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Day: December 24, 2021

Medicinal hemp Pakistan’s chance to enter multi-million dollar industry: Fawad

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ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry on Friday said that the medicinal hemp project would give Pakistan a chance to enter the multi-million dollar industry. In a tweet, he said the medicinal hemp project he had started when he was heading the ministry of science was a reality now. Read more: Science ministry … Read more

President Arif Alvi asks overseas Pakistanis to invest in their homeland

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ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi has urged overseas Pakistanis to invest in Pakistan as the country is fast emerging as Asia’s premier investment and trade hub. Read more: President urges doctors to avoid prescribing antibiotics unnecessarily Speaking to a delegation of US-based overseas Pakistanis, led by President Aspire Pakistan Hassan Syed in Islamabad, President Alvi emphasised … Read more

Google Doodle honours Moin Akhter on his 71st birthday

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Moin Akhter

Google is honouring iconic Pakistani artist Moin Akhter with a special doodle marking his 71st birthday. The legendary actor and comedian, who died on April 22, 2011, after suffering a heart attack, ruled Pakistani showbiz industry for many years. He was not only an actor but a singer, director, impersonator, writer and host. Read more: … Read more

At least 37 dead in Bangladesh ferry fire

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Ferry

DHAKA: At least 37 people died when an overcrowded night ferry caught fire in Bangladesh on Friday, police said, as terrified passengers leaped overboard to escape the blaze. The latest maritime tragedy to hit the impoverished low-lying nation happened in the early hours in a river near Jhalokathi, 250 kilometres (160 miles) south of Dhaka. … Read more

BOL NEWS BUSINESS DIGEST: December 24, 2021

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BOL NEWS BUSINESS

KSE-100 Index gains 92 points amid dull trading session KARACHI: The Pakistan Stocks witnessed another dull trading session with low volumes on Thursday. However, the cutoff yields in the Pakistan Investment Bonds (PIBs) auction remained largely flat; thus, the index remained strong throughout the day. –JAVED MIRZA Read more Fertiliser Policy 2022 will enable movement … Read more

Qatar to hold Deaf ICC T-20 Champions Trophy 2022, says CEO DICC Zahir ud Din Babar

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LAHORE: Pakistan’s Chief Executive Officer of the Deaf International Cricket Council, Zahir-ud-Din Babar has said that a new era in deaf cricket will begin in Qatar with the holding of the Deaf ICC T20 Champions Trophy 2022 from March 14 to 26 at West Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha. He said this while addressing a … Read more

Ireland rebound to draw T20 series in USA

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Ireland

LAUDERHILL: The United States were unable to repeat their Twenty20 heroics on Thursday night as Ireland fought back courageously in Florida to draw their series 1-1. Read more: USA cricketers defeat Ireland by 26 runs in T20 contest Monank Patel’s men created history by beating a Test playing nation for the first time on Wednesday … Read more

Skipper Root confident of ‘banging out a hundred’ in Ashes

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Root

MELBOURNE: Joe Root has backed himself to “bang out a hundred” as England face a must-win Boxing Day Test in Melbourne and says he expects a response from his team after successive Ashes defeats. The England captain has never reached three figures in Australia but he went close in the nine wicket-defeat in the first … Read more

Two soldiers martyred in terrorist attack on Kech check post

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Three Soldiers Injured In Landmine Blast, Firing Near Afghan border

Two soldiers were martyred in a terrorist attack on a military check post in District Kech, Balochistan on Friday. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations, Lance Naik Manzar Abbas and Sepoy Abdul Fath embraced martyrdom during the exchange of fire. “Security forces are determined to defeat such acts of inimical elements, aimed at disrupting peace, … Read more

Pathways should now be found to revitalise Afghan economy: FO

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FO

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has welcomed the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution regarding humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan as “a step in the right direction towards helping the Afghan people in dire need. “As called for by the OIC, pathways should now be found towards revitalizing of the Afghan economy and unfreezing of the assets that rightfully … Read more

No place to pray: Muslim worshippers under pressure in India

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Dinesh Bharti drives around with other activists on Fridays heckling and harassing Muslims praying outside in Gurgaon, the latest flashpoint of sectarian tensions under India’s Hindu nationalist government. Muslims praying in the open “create problems in the country and the entire world,” the thickset Hindu man in his 40s said, a red tilak on his … Read more

Viral Video: Veena Malik’s Latest Dance Video Sets the Internet on fire

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Veena Malik

A Video of Veena Malik is making rounds on the internet in which the actor can be seen dancing. The video lit the internet on fire. Have a look!   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Irfanistan (@irfanistan) Recently the beautiful actress Veena Malik expressed her desire for a second marriage. … Read more

Prince Harry teased for wearing ripped jeans

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Prince Harry

British novelist Angela Levin incurred the wrath of the couple’s followers when she reacted to Meghan and Harry’s Christmas card on Thursday.

The card depicts the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, as well as their two children, Archie and Lilibet.

The author of Harry: Conversation with the Prince, Angela said, “The Sussex children look very sweet and smiley. Is Harry trying to make a financial point that he has no shoes and his jeans are torn? Or is he just trying to be with the teenage gang.“

Read more: Meghan Markle; a witness in Prince Andrew’s sex case trail

Fans of the couple chastised the royal expert for her remarks.

“Happy holidays Angela and take it easy on yourself,” a user told Angela.

Another said, “Very lovely . UK is dying of jealousy!.”

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Aussie energy giant unveils plans to fuel Asian markets

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SYDNEY — Western Australian (WA) oil and gas company Woodside has unveiled long-term plans to potentially supply liquid hydrogen to two major Asian destinations. In a statement released on Wednesday, Woodside said it had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Singaporean conglomerate Keppel Corporation and Japan’s Osaka Gas to conduct a feasibility study into … Read more

Prince Philip memorial service set for spring: palace

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Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II who died this year, is to be commemorated at a memorial service at Westminster Abbey in spring, Buckingham Palace said Thursday. The Duke of Edinburgh died at the age of 99 in April, when strict social distancing rules were in place for funerals and only 30 people could … Read more

U.S. petroleum data mixed last week: EIA

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Mari Petroleum

HOUSTON — U.S. crude oil refinery inputs averaged 15.8 million barrels per day during the week ending Dec. 17, 148,000 barrels per day more than the previous week’s average, according to a weekly report issued by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on Wednesday. Refineries operated at 89.6 percent of their operable capacity last week. Gasoline … Read more

U.S. Fed’s inflation measure hits 39-year high in November

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WASHINGTON — A key inflation measure closely watched by the U.S. Federal Reserve rose at the fastest pace in 39 years in November, increasing pressure on the central bank to tighten monetary policy. The personal consumption expenditure (PCE) price index, the Fed’s preferred inflation measure, jumped 5.7 percent in November from a year ago, the … Read more

Sania Mirza looks like a sight for sore eyes in monochromatic picture

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Sania Mirza looks like a sight for sore eyes in monochromatic picture

Indian tennis star Sania Mirza and wife of Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik want all her fans to know when she is having a good hair and makeup day.

Took to Instagram Sania uploaded her monochromatic picture to drive her fans crazy. In the picture, she can be seen donning a short-sleeve shirt paired with ace culottes. She accessorized her look with a wristwatch to pull off a rocking look.

Have a look:

 

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A post shared by Sania Mirza (@mirzasaniar)

Her pictures garnered lovely compliments from her fans. “MashaAllah, lots of love from Pakistan,” one fan wrote, while another called her “the most beautiful athlete in the world.”

Meanwhile, a third fan called Sania a “real-life fairy, “Cute, sweet, pretty beautiful, and the asli parii of my life.”

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HBL PSL TV broadcast rights see an increase of 50%

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PSL 2022

LAHORE: Cricket fans in Pakistan will be able to watch the seventh and eighth editions of the HBL Pakistan Super League on A Sports and PTV Sports after a consortium of ARY and PTV submitted the highest bid, pursuant to a public tender process, for a TV broadcast deal with the Pakistan Cricket Board for … Read more

Sri Lanka logs over 150,000 tourist arrivals in 2021

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COLOMBO — Sri Lanka saw the 150,000-tourist-arrival mark passed with over 47,000 arrivals in the first 20 days of December, Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga said Thursday. According to official figures, Sri Lanka recorded a total of 47,120 tourists in the first 20 days of December, surpassing November’s arrival figures. Ranatunga said that in an effort … Read more

China-Germany Industrial Park opens in Beijing

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BEIJING — An industrial park focusing on economic and technological cooperation between China and Germany opened in Beijing on Thursday. Approved by China’s National Development and Reform Commission, the Beijing China-Germany Industrial Park is a national-level cooperation project between the two countries. Key industries highlighted in the park include new energy intelligent vehicles, the intelligent … Read more

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