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Production of petroleum products rises 18.05% in 2020/21

Petroleum

ISLAMABAD: The overall production of petroleum products has witnessed an increase of 18.05 per cent during the fiscal year 2020/21, compared with the corresponding period of the last year, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported. The POL products that showed positive growth included kerosene, the production of which increased 9.12 per cent during the … Read more

Govt keeps petrol, diesel prices unchanged

Govt Decides to change prices of petroleum products every 15 days

ISLAMABAD: The government has kept the prices of petrol and diesel unchanged with effect from August 16 for the next fortnight, a statement issued by the Finance Ministry said. The petrol would continue to be sold at Rs119.80 till August 31, while the prices of high-speed diesel would remain unchanged at Rs116.53/litre. However, the prices … Read more

Unidentified men rape girl’s corpse in Thatta

Thatta

On Saturday, horrible incident  had  happened in Maulvi Ashraf Chandio village of Thatta where unidentified men dug up the grave of a  freshly-buried teenage girl and raped the corpse. The incident occurred at the Shah Inayat graveyard in Ghullamullah, where the girl had been buried the day before. On Sunday, residents alerted the authorities after discovering the girl’s … Read more

Bigg Boss 15: Divya crowns herself as the show winner, Watch Karan’s reaction

Bigg Boss OTT

Divya Agarwal opened out about her Bigg Boss OTT victory. Take a look at how Karan Johar, the show’s host, has reacted. Divya Agarwal, a Bigg Boss OTT competitor, has crowned herself the winner of the reality program, shocking host Karan Johar. Divya did the assignment ‘galatfehmi ke gubbaare’ in a promotional video posted on … Read more

England vs India: Wood, Moeen breaks India in second test

England vs India: Wood, Moeen breaks India in second test

Moeen Ali and Mark wood of England struck India during closing overs. India was leading by 154 runs with the loss of 6 wickets before bad weather forced an early close. At the start of the fourth day, Wood managed to strike down in-form KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma. After Sam Curran took the wicket … Read more

Malala calls Fawad Chaudhry to discuss global concerns over women’s rights in Afghanistan

Malala calls Fawad Chaudhry to discuss global concerns over women's rights in Afghanistan

Malala Yousafzai, a women’s education activist, called Federal Information Minister Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Monday to discuss global concerns over women’s rights in Afghanistan. The Federal Minister for Information said that Pakistan would continue its support for the promotion of education in Afghanistan. Pakistan is providing educational facilities to Afghan refugee children, currently, about 6,000 … Read more

Zendaya to star in the next Dune sequel, CONFIRMS director Denis Villeneuve

Zendaya

Director Denis Villeneuve has said that Zendaya’s character will take the lead in the sequel, rather than Timothee Chalamet’s character, who will be the main focus in the upcoming film. In a recent interview, the filmmaker affirmed that he will work on a sequel and even expressed his excitement about the project while also providing … Read more

Pakistan’s nationwide COVID-19 tally exceeds 1 million

Pakistan confirms 372 new COVID-19 cases, 6 more deaths

Pakistan has recorded 72 more COVID-19 deaths during the past 24 hours, taking the country’s overall death toll to  24,478. According to the corona statistics website (covid.gov.pk) in Pakistan, 53,644 tests were conducted across the country in the last 24 hours, of which 3,669 people were tested positive with the virus while 72 people died. … Read more

Indian Idol 12 winner Pawandeep Rajan cries as he wasn’t too happy to win, here’s why

Pawandeep Rajan

On Sunday night, Pawandeep Rajan was named the winner of Indian Idol 12. After winning the competition, the singer disclosed his immediate feelings. Late Sunday night, Pawandeep Rajan has crowned the winner of Indian Idol 12. While his fans were ecstatic, the singer admitted in an interview following his win that he wasn’t overjoyed about … Read more

Life, property and honour of none shall be harmed, says Taliban

Afghan Taliban sets up high-level commission to address Pakistan's concerns over TTP

After Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and other government officials left the country, control of Kabul has fallen to the Taliban, who say their fighters are carrying out security responsibilities in various parts of the country and in Kabul. Taliban leaders have issued an order for their “mujahideen” that no one is allowed to enter anyone’s … Read more

Horoscope Today, 16 August 2021: Check astrological predictions for Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio and others

Horoscope Today: Good or bad, be prepared for all the crucial events coming your way, and whether the stars are in your favor or not. Know insights about your future with the help of astrology. Read your daily horoscope prediction to find out what’s in store for you today. Read the predictions for all the stars … Read more

Jessica Alba’s Sexiest Red Carpet Looks of All-Time: Photos

Jessica Alba Sexiest Red Carpets

Jessica Alba’s fashion sense is as diverse as her film roles. Few on the red carpet consistently look as amazing as she does, from menswear-inspired tuxedos to glittering bombshell sheaths to dainty, straight-out-of-a-fairytale frocks. 1.Golden Globe Awards Looking flawless is just par the course for Jessica at this point, and she nailed it once again. … Read more

Pakistan vs West Indies: Hosts beat Pakistan by 1 wicket

Pakistan vs West Indies: Hosts beat Pakistan by 1 wicket

West Indies (WI) won their first test match against Pakistan at Sabina Park. This also marks the host’s first win in the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) 2021-23. WI won the toss and elected to bowl first. In the first innings, Pakistan scored 217 with the loss of all wickets. Fawad Alam was the star … Read more

Kareena Kapoor shares a family picture along with Jeh from Maldives

Kareena Kapoor

Bollywood queen, Kareena Kapoor took to Instagram to share a photo with her husband, actor Saif Ali Khan, and their older son Taimur along with her newborn Jeh. Kareena Kapoor Khan also wished Saif Ali Khan as he rang on his 51st birthday. Sharing the pictures, Kareena captioned it, “Happy Birthday to the love of … Read more

Rashid prays for Afghanistan as Taliban take control of Afghanistan

Rashid prays for Afghanistan as Taliban enters Kabul

Afghanistan’s T20I skipper Rashid Khans prays as Taliban makes its way into capital city Kabul on Sunday. Rashid took it to Twitter and tweeted “Peace” along with praying hands and the national flag. Peace 🤲🏻🤲🏻🤲🏻🇦🇫🇦🇫🇦🇫 — Rashid Khan (@rashidkhan_19) August 15, 2021 Earlier this month, he posted a tweet requesting the ‘World Leaders’ not to … Read more

iPhone 13 featuring bigger batteries and fast charging launching next month

Apple’s iPhone 13 series is set to be introduced in less than a month. So yet, there have only been a few leaks about the forthcoming flagship lineup. However, as we get closer to the launch, the rumour mill provides us a look at the iPhone 13 Pro Max and its brother. Here’s what we’ve … Read more

US willing to work with Taliban If ‘people’s basic rights are respected’

US willing to work with Taliban If 'people’s basic rights are respected'

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has said that the United States will recognize the future government of Afghanistan only if it respects the fundamental rights of its people and keeps terrorists out of the country. According to the report, commenting on media reports regarding China’s recognition of the Taliban as a legitimate government, he … Read more

Ben Affleck celebrates his birthday without Jennifer Lopez and heads to LA for a family outing

Ben Affleck celebrates his birthday without Jennifer Lopez and heads to LA for a family outing

Ben Affleck turned 49 on August 15, and while fans expected him to celebrate with Jennifer Lopez, the actor reportedly spent his birthday with his three children, Violet, Samuel, and Seraphina, in Los Angeles. According to photos obtained by a news agency, the actor was spotted out with his children, while Lopez was spotted in … Read more

Afghanistan war over, formation of new govt will be clear soon: Taliban

Afghanistan war over, formation of new govt will be clear soon: Taliban

After the Afghan government officials fled, the Taliban took control of the presidential palace and announced that the war in Afghanistan was over. According to the details, there was an atmosphere of rapid progress, fear and chaos in Kabul on Sunday, after which the militants armed with heavy weapons finally took control of the empty … Read more

Quetta Prayer Timings today Fajr, Zohr, Asr & Maghrib Namaz Time [16 August 2021]

Quetta Namaz Timings – Today Prayer Time Table Quetta

Quetta: Today Quetta prayer timings for Muslims to perform their prayers are as followed: Fajr Time 4:35 AM, Dhuhr 12:37 PM, Asr 4:13 PM, Maghrib Time 7:13 PM & Isha 8:39 PM. Quetta Prayer Timings today – Pakistan Here is the updated Quetta prayer’s time today (Updated, 16 August 2021) FAJR SUNRISE DHUHR ASR MAGHRIB … Read more

PM Imran, Erdogan Discuss rapidly evolving situation in Afghanistan.

PM Imran, Erdogan Discuss rapidly evolving situation in Afghanistan.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday discussed the rapidly growing situation in Afghanistan on a telephone call. According to a press release issued by the Prime Minister’s Media Office, Prime Minister Imran Khan told the Turkish President that Pakistan was taking steps to evacuate diplomatic staff of various countries … Read more

Karachi Prayer Timings today Fajr, Zohr, Asr & Maghrib Namaz Time [16 August 2021]

Karachi Namaz Timings

Karachi: Today Karachi prayer timings for Muslims to perform their prayers are as followed: Fajr Time 4:46 AM, Dhuhr 12:37 PM, Asr 4:05 PM, Maghrib Time 7:07 PM & Isha 8:27 PM. Karachi Prayer Timings today – Pakistan Here is the updated Karachi prayer’s time today (Updated, 16 August 2021) FAJR SUNRISE DHUHR ASR MAGHRIB … Read more

Islamabad Prayer Timings today Fajr, Zohr, Asr & Maghrib Namaz Time [16 August 2021]

Islamabad Namaz Timings – Today Prayer Time Table Islamabad

Islamabad: Today Islamabad prayer timings for Muslims to perform their prayers are as followed: Fajr Time 4:01 AM, Dhuhr 12:13 PM, Asr 3:54 PM, Maghrib Time 6:55 PM & Isha 8:25 PM. Islamabad Prayer Timings today – Pakistan Here is the updated Islamabad prayer’s time today (Updated, 16 August 2021) FAJR SUNRISE DHUHR ASR MAGHRIB … Read more

Lahore Prayer Timings today Fajr, Zohr, Asr & Maghrib Namaz Time [16 August 2021]

Lahore Namaz Timings – Today Prayer Time Table Lahore

Lahore: Today Lahore prayer timings for Muslims to perform their prayers are as followed: Fajr Time 4:01 AM, Dhuhr 12:07 PM, Asr 3:46 PM, Maghrib Time 6:46 PM & Isha 8:14 PM. Lahore Prayer Timings today – Pakistan Here is the updated Lahore prayer’s time today (Updated, 16 August 2021) FAJR SUNRISE DHUHR ASR MAGHRIB ISHA ISLAMIC … Read more

Peshawar Prayer Timings today Fajr, Zohr, Asr & Maghrib Namaz Time [16 August 2021]

Peshawar Namaz Timings – Today Prayer Time Table Peshawar

Peshawar: Today Peshawar prayer timings for Muslims to perform their prayers are as followed: Fajr Time 4:06 AM, Dhuhr 12:19 PM, Asr 4:00 PM, Maghrib Time 7:01 PM & Isha 8:32 PM. Peshawar Prayer Timings today – Pakistan Here is the updated Peshawar prayer’s time today (Updated, 16 August 2021) FAJR SUNRISE DHUHR ASR MAGHRIB … Read more

Ashraf Ghani concedes defeat to Taliban, leaves Afghanistan to avoid ‘bloodshed’

Ashraf Ghani vowed to ‘fight to death’ hours before fleeing Afghanistan: Antony Blinken

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has conceded defeat to the Taliban, saying he had left the country to “avoid bloodshed” because the Taliban had entered the capital, Kabul. Three senior Taliban sources said the Taliban had now entered Kabul, taken control of the presidential palace, and were holding security meetings in the capital. Afghan President Ashraf … Read more

How to Check Rs 1500 Prize bond list, Multan – Draw 87 ?

1500 Prize bond

Multan: Draw No 87, Rs 1500 prize bond list held today (Monday) on, 16th August at Multan. State bank does the balloting for the 1500 Rs. Prize bonds. First prize of 1500 Rs. prize bond of value 3,000,000 PKR is awarded to 1 lucky winner, while second prize of the 1500 prize bond of amount … Read more