Nobel Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai joined hands with MasterClass, is a streaming platform for learning, to teach tactics and tools needed for bringing change in society. Malala, who recently tied the knot with Asser Malik, took to her social media handles and shared the news with her fans across the globe. If you’re someone who … Read more
Pakistan on Thursday recorded a slight increase in the number of coronavirus-related deaths across the country, with 13 cases being reported in the last 24 hours. Out of 13 coronavirus patients who died during the past 24 hours, 12 were under treatment in different hospital, National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) said in its update. … Read more
Tennis star Sania Mirza left her fans puzzled when she shared the trailer of her new project with fans on social media. Interestingly, the post revealed that Sania’s cricketer husband Shoaib Malik is part of the project, as well. Read more: What is inside of Sania Mirza’s phone? Check out Mirza shared the first look … Read more
Air Vice-Marshal (AVM) Tariq Zia has been appointed as the new Director-General Public Relations Air Force, announced the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) on Thursday. Read more: India’s claims of shooting down Pakistani F-16 refuted by world, says PAF official The appointment was announced in the backdrop of the recent re-organization of the Pakistan Air Force … Read more
HONG KONG, Cathay Pacific on Thursday said it will slash passenger flights into Hong Kong next month as the city’s strict travel curbs keep international travellers away while rivals see prospects improve. Hong Kong has maintained some of the world’s harshest quarantine measures and travel restrictions during the pandemic, which has kept infections low but … Read more
ISLAMABAD: A security threat alert has been issued for the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA), Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Thursday. According to details, a terror plan to target the state institutions has been foiled because of which security of FBR headquarters, its field offices and other … Read more
WASHINGTON: A key US inflation measure closely watched by the Federal Reserve in October posted its biggest year-over-year increase since the early 1990s amid supply chain bottlenecks, the US Commerce Department reported on Wednesday. The personal consumption expenditure (PCE) price index, the Fed’s preferred inflation measure, jumped five per cent in October from a year … Read more
Some 230 migrants forced their way through the border from Belarus with the help of Belarusian border guards but were immediately sent back across, Poland said on Thursday. “They destroyed the fence and a group of 232 people made their way several metres into Polish territory,” border guard spokeswoman Anna Michalska told the Polish news … Read more
KATHMANDU: Nepal has taken a step toward the 5G era as the country’s leading telecom operator has been licenced to conduct 5G network trials. Santosh Paudel, spokesman for Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA), told Xinhua on Thursday that the regulator permitted Nepal Telecom to conduct 5G trials early this week. “The company has been licenced to … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Thursday set up a committee to probe the revelations of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Maryam Nawaz regarding the disbursement of advertisements to media. The inquiry committee would compile its report on the irregularities in the advertisements issued to the media during the PML-N regime and favors given … Read more
KARACHI: The board of directors of Awwal Modaraba Management Company has approved the merger with a subsidiary of Pak-Brunei Investment Company Limited (PBICL), a bourse filing said on Thursday. The company will merge with the corporate restructuring company (CRC), which is to be established by PBICL as its wholly-owned subsidiary, it added. Awwal Modaraba Management … Read more
BEIJING: Nearly 2.457 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses had been administered on the Chinese mainland as of Wednesday, data from the National Health Commission showed Thursday.
A viral video has taken internet by storm in which an old man dancing on an Indian street with a foreigner. In the video, a foreigner can be seen displaying his dance skills on a Bollywood song as a crowd gathers around him to watch. As he dances on O O Jane Jana an overjoyed … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani pacer Wahab Riaz believes Pakistan would need to rely on specialized cricketers instead of all-rounders in the next Twenty20 Cricket World Cup to be played in Australia. “In Australia, Pakistan will need specialized batsmen and specialized bowlers. When it comes to all-rounders, you have to be good enough like Jacques Kallis who used … Read more
As per the reports of The Indian Express, Bollywood actress Swara Bhaskar reveals that she’s on the waiting list for adoption. Swara, who is best known for her supporting roles in mainstream productions as well as her starring roles in independent films, has a history of loving and looking after orphans. She has reportedly registered … Read more
KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) announced temporary changes in the duration for closing price determination and market timings, bourse filing said on Thursday. The temporary changes come in the context of reclassification of Pakistan from the MSCI Emerging Market Index to MSCI Frontier Market Index, it added. The ‘closing price’ of securities will be … Read more
Panic has gripped the country after Pakistan Petroleum Dealers Association (PPDA) called a countrywide strike. Long queues have been seen at a few fuel stations that have remained open. Most of the fuel stations are either closed or are unable to operate as they are out of stock. The fuel stations of those Oil Marketing Companies … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The exports of sports goods witnessed an increase of 20.73 percent during the first four months of the current financial year (2021-22) as compared to the exports of the corresponding period of last year. Pakistan exported sports goods worth $105.120 million during July-October (2021-22) against the exports of $87.070 million during July-October (2020-21), showing … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Thursday said Pakistan was offering several important facilities to foreign investors, including e-visa. “American companies can benefit from these facilities and earn profit by investing in different fields,” Shah Mahmood Qureshi said talking to US Democrat leader Tahir Javed in Islamabad. He said Pakistan gave special importance to … Read more
The internet is currently going mad on a girl who has impressed everyone by performing a beautiful dance move. The girl did cartwheel in not some athletic clothing, but in a skirt and high heels. In a video shared on Instagram, the girl Parul Arora is seen wearing pointed high heels and a pleated pink … Read more
SEOUL, Seoul has started trialling pint-sized robots as teaching aids in kindergartens — a pilot project the city government said would help prepare the next generation for a hi-tech future. The “Alpha Mini” is just 24.5 centimetres tall and can dance, lead sing-a-longs, recite stories and even teach kung-fu moves as children mimic its push-ups … Read more
LAHORE: The Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB) has signed two separate agreements with the National Highways and Motorway Police (NHMP) and Board of Investment (BoI) to implement Human Resource Management Information System (HRMIS), an IT-based solution, for the two government departments, a statement said. In two separate ceremonies, IT-Operations (IT-Ops) director general Faisal Yousaf signed … Read more
Prime Minister Imran Khan will inaugurate the Sohni Dharti Remittance programme today in Islamabad, announced his office on Thursday. The PMO said that the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has developed the programme as per PM Imran Khan’s vision of facilitating overseas Pakistanis. وزیرِ اعظم عمران خان آج سوہنی دھرتی ریمیٹنس پروگرام کا افتتاح کریں … Read more
We often hear about Karachi Zoo and the miserable state that it’s in, with animals not being taken care of cautiously to the animals starving, falling ill, and living under un-livable conditions to dying due to negligence. Read more: Ali Zaidi criticises Sindh govt for ‘beyond pathetic’ conditions of Karachi Zoo Recently, a rare white … Read more
Pakistani actor Sanam Saeed expresses her desire to work in India. During the trailer launch of her Zee5 series alongside Meherbano, Sarwat Gillani, and Samiya Mumtaz titled Qatil Haseenaon Ke Naam, Sanam shared: “I am open to working in Indian films, not television. I prefer TV on this side of the border. There are so many … Read more
KARACHI: Karachiites are facing long queues at petrol pumps all across the metropolis as the Pakistan Petroleum Dealers Association (PPDA) called for a nationwide strike on Thursday to protest against the government’s failure to increase their profit margins. “The deserted look petrol pumps around the country are raising questions over the competence of this country’s … Read more
Ayeza Khan is being praised by co-star Aymen Saleem for her work ethic. In a recent interview with Maliha Rehman, the Chupkay Chupkay star Aymen mentioned that Ayeza is very organised on set and she knows exactly what to do. When Maliha questioned Aymen,” Did you as a new comer learned from your co-stars in … Read more
SINGAPORE: A coordinated release from government oil reserves led by the US may add about 70 million to 80 million barrels of crude supply, smaller than the more-than-100 million barrels the market has been pricing in, Reuters quoted analysts at Goldman Sach, as saying. “On our pricing model, such a release would be worth less than $2/bbl, … Read more
