KARACHI: Habib Bank Limited (HBL) and Daraz have partnered to enable UnionPay cardholders to conduct e-commerce transactions from Daraz online marketplace, a statement said on Monday. With this enablement, UnionPay cardholders can now perform seamless and secure transactions on Daraz, it added. HBL digital channels and solutions head Kamran Mehdi Jaffery commented, “HBL empowers its … Read more
The January transfer window of 2022 ended on Monday where the clubs spent millions and millions of Dollars on these transfers. Some of the decisions that these clubs made seemed wise, while some of those raised eyebrows. Here are seven of the biggest signings that the clubs have completed during the winter transfer window. … Read more
KARACHI: “I have been issued four tickets in a month by the traffic police officials for no reason and I did not commit any violation,” claimed Mehmood, a rickshaw driver. The disgruntled public transporter told Bol News that the traffic officials have made it a practice to issue tickets. “They just want to mint money … Read more
DUBAI – The United States will send a warship and fighter jets to help defend the United Arab Emirates, officials said, after a series of missile attacks by Yemeni rebels left three dead in the wealthy Gulf state. The deployment, to “assist the UAE against the current threat”, follows a phone call between Defence Secretary … Read more
TEL AVIV – When Israeli lawyer Inbar Nacht saw pictures last year of Afghans desperately trying to escape their homeland, she thought of her relatives who were murdered in the Holocaust and knew she had to act. She and her husband Marius had founded a charity in 2020 that has worked on a range of … Read more
Molly Meacher’s voice quivers with emotion as she tells how her aunt took her own life after her liver cancer tumour grew to the size of a football. “One night, she took a whole lot of pills and whisky, and her husband found her dead in the morning,” said Meacher, a member of British parliament’s … Read more
The pandemic, which left London’s transport system deserted for months on end, has decimated revenues and sparked an ongoing feud between the city’s mayor and the UK government over funding current shortfalls. Transport for London (TfL), which runs the British capital’s underground “Tube” network and buses, has received billions of pounds from central government in … Read more
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM – Amnesty International labelled Israel an ‘apartheid’ state that treats Palestinians as “an inferior racial group,” joining the assessment of other rights groups. “Israel’s cruel policies of segregation, dispossession and exclusion across all territories under its control clearly amount to apartheid,” said Amnesty’s secretary general Agnes Callamard. “Whether they live in Gaza, east … Read more
MEXICO CITY – Nearly two years after the pandemic first shut her classroom, Mexican schoolgirl Elena Delgado is struggling to avoid falling far behind in her studies, like millions of other children around the world. Another wave of coronavirus infections gripping Mexico following the emergence of the highly contagious Omicron variant have forced the nine-year-old … Read more
BEIJING – As “metaverse” became the buzzword of 2021, Chinese tech giants are also looking for opportunities in what might be the next phase in the internet’s evolution. Since Mark Zuckerberg announced Facebook’s official rebranding as Meta last October, Chinese tech companies have also been buzzing with the idea to build a vast digital world, … Read more
One of the key issues that is increasing the sense of deprivation among the people of Balochistan is hiring of people from other provinces on the 6% seats allocated to the province in the federal ministries and departments. These people, who are originally residents of other provinces and federating units, get appointed to the federal … Read more
SEOUL – North Korea has conducted an unprecedented seven weapons tests so far this month, including launching its most powerful missile since 2017, which is powerful enough to put the US territory of Guam in range. North Korea confirmed it had fired its most powerful missile since 2017, capping a month-long blitz of launches that … Read more
The history of the Pakistan Army is replete with examples of our young warriors who fought bravely and performed outstandingly. Their efforts have led to many strategically beneficial outcomes in tactical battles. Unfortunately, most of those exceptional performances have neither been documented nor remembered anywhere in our historical documentations. They not only brought laurels … Read more
‘Deal’ is the buzzword in Pakistani politics these days! With the PTI government under pressure because of the soaring inflation and multiple economic challenges, rumours are rife that the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) are all in talks with the establishment, hoping to strike a ‘deal’ that could propel them … Read more
New York – A single flash of lightning in the United States nearly two years ago cut across the sky for nearly 770 kilometres, setting a new world record, the United Nations said. The new record for the longest detected megaflash, measured in the southern US on April 29, 2020, stretched a full 768 kilometres, … Read more
DHAKA – Bangladesh is investigating the mysterious deaths of nearly a dozen zebras in the country’s largest safari park, with officials blaming an inter-equine turf war and an unknown bacterial illness. Eleven zebras, along with a Bengal tiger, have died since the start of the month at the 1,500-hectare (3,800-acre) enclosure, north of the capital … Read more
BEIJING – The young woman, Cuixiaopan, is busy monitoring the overdue tasks and outstanding operations, and emailing reminders to colleagues. She won the 2021 Outstanding Newcomer Award of China Vanke Co. Ltd, one of the country’s major property developers, and works around the clock untiringly. As bizarre it may sound, overtime and overwork aren’t concerns … Read more
As the race to send people to the Moon and beyond heats up, Europe faces calls to make a choice: Keep paying for seats on spacecraft or finally fly its own manned vehicle. Imagine if Christopher Columbus did not have a ship to sail to the Americas, the head of the European Space Agency said … Read more
Pakistan has a long tradition of United Nation’s (UN) peacekeeping. Its participation in these duties has earned the country a very good name and the well-deserved recognition as a responsible nation committed to international peace and stability. Peacekeeping is now part of the nation’s military diplomacy and an essential tenet of its foreign policy. Pakistan’s … Read more
Agriculture entrepreneurs are bringing the digital age to Pakistan’s farmers, helping them plan crops better and distribute their produce when the time is right. Until recently, “the most modern machine we had was the tractor”, Aamer Hayat Bhandara, a farmer and local councillor behind one such project told AFP in “Chak 26”, a village in … Read more
For decades, the United States of America dominated the world; politically, diplomatically, economically, culturally and scientifically. America’s influence was unmatched in every way possible. It was called the most powerful nation since Imperial Rome. One that was stronger than any likely combination of other nations. The world’s tallest buildings were in the US, the world’s … Read more
PARIS – Wariness and outright hostility to vaccines did not start with Covid-19 but date back to the 18th century when the first shots were given. From real fears sparked by side effects to fake studies and conspiracy theories, we take a look at anti-vax sentiment over the ages: 1796: First jab, first fears Smallpox … Read more
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is “probably safe” for now despite a scathing report into government lockdown parties, but his long-term future is “very much out of his hands” as police probe the claims, analysts said. Johnson apologised after his government was criticised for “failures of leadership and judgment” in allowing parties at his offices … Read more
During the past weeks, local people have been continually blocking the Torkham highway that links Pakistan with Afghanistan, demanding that the authorities fulfill their commitment of granting incentives in return for land that the locals have provided for construction of a border terminal. In January, the Khugakhel tribe – a sub tribe of the Shinwari … Read more
Though with a razor-thin majority, the Opposition-dominated Upper House of Parliament passed the State Bank Amendment Bill 2021 with the support of ‘elements’ who have come to the rescue of the government in many difficult times. Interestingly, the leader of the Opposition in the Senate, Syed Yusuf Raza Gillani, was among those opposition Senators who … Read more
KUNMING/VIENTIANE – The China-Laos Railway has transported over one million passengers and 500,000 tonnes of cargo since it was launched in December 2021, while business operators from Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Myanmar are now using the same facility to import and export goods to and from China and beyond, according to a Lao official. The … Read more
Contrary to the popular belief and the statistics available regarding smog and air pollution crippling the entire province of Punjab, the information gathered by Bol News has proved that the same hazards have been posing serious threat to health of people in Karachi and other urban areas. In view of the increasing pollution in the … Read more
Moscow – Russia has a stake in crises around the world from Ukraine to Syria, Sudan and Mali and that is reflected in the active role it takes at the UN Security Council on issues both big and small, contrasting with the relative detachment of the United States. The paradox is that, by at least … Read more
