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KWD TO PKR: Today’s Kuwaiti Dinar to PKR rates on, 15th jan 2022

KWD TO PKR

KARACHI: The average customer rates of buying and selling of  Kuwaiti Dinar (KWD) against Pakistani rupee (PKR) are Rs581.36 and Rs585.50 at 3:39 pm PST on January 15, 2022. The exchange rate is based on the average buying and selling of foreign currency by various exchange companies in the open market. KWD TO PKR Open Market Here … Read more

Jannat Mirza handles fan’s criticism like a pro

Jannat Mirza, a TikTok star, recently made headlines for her brilliant retaliation against actor Aiman Khan. Aiman policed the Tiktoker and humiliated her over how much cosmetics she wears. A fan called out Mirza for filming a video on a “b*llsh*t” issue in a recent Instagram Q&A session. And she stated it was only appropriate … Read more

TRY TO PKR: Today’s Turkish Lira to PKR rates on, 15th Jan 2022

TRY to PKR

KARACHI: The average customer rates of buying and selling of  Turkish Lira (TRY) against Pakistani rupee (PKR) are Rs13.01 and Rs13.07 at 3:34 pm PST on January 15, 2022. The exchange rate is based on the average buying and selling of foreign currency by various exchange companies in the open market. TRY TO PKR Open Market Here … Read more

China’s economy grew 8% in 2021 but property, virus threats loom

China’s economy

BEIJING: China’s economy expanded at its fastest pace for 10 years in 2021, according to an AFP poll of analysts, but its strong recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic is threatened by Omicron and a property sector slowdown. The eight per cent growth would be well above the government’s target of more than six per cent, and comes on … Read more

QAR TO PKR: Today’s Qatari Riyal to PKR rates on, 15th Jan 2022

QAR TO PKR

KARACHI: The average customer rates of buying and selling of  Qatar Riyal (QAR) against Pakistani rupee (PKR) are Rs48.25 and Rs48.50 at 3:29 pm PST on January 15, 2022. The exchange rate is based on the average buying and selling of foreign currency by various exchange companies in the open market. QAR TO PKR Open Market Here … Read more

Govt sets target to disburse loans of Rs50b under Kamyab Jawan Programme

Govt sets target to disburse loans of Rs50b under Kamyab Jawan Program

ISLAMABAD: The government is aiming to disburse loans of Rs50 billion this year through the Kamyab Jawan Programme to encourage youth entrepreneurship and create jobs in the country. Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib and Special Assistant on Youth Affairs Usman Dar announced this at a news conference in Islamabad on Saturday. … Read more

CAD TO PKR: Today’s Canadian Dollar to PKR exchange rates on, 14th Jan 2022

Canadian Dollar to PKR

KARACHI: The average customer rates of buying and selling of  Canadian Dollar (CAD) against Pakistani rupee (PKR) are Rs140.01 and Rs140.65 at 3:24 pm PST on January 15, 2022. The exchange rate is based on the average buying and selling of foreign currency by various exchange companies in the open market. CAD TO PKR Open Market Here … Read more

China’s housing market keeps cooling, prices diverge

China

BEIJING: China continued to see a generally stable housing market in December 2021, with home prices in 70 major cities showing slight month-on-month declines, official data showed on Saturday. New home prices in four first-tier cities, Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Guangzhou edged down 0.1 per cent month-on-month on average in December although price movements diverged, … Read more

Sarwat Gillani and Meher Bano spills the beans on Web series at an interview with Ahsan Khan

Sarwat Gillani, who appears to have found a new home on OTT, is poised to embark on another vengeful adventure with Qatil Haseenaon Ke Naam (QHKN). The actor has a lot to say about the medium that has let her delve into her acting talent by embracing a variety of roles. Similarly, Meher Bano, another … Read more

Watch: At the age of 190 years, Jonathan became the world’s oldest tortoise

world's oldest tortoise

Guinness World Records has declared Jonathan, the world’s oldest living land animal, as the world’s oldest tortoise. As per their website, Jonathan is thought to have been born in 1832, making him 190 years old in 2022. A blog by Guinness World Records read, “Celebrating his 190th birthday this year, Jonathan is now the oldest … Read more

Pakistan receives record remittances of $15.8bn in last six months: Fawad

dollar

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhary Fawad Hussain on Saturday said the country received record remittances of 15.8 billion dollars during the first six months of the current fiscal year. In a tweet, he said there had been an increase of 11.3 per cent in remittances. He said overseas Pakistanis continued to show … Read more

Tu Jhoom, the first release of Coke studio season 14 is a massive hit

Coke Studio’s magic is that it paints its walls in colors that have never been put together before and call it a palette. Just a smattering of pastels and reds, perplexing, commanding and engulfing its audience. Similarly, Xulfi has carried on Coke Studio’s tradition while adding something fresh. By bringing together two conflicting forces like … Read more

Masses being punished for mismanagement of PTI government, says Saeed Ghani

Saeed Ghani

KARACHI: Reiterating that Pakistanis were being punished for the mismanagement of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government, Sindh Information Minister Saeed Ghani announced that the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) will stage a protest against it on February 27. Read more: JI following MQM-P’s footsteps by following divisiveness for political gains: Saeed Ghani While talking to the media … Read more

Pakistan assumes chairmanship of the Group of 77 and China

Pakistan assumes chairmanship of the Group of 77 and China

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan assumed chairmanship of the Group of 77 and China (G-77), a group of more than 130 developing countries, for the year 2022 on Friday. While virtually delivering a statement at the United Nations during the handover ceremony for the Chair of the G77 and China, Minister for Foreign Affairs Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that … Read more

Govt allows ‘permanent residency’ to foreign investors: Fawad Chaudhry

Govt decides to offer permanent residency to foreign investors

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry announced that in line with the new National Security Policy through which Pakistan declared geoeconomics as the core of national security doctrine, the federal government has decided to allow a permanent residency scheme for foreign nationals. Read more: President Arif Alvi asks overseas Pakistanis to invest in their … Read more

Airblue resumes flights to UAE on January 15

airblue

KARACHI: Airblue, Pakistan’s second-largest airline, has resumed international flight operations to the United Arab Emirates. Airblue had received relevant permissions from the Pakistan government and as approvals from the UAE government were received, the airline announced its flight schedule. Airblue aims at flying to most of the cities in the UAE and Saudi Arabia. It … Read more

New Zealand reports 29 new community cases of COVID-19

New Zealand

WELLINGTON, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) — New Zealand reported 29 new community cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, said the Ministry of Health in a statement. Among the new community infections, 11 were recorded in the largest city of Auckland, 14 in the Lakes region, two in Northland, one in Bay of Plenty and one in Wellington, … Read more

Malaysia reports 3,346 new COVID-19 infections, 12 new deaths

Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) — Malaysia reported 3,346 new COVID-19 infections and 12 more deaths as of midnight Friday, bringing the national total to 2,802,263 and death toll to 31,762. The health ministry said 267 of the new cases were imported and 3,079 were local transmissions. The ministry reported 3,052 new recoveries, bringing the … Read more

Celebrities put on their dancing shoes for Minna’s post Nikkah celebration

Minna Tariq’s post-Nikkah celebration became a spectacular evening when the showbiz stars put their hearts and souls into it. Minna signed the Nikkah papers in presence of a galaxy of stars from showbiz who later put the stage on fire with their dance performances.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by … Read more

Ayeza Khan celebrates her birthday today

Ayeza Khan

Actress Ayeza Khan is a year older now and celebrating her 31st birthday today. The actress, who has won thousands of hearts with her mind-blowing performance in Meray Pass Tum Ho, is now one of the bankable artists of the industry now. Read more: Ayeza Khan and Imran Ashraf to star in drama serial ‘Chaudhary … Read more

India reports 268,833 new COVID-19 cases, tally rises to 36,850,962

india

NEW DELHI, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) — India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 36,850,962 on Saturday as 268,833 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours, showed the federal health ministry’s latest data. This is the third consecutive day when more than 200,000 daily cases were registered. Besides, as many as 402 deaths due to the … Read more

Cambodia’s Omicron cases rise to 332 with 45 new infections

cambodia

PHNOM PENH, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) — The number of confirmed Omicron cases of the COVID-19 variant in Cambodia has increased to 332 after 45 new cases were reported, the health ministry said on Saturday. It said 29 of the new infections were imported and 16 were locally transmitted. The southeast Asian country recorded the first … Read more

Sindh decides to continue educational activities amid rising Covid cases

KARACHI: The Sindh government has decided not to close educational institutes despite the rising number of Covid-19 cases. This was decided during a meeting of the provincial task force of coronavirus, chaired by Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah. The task force decided that the educational activities would continue. Read more: Smart lockdown in Karachi’s Gulshan-i-Iqbal … Read more

Mongolia logs 2,347 new COVID-19 infections

Mongolia

ULAN BATOR, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) — Mongolia has recorded 2,347 new COVID-19 infections, including 22 imported ones over the past 24 hours, bringing the national tally to 406,118, the country’s health ministry said Saturday. More than half of the latest confirmed cases were detected in the national capital Ulan Bator, the hardest-hit area by COVID-19 … Read more

Pakistan adds 4,286 new COVID-19 cases

pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) — Pakistan added 4,286 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said on Saturday. The overall tally of the infected people climbed to 1,320,120 across the country, said the NCOC, the department leading Pakistan’s campaign against the pandemic. Read more: Pakistan reports 1,467 … Read more

Positivity ratio of coronavirus cases reaches 8.16% in Pakistan: NCOC

Health expert advises govt to launch ‘door to door vaccination drive’ to curtail Omicron

The positivity ratio of coronavirus cases has reached 8.16 per cent in Pakistan as 4,286 patients tested positive out of 52,522 tests conducted during the last 24 hours, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) said on Saturday. Read more: Omicron Karachi: patient allegedly flees from the quarantine facility Meanwhile, four people died after contracting … Read more

Omicron spreads to southern China city bordering Macau

china

BEIJING: The southern Chinese city of Zhuhai suspended public bus routes on Saturday after announcing it had detected at least seven cases of the highly transmissible Omicron coronavirus variant there and warning residents not to leave the city. The coastal city of Zhuhai, which borders the gambling hub Macau, said late Friday Omicron had been … Read more

President urges international community to help disabled people through Assistive Technology

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ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi has said that the development partners and international community must look into the needs of one billion people with disabilities (PWDs) across the world who had been neglected and were in need of technological assistance. He stressed upon the international community to make collective efforts to bring ease to the … Read more