympics contingent especially Shah Hussain and Talha Talib.”
Pakistan athletes would be competing in 200 metre Athletics, Badminton –Women Singles, Judo -100 Kg, Shooting -10 metre Air Pistol, Swimming 100-metre Freestyle Men’s and 50 metre Women’s and 67Kg Weightlifting.
Pakistan’s last Olympics medal was the bronze the national hockey team achieved in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. The last individual medal was the bronze grabbed by boxer Hussain Shah in the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
Pakistan Contingent (athletes):
Arshad Nadeem –Javelin Throw
Bisma Khan – Swimming 50-metre Freestyle women
Ghulam Mustafa Bashir –Rapid Fire Pistol 25 metre
Gulfam Joseph –Shooting 10 metre Air Pistol
Mahoor Shahzad –Badminton Women’s Singles
Muhammad Khalil Akhtar – Rapid Fire Pistol 25 metre
Najma Parveen –Athletics 200 metres
Shah Hussain Shah –Judo 100 Kg
Syed Muhammad Haseeb Khan –Swimming 100-metre Freestyle Men’s
KARACHI: Iran opened its first oil terminal in the Gulf of Oman, a move that will allow it to avoid using the Strait of Hormuz shipping route that has been a focus of regional tension for decades. “This is a strategic move and an important step for Iran. It will secure the continuation of our … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The exports of fish and fish preparations witnessed an increase of 1.85 per cent during the fiscal year 2020/21, compared with the corresponding period of last year, according to data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. The seafood exports during July-June (2020/21) were recorded at $414.193 million against the exports of $406.654 million … Read more
KARACHI: The Sindh Revenue Board (SRB) on Friday extended the date for various service providers to claim the benefits under the normal tax regime up to July 30, 2021. A circular issued by the provincial revenue authority said the provincial revenue board had allowed the eligible taxpayers to submit their online election/option forms by Friday, … Read more
What Covid measures will be in place for visiting athletes?
International athletes and support staff are being tested every day. Athletes don’t have to be vaccinated, though International Olympic Committee (IOC) officials expect around 80% will be.
More than 90 people associated with the Games have tested positive so far, including British athlete Amber Hill who has withdrawn from the women’s skeet competition.
All spectators were banned after a state of emergency was declared in Tokyo on 8 July. It will stay in place until 22 August.
It’s thought there will be fewer than 1,000 people in the stadium for the opening ceremony.
Tokyo 2020 President Seiko Hashimoto said she was “sorry to those who purchased tickets”.
On the other hand, Boxing great MC Mary Kom and Indian hockey team skipper Manpreet Singh will be the flag-bearers at Japan National Stadium.
Last year’s scheduled Olympics were postponed for a year and now the Games are scheduled to take place in Tokyo from July 23, with the Paralympics set to begin on August 24, a month later.
The organizers said that due to the challenging situation of COVID-19 in Japan and other countries of the world, travel restrictions and the spread of a new type of virus, we were forced to make this decision and refund those who bought tickets.
For the first time in history, the World Games were postponed in March last year due to a virus threat, with more than 11,000 athletes from 200 countries taking part.
Netflix, the leading streaming service, offered a little insights on its plans to introduce games for its subscribers in the near future. Discussing the investment it would require, the company official Greg Peters announced that the initiative is a ‘multi-year’ effort. In order to keep the users hooked and fulfil its aim of attracting the … Read more
KARACHI: The Thal Industries Corporation has announced a net profit of Rs409.97 million for the second quarter ended June 30, 2021, which is 30.5 per cent higher than the profit of Rs314.11 million recorded in the corresponding quarter last year, a bourse filing said on Friday. The earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter … Read more
KARACHI: The financial market participants are expecting no change in the key policy rate in the upcoming monetary policy statement, scheduled for July 27, 2021. In this regard, Topline Research conducted a poll of key financial market participants on the expectations over the monetary policy statement. A total of 62 participants took part in the … Read more
Soon after the actor and host shared the joyful news, several showbiz stars jumped in to wish the couple and extend sincere prayers for the newborn.
Earlier, Iqra Aziz had added magic to the news of her being pregnant, as she gave us a set time to look forward to for the baby’s arrival with adorable snaps flaunting her baby bump.
Whereas, Yasir Hussain took to his Instagram to announce this beautiful news and wrote: “Allah hamesha hi hum par meherbaan raha hai aur iss baar tou aur iss baar tou uskk karamnawazi baemisaal hai.”
More beautifully, the dress worn by Aziz at her baby shower had caught the attention of netizens as the dress was decorated with 100 flowers and 100 duas [prayers].
It had 100 handcrafted messages in Urdu inscribed on her dupatta.
Also, the actress had shared multiple pictures from her baby shower event alongside her husband Yasir as she adorably cradled her growing baby bump.
Samsung may be going all-in on its foldable smartphones, but there is no denying that people are more interested in the Galaxy Note flagship or Galaxy S21 FE. However, there will be no Galaxy Note series smartphone this year. Samsung is trying to bring back the foldable lineup into the mainstream by introducing Samsung Galaxy … Read more
KARACHI: Alibaba Group, a worldwide partner of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), has unveiled the Alibaba Cloud Pin, a cloud-based digital pin, for broadcasting and media professionals at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, according to media reports. The pin can be worn either as a badge or attached to a lanyard. The digital wearable is … Read more
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has on Friday expressed his strong condemnation over the recent horrifying murder incidents which have sparked outrage among the women community, social media users, celebrities and social activists.
Taking to Twitter, Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that “this [brutality against women] has no place in our society, lives, religion or culture. We must work harder and do more for prevention and justice”.
He further mentioned the names of ladies who were recently murdered in Pakistan.
I cannot express strongly enough my absolute condemnation of the recent violence and brutality against women. This has no place in our society, lives, religion or culture. We must work harder and do more for prevention & for justice.
For Saima, for Quratulain, for Noor.
— Shah Mahmood Qureshi (@SMQureshiPTI) July 23, 2021
The grisly murder of Noor Muqaddam, daughter of a former Pakistani diplomat in Islamabad, sparked fresh debate about the safety of women in the federal capital, with the hashtag #JusticeForNoor attracting tens of thousands of tweets.
A friend of the woman, identified in the FIR as Zahir Zakir Jaffer, was arrested over his alleged involvement in the murder, with police saying he is the son of “a leading businessman of the country”.
This was reportedly the third brutal attack on a woman in the country in the past few days.
Before Noor, in a ghastly incident to have been reported Tuesday from Bawa Chack of Punjab’s metropolitan city Faislabad, a man allegedly shot his wife dead following a family scuffle.
The police noted that the suspect name Sajid shot fatally at her wife, Quratulain following a family dispute and then fled the scene before police reached the house.
DUBAI: The participants, exhibitors and personnel of the Expo 2020 sponsored by the event organisers will be eligible to enter the country, The Gulf News quoted, the UAE’s aviation regulator, as saying. Diplomatic personnel between the UAE and applicable countries, including the administrative workers in the embassies of the UAE in these countries and the … Read more
ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi, taking serious notice of the violation of the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) against coronavirus during the Eid prayers at Faisal Mosque, has directed the departments concerned to observe strict compliance. In a letter addressed to the Ministry of Interior secretary with their copies sent to the Health Ministry and the … Read more
The most popular duo of Pakistan showbiz industry Sarah Khan and singer Falak Shabir’s first song together ‘Zindagi‘ became widely popular as soon as it was released. Last week, on the occasion of Sarah and Falak’s first wedding anniversary, their first song ‘Zindagi’ was released, which the couple announced via their social media message. Actress … Read more
The GPH General President for the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophets Mosque ash-Shaykh Dr Abd Arrahmaan ibn Abd al-Azeez as-Sudays has launched the guidance robot among its efforts in implementing artificial intelligence to serve the two Holy Mosques. During the launch, he said: “The use of technology has come positively to serve … Read more
