MUZAFFARGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar claimed on Monday that the opposition was working without any agenda, and strategy and reiterated that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government would complete its five years. Speaking to the members of the Punjab Assembly and party officials in Muzaffargarh, he said that the politics of the Pakistan Democratic Movement … Read more
Thousands of children in the Philippines were allowed to return to classrooms Monday for the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, as a pilot re-opening of schools got under way. While nearly every country in the world has already partially or fully re-opened their schools to face-to-face learning, the Philippines has kept … Read more
Premature deaths caused by fine particle air pollution have fallen 10 percent annually across Europe, but the invisible killer still accounts for 307,000 premature deaths a year, the European Environment Agency said Monday. If the latest air quality guidelines from the World Health Organisation were followed by EU members, the latest number of fatalities recorded … Read more
LISBON: Cristiano Ronaldo’s hopes of playing in a record-equalling fifth World Cup hang in the balance after Serbia stunned Portugal 2-1 in Lisbon to qualify for the 2022 World Cup. Framing this. pic.twitter.com/bG1oLoQRqB — Serbian Football (@SerbianFooty) November 14, 2021 Spain and Croatia did secure their places in Qatar on Sunday thanks to 1-0 wins … Read more
LAHORE: Special Assistant to Punjab Chief Minister on Information and Special Initiatives Hasaan Khawar on Monday said Pakistan gave better minimum monthly wage than China, India, Indonesia and several other regional countries to its labourers. Quoting the data of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the Punjab government spokesperson said Pakistan had surpassed its neighbours in … Read more
DUBAI: Sprint legend Usain Bolt said he could have emerged from retirement to win a fourth straight Olympic 100m title in Tokyo this year, insisting the winning time was within his reach. Bolt, 35, told AFP that it was frustrating to watch the delayed 2020 Games from his home in Jamaica as his male countrymen … Read more
RIYADH: Russian oil firm Rosneft has reported an increase in net income for the third quarter this year by 35 per cent, to 314 billion rubles ($4.3 billion), Arab News reported. The company’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation increased by 11.7 per cent to 638 billion roubles ($8.8 billion) in the third quarter, compared with … Read more
BEJING: Players in China said Monday they could no longer access popular survival game Fortnite as its developer Epic Games pulled the plug on a Chinese version amid a crackdown by authorities on gaming and the tech sector. Epic had announced two weeks ago that it would shut down the Chinese version of the game … Read more
Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry has asked the Sharif family to tell the nation how it accumulated properties worth billions of rupees, instead of fabricating “silly stories and conspiracy theories”. “From where Nawaz Sharif got the money to purchase Avenfield Apartments which were later given to Maryam Nawaz?” asked Chaudhry in a series … Read more
RIYADH: Emirates Islamic, the Dubai-based bank, has said it has closed a $500 million five-year Sukuk issuance deal as part of its $2.5 billion Certificate Issuance Programme, Arab News reported. The issuance, rated A+ by Fitch, is listed on the Nasdaq Dubai and Euronext Dublin’s regulated market. The order book amounted to $1.2 billion, which is 2.4 … Read more
BANGKOK An American journalist jailed for 11 years by Myanmar’s junta is humble, positive and inspired by George Orwell’s writings against authoritarianism, his colleague told AFP, as he faces a second trial for sedition and terrorism. Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military ousted Aung San Suu Kyi’s government in February and launched a … Read more
RIYADH: The Saudi Ports Authority, or Mawani, has signed an agreement with Cruise Saudi and Globe Marine Services Company to develop a cruise terminal and berths at ports in Dammam and Yanbu, Arab News reported. Under the agreement, a new cruise terminal and two berths will be developed at the King Abdul Aziz Port in Dammam. Two … Read more
DUBAI: The UAE Ministry of Defence has signed a contract to purchase two Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) for 2.6 billion dirhams ($680 million), Arab News reported. The new aerial re-fuelling tanker aircraft will add to the ministry’s existing fleet of three A330 MRTTs, it announced in a press conference. The ministry also signed deals … Read more
QUETTA: The trend of decline in coronavirus cases continues in Balochistan as Covid-19 positivity ratio was recorded at zero per cent on Monday in the province. The Balochistan Health Department said no Covid-19 case was reported across the province during the last 24 hours. Last day, 337 people were tested for the viral disease and … Read more
Sanjay Leela Bhansali has finished filming his movie ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’, starring Alia Bhatt, and is now truly committed to the pre-production of his Netflix web series ‘Heera Mandi’. Alia was also offered a role in the web series, but Bhansali and Bhatt both opted against the casting since Alia’s presence felt more important in another … Read more
RIYADH: Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, founder and chairman of the Board of Mohammed bin Salman Misk Foundation, has announced the launch of Prince Mohammed Bin Salman Non Profit City, the first non-profit city in the world, to be a model for the development of the non-profit sector globally and an … Read more
Aircraft engine maker Rolls-Royce and the UAE’s Etihad Airways signed a comprehensive agreement to facilitate the development of sustainable aviation, Arab News reported. The agreement comes as part of Etihad’s broader strategic sustainability programme and targets the application of electrification technologies and hybrid systems, for commuter aircraft and the fast-emerging urban air mobility (UAMs) sector. “Our long-standing … Read more
Pakistan former fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar, who was in the audience during the ICC T20 World Cup final on Sunday between New Zealand and Australia, believed that it was an unfair decision of the International Cricket Council (ICC) to name Aussie’s David Warner as the Man of the Tournament. Warner scored 289 runs in seven … Read more
KARACHI: The rupee recovered sharply by Re1 against the dollar at the opening of the interbank foreign exchange market on Monday. The dollar is being traded at Rs174.73. The exchange ended at Rs175.73, at the historic low level to the dollar on last Friday in the interbank foreign exchange market. Market analysts said that the … Read more
KARACHI: The Covid-19 pandemic has curtailed the bilateral trade with Pakistan, a Thai diplomat said. Ambassador of Thailand in Pakistan Chakkrid Krachaiwong said that with the ease in coronavirus cases, the trade volume is anticipated to cross $1.6 billion in the current fiscal year. Speaking at the ceremony to mark 70 years of diplomatic and … Read more
LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) parliamentarians see it “difficult to continue with the (Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf) government” when “a common man in the country is suffering”. “How can public representatives face the people? It is becoming difficult to continue with the government for these reasons,” they said during a PML-Q parliamentary party meeting on Sunday. … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Palestine desires to enhance existing bilateral ties with Pakistan in multi-sectors and take them to the optimum level for the benefit of the people of both countries, a diplomat said. “We are working on an extensive plan to enhance trade, tourism, cultural and educational exchanges for optimum bilateral relationships between brotherly countries,” Palestinian Ambassador … Read more
Women’s sports have long been scoffed at in Saudi Arabia’s conservative society. However, the Nov.2 launching is part of the program formed in 2017 by the Saudi Arabian Football Federation to support women’s soccer. The new women’s league, according to the federation, would be played in two phases inside the regional league. Saudi football officials … Read more
LAHORE: Punjab Governor Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar has said that governance and inflation are the real challenges for the government and not the opposition. “We have to improve governance and introduce a system of reward and retribution at all levels. Whoever commits corruption, he must be punished to set a precedent,” he said, while addressing the … Read more
BEIJING: China is a huge market for Pakistani mangoes and both countries should make joint efforts to further promote Pakistani mangoes in Chinese markets, an official said. There is still a great potential to be explored, which entails joint efforts from China and Pakistan for more Pakistani mangoes to enter the Chinese market, Cheng Xizhong, … Read more
BEIJING: The National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) is ready to facilitate the Chinese companies relocate their businesses and industrial units to Pakistan under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) framework, a bank official said. “As we are about to enter into the second phase of CPEC, which is more focused on industrial cooperation, we are again … Read more
LONDON: Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai on Sunday said that she was concerned that the Taliban’s block on girls’ education in Afghanistan will not be temporary, as claimed. Malala, who was shot by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in 2012 for campaigning for girls’ education, told the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show that “I’m afraid that … Read more
KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) opened on a bearish note as the KSE-100 Index witnessed a decline of 174.07 points, or 0.38 per cent, in the first hour of trading on Monday. The local equity market on Friday closed lower in the post-earnings season on global equities selloff and slump in the global crude … Read more
