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Day: November 9, 2021

Pakistani Rupee drops against against Saudi Riyal on November 9, 2021

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SAR TO PKR

KARACHI: The average customer rates of buying and selling of Saudi Arabian Riyal (SAR) against Pakistani rupee (PKR) are Rs45.74 and Rs46.2 at 04:57 pm PST on November 9, 2021. The SAR slightly appreciates against the PKR when compared with the buying and selling of Rs45.44 and Rs45.89 on November 8, 2021. The exchange rate … Read more

Japan nurse who murdered patients gets life sentence: media

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TOKYO: A former nurse who murdered three patients by contaminating their intravenous drips with disinfectant was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday by a Japanese court, according to local media. During her trial, 34-year-old Ayumi Kuboki admitted to killing the patients in their 70s and 80s five years ago in a case that shocked Japan. … Read more

US dollar appreciates against Pakistani Rupee on November 9, 2021

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Dollar rate in Pakistan

KARACHI: The average customer rates of buying and selling of US dollar (USD) against Pakistani rupee (PKR) are Rs171.56 and Rs173.27 at 04:42 pm PST on November 9, 2021. The USD appreciates against the PKR when compared with the buying and selling of Rs170.1 and Rs171.71 on November 7, 2021. The exchange rate is based … Read more

Pakistan pushes for OIC FM conference on Afghanistan

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ISLAMABAD: As a humanitarian crisis unfolds in Afghanistan, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry announced on Tuesday that Pakistan is trying to hold an Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) foreign ministers conference in Islamabad to appeal to the Muslim Ummah to help the war-torn country. “We are also trying to hold an OIC foreign ministers conference in … Read more

Thousands protest Covid restrictions in New Zealand

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WELLINGTON: Thousands of demonstrators marched on the New Zealand parliament to protest against Covid-19 restrictions on Tuesday, prompting a major police deployment at the Wellington building known as the Beehive. About 3,000 people, most not wearing masks, made their way through the capital’s city centre, including dozens of motorcyclists in biker gang regalia performing burnouts. Some attendees … Read more

UN relief chief voices concern over dire humanitarian situation in Myanmar

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UNITED NATIONS: UN Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths on Monday expressed concern over the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Myanmar. The humanitarian situation is deteriorating. Across Myanmar, there are now more than 3 million people in need of life-saving assistance because of growing conflict and insecurity, Covind-19 and a failing economy. … Read more

Hamas sentences three to death for working with Israel, drug trade

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GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories: Hamas organisation which rules the Gaza Strip said Tuesday it had sentenced three people to death, two of them for collaborating with its enemy Israel. The Hamas military court said recent rulings “included three death sentences, two of them against collaborators with the occupation, and the third against a drug dealer”. … Read more

Ayesha Omar all smiles as she meets Turgut & Bamsi in Pakistan

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Ayesha Omar all smiles as she meets Turgut & Bamsi in Pakistan

Actress Ayesha Omar met Turkish stars Cengiz Coskun and Nurettin Sonmez aka Turgat and Bamsi after their arrival in Pakistan on Wednesday.

Pictures of the Bulbulay actress are doing rounds all over social media in which she was seen all-smiling with the famed stars of Dirilis: Ertugrul as they caught up eachother at a fragrance launch event.

Ayesha Omar meets Turgut

Ayesha Omar meets Bamsi

Also, the fans and prominent personalities present at the event were delighted to meet their favourite actors.

Cengiz Coşkun rose to fame with his stellar performance as Turgut Alp in Dirilis: Ertugrul. Historically, he was one of the warriors and alps who fought for Ertuğrul.

While Nurettin played the role of Bamsi Bey. He also reprised his character in the show’s sequel Kurulus: Osman.

Dirilis: Ertugrul shows the history of how the Ottoman Empire was established, led by Ertugrul, the father of Osman I, the founder of the Ottoman Empire.

The series also secured a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records as the best dramatic work to date.

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Chinese city offers cash for clues in Covid ‘people’s war’

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BEIJING:  A Covid-hit Chinese city is offering thousands of dollars for anyone giving clues in tracing the source of its latest outbreak, as part of a “people’s war” to stamp out one of the country’s largest resurgences in months. China reported 43 local cases on Tuesday in a Delta-driven surge that has fanned out to 20 provinces … Read more

Poland blocks migrants at Belarus border, warns of ‘armed’ escalation

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WARSAW: Poland said it blocked a bid by hundreds of migrants to illegally enter the country from Belarus on Monday, warning of an “armed” escalation as thousands more massed near the border. As the latest grim chapter of Europe’s migrant crisis unfolded, Washington and Brussels called on Minsk to stop what they described as an orchestrated … Read more

Amazon to add Venmo checkout option in 2022

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The American multinational e-commerce store, Amazon has been reported that it is adding a Venmo payment method during checking out, according to PayPal. The new payment method will be offered to its users in the United States in the near future. Amazon shoppers will be allowed to add Venmo as their payment option next year, … Read more

Williamson wary of ‘power packed’ England in T20 World Cup semi-final

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End vs NZ

ABU DHABI: New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson on Tuesday lauded England’s depth as a Twenty20 side and said they would be strong opponents in the World Cup semi-final despite injuries to key players. Both teams have won four games each of their five in the Super 12 stage and fight for a final spot in … Read more

Saudi Arabia isn’t moving away from oil but firmly supports emission cuts

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LONDON/RIYADH: Saudi Arabia will not stop producing oil and natural gas. As a matter of fact its national oil company, Saudi Aramco, is pressing ahead with plans to increase its maximum production capacity by another million barrels to hit 13 million barrels/day, Arab News reported. “We know that there will be demand for Saudi oil,” Saudi Energy … Read more

Rolls-Royce launches nuclear reactor business

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Rolls Royce

LONDON: UK aircraft engine maker Rolls-Royce launched plans on Tuesday to build small low-cost nuclear reactors, backed with private and public cash, to help reduce the country’s carbon emissions. Rolls-Royce has created a new Small Modular Reactor (SMR) division after clinching a cash injection of £405 million ($547 million, €473 million), it said in a … Read more

Kuwait’s largest shopping mall is coming to Saudi Arabia

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RIYADH: The Avenues, a Kuwait-based shopping mall, plans to expand into Saudi Arabia in the next four years, Arab News reported. It will launch two outlets in Riyadh and Alkhobar, said Khalid Al-Shariaan, CEO of Al-Mabanee, the company that operates the mall. The design for Riyadh is now complete and the contract is expected to be awarded … Read more

KTBA proposes steps for e-filing of sales tax, federal excise duty appeals

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karachi tax bar

KARACHI: Tax practitioners have suggested measures for implementation of electronic filing of sales tax and federal excise duty appeals. The Karachi Tax Bar Association (KTBA) has sent its proposals to the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) before the implementation of the e-filing of appeals. The tax bar suggested that the taxpayers should get online acknowledgment … Read more

Singapore to stop paying medical bills for the ‘unvaccinated by choice’

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SINGAPORE: Singapore will from next month stop paying coronavirus medical bills of those who are unvaccinated by choice, officials have said, as a fierce outbreak put the city-state’s healthcare system under strain. The tiny country is experiencing its worst Covid-19 wave since the start of the pandemic, reporting around 2,000-3,000 cases a day and a … Read more

PTI to deal with inflation in six months, says Sindh lawmaker Raja Azhar

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KARACHI: Raja Azhar is a prominent activist and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf member of the Sindh Assembly. Here he talks to Bol News about prevailing national issues, particularly inflation, as well as his party’s prospects in Sindh’s electoral landscape. Q: How would PTI counter inflation? I agree that we have failed to counter inflation and as a result the … Read more

Kingdom Holding turns to profitability in first 9 months

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RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Kingdom Holding Co has announced that it turned into profit in the first nine months of 2021, after seeing its net profit jumping by 145 per cent, Arab News reported. The company revealed in a filing that it made a net profit of SR612 million ($163 million), compared with a loss of SR1.37 billion … Read more

Pakistan’s Covid positivity ratio drops below one per cent

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Pakistan reports 7,978 new COVID-19 cases, 29 more deaths

KARACHI: The coronavirus positivity ratio of the country dropped below one per cent for the first time since March 2020, data showed on Tuesday. The fresh statistics released by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) revealed that the Covid-19 positivity ratio during the last 24 hours was 0.94 per cent, with 400 positive cases … Read more

Pakistan’s first quarter fiscal deficit narrows to 0.8%

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KARACHI: The budget deficit for the first quarter (July-September) of the current fiscal year narrowed to 0.8 per cent of the GDP, compared with the deficit of 1.1 per cent in the same quarter of the last fiscal year, according to details released by the Finance Ministry on Tuesday. The GDP for the fiscal year … Read more

Iran says warned off two US drones during war games

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TEHRAN: Iran’s military warned off two US drones which overflew waters where it was holding naval war games near the strategic Strait of Hormuz this week, state media reported Tuesday. The unmanned aircraft entered “two Iranian air defence identification zones… and changed course after air defence warned them it had decided to intercept them,” the … Read more

Climate justice – and cash – shadow UN talks

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Climate justice - and cash - shadow UN talks

GLASGOW: Developing nations accused richer countries of bargaining with the lives of billions of people on the climate crisis frontline Monday, blasting insufficient commitments as COP26 talks enter their final week with trust in short supply. Countries remain starkly divided on key issues at the UN meeting, including how rapidly the world curbs carbon emissions … Read more

President Alvi pays homage to Allama Iqbal on his 144th birth anniversary

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President pays homage to Allama Iqbal on his 144th birth anniversary

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Tuesday while paying tribute to the national poet on his 144th birth anniversary said the vision of great scholar Allama Muhammad Iqbal of exploring the world through modern science was a guiding principle for Pakistan to gain a stronghold in the comity of nations. “The Pakistani nation, at the … Read more

Alkhaleej Training launches IPO, rights issue

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RIYADH: Alkhaleej Training Company starts its offering and tradable rights trading period as of Monday, to increase its capital from SR450 million ($119.9 million) to SR650 million ($173.2 million), Arab News reported. The rights trading period ends on Monday, November 15, 2021, with the subscription phase continuing until Thursday, November 18, 2021. The education and training business … Read more

Saudi Arabia’s hospitality sector poised for ‘significant’ rebound

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RIYADH: The hospitality sector in Saudi Arabia is poised for a significant post-pandemic rebound, despite a 3.4 per cent fall in the average occupancy rate in the sector, Arab News quoted a report from the real estate investment group CBRE, as saying. The US-based firm’s latest Saudi Market Review attributes the decline to a fall in occupancy … Read more

Pakistani exports to China to set new records this year: envoy

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BEIJING: The bilateral trade volume between Pakistan and China and the Pakistani exports to China would set new records by the end of the current year, a diplomat said on Tuesday. “China is Pakistan’s largest trading partner, besides being the second largest export destination and this year, despite the pandemic, our bilateral trade is growing … Read more

Nissan triples profit forecast on strong quarterly results

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TOKYO: Nissan tripled its full-year net profit forecast on Tuesday, as it rebounded from the impact of the pandemic with a strong quarterly performance, saying it expected to withstand challenges, including the global chip crunch and rising raw material prices. The firm now projects 180 billion yen ($1.6 billion) in net profit for the fiscal … Read more

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