Queen Elizabeth II held two virtual audiences on Tuesday, Buckingham Palace said, after she was forced to cancel engagements last week due to Covid. Concerns have mounted for the 95-year-old monarch’s health since she tested positive on February 20, overshadowing the start of her record-breaking 70th year on the throne. But a palace statement indicated … Read more
Commuters trying to get around London faced chaos on Tuesday as the entire underground network was shut down by the first two days of strikes planned for this week. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union, or RMT, voted overwhelmingly to strike in protest at what they see to be a threat to their … Read more
Under the blazing sun, Salado Adan Mohamed puts the finishing touches to her makeshift shelter, cobbled together from branches and fragments of discarded cloth. She has just arrived in the southwestern Somali city of Baidoa, the last refuge for people fleeing the worst drought in the country in a decade. Along with her three children, … Read more
As Super Bowl fans devoured tons of guacamole in the United States, soldiers in the world’s biggest avocado-producing region in Mexico were deactivating makeshift landmines left by warring drug traffickers. At the same time, officials scrambled to end a suspension of Mexican avocado exports to the United States prompted by threats against a US inspector … Read more
The passion to learn Chinese is on the rise among Cambodians as the two countries have enjoyed close ties in diverse spheres even during the difficult times of the Covid-19 pandemic. You Rong, a senior majoring in Chinese literature at the Asia Euro University (AEU) in Phnom Penh, said the huge influx of Chinese investors … Read more
New Delhi – When an Indian student was killed in shelling in Ukraine, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram asked the government to “stop its verbal balancing act” and demand “loudly and bravely” that Russia immediately stop the bombing, which is putting the lives of Indians too in danger. The Congress also stepped up its attack … Read more
The plot thickens! With every passing day, the number game for the no confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan gets more suspenseful and unpredictable. It seems that the Balochistan Awami Party (BAP), who have been government’s allies since the past three and a half years, have almost decided to break away after seeing the … Read more
NAIROBI – The United Nations on Wednesday agreed to start negotiating a world-first global treaty on plastic pollution in what has been hailed a watershed moment for the planet. Nearly 200 nations at the UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi unanimously agreed to create an intergovernmental committee to negotiate and finalise a legally binding plastics treaty … Read more
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) Haqooq-e-Sindh march arrives in Karachi today (March 6) after traversing the province days before a similar march led by the ruling party of Sindh – the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) – is set to reach Islamabad with the aim to dislodge the PTI led federal government. The PTI had announced to … Read more
CHEONGJU – Cultural hits from Netflix show “Squid Game” to Oscar-winner “Parasite” have raised South Korean inequality to global prominence, and one presidential hopeful claims his working-class credentials make him the best man to fix a broken system. Former child factory worker Lee Jae-myung, a school dropout maimed in an industrial accident as a teen, … Read more
Due to its unique taste, colour and high dietetic value, strawberries are in great demand by public, which awaits the fruit’s arrival in the market during the spring season. Knowing that the fruit, which is a cumbersome to grow, is becoming more and more popular farmers in Peshawar are looking forward to high profits. Noor-ul-Islam, … Read more
Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the United States, which repeatedly promised to protect Kyiv, has again come into the spotlight because it continues to add fuel to the fire. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in a video speech complained that the Western countries have abandoned his country. Some Western netizens even asked: Where has the … Read more
The launching of two mega commercial projects in Rawalpindi and Islamabad without prior permission of the concerned authorities has compelled the top graft buster – the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) – to initiate an inquiry against owners of a construction group. Documents show that the Al-Bari Group of Companies opened its booking offices for the … Read more
Even a traveler sitting in his vehicle looking from the main Jamrud road is amazed at the captivating beauty of Islamia College University’s magnificent building at Peshawar, KP, Pakistan. Islamia College Peshawar (ICP), was founded by Sardar Abdul Qayyum Khan (1863 – 1937) and Chief Commissioner George Roos-Keppel (1866 – 1921), in 1913. The college … Read more
Murad Raas is a Pakistani politician, currently serving as a Punjab School Education Minister. He is an alumnus of Aitchison College, Lahore and earned a bachelors of arts in Financefrom Eastern Kentucky University in the United States of America in 1993. He was also awarded an Honorary Ph.D degree in Business Administration by American Heritage … Read more
KARACHI: The earnings of the benchmark KSE-100 Index displayed a jump of 19.9 per cent on a year-on-year basis in December 2021 and 0.6 per cent on a quarter-on-quarter basis. The earnings growth was led by the highest weighted commercial banks sector amid interest rate hike and reversal in general provisioning made last year in … Read more
There is a longstanding custom in US politics that, whatever squabbles are dominating the domestic agenda, Democrats and Republicans rally around the flag when crisis looms overseas. But the threat of war in Ukraine is severely testing Congress’s traditional role as a foreign policy partner to the White House as lawmakers, hobbled by bitter factionalism, … Read more
NEW DELHI – Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has left India’s traditional balancing act between Moscow and the West looking wobblier than ever, with experts saying New Delhi has few good diplomatic options. Last week India abstained on a UN Security Council resolution deploring Russia’s “aggression” against Ukraine, winning praise from Moscow for its “independent and … Read more
Quetta Gladiators’ campaign of the recently concluded season of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) was slightly better than the previous one. Sarfaraz Ahmed-led team had a poor streak since 2019 when they lifted the trophy. In the fifth edition of the league, they finished fifth with just four victories to their name, while the sixth … Read more
KARACHI: The government is providing an amnesty, to be announced through a presidential order, for setting up industrial units, sources in the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) told BOL News. In his address to the nation on February 28, 2022, Prime Minister Imran Khan announced a big relief package of reducing prices of petroleum products … Read more
Islamabad United have been the most successful franchise in the Pakistan Super League with two titles under their belt. Moreover, they have maintained a healthy winning percentage of 53.89 in the 77 games they played so far in the league. In the inaugural season of the league, there was all the noise about Karachi Kings … Read more
KARACHI: Transactions made through mobile phone banking recorded a surge of 138 per cent to Rs2.16 trillion during the first quarter (July-September) of the current fiscal year, according to the payment system review issued by the State Bank of Pakistan. The transactions worth Rs908 billion were made during the same quarter of the last fiscal … Read more
Multan Sultans, the latest addition to the Pakistan Super League (PSL) lineup, were almost flawless in the recently concluded season of the tournament. Sultans entered the campaign as the defending champions and they were very much able to defend it successfully. The team based on the southern city of Punjab were first inducted in the … Read more
KARACHI: The demand for the automobiles in Pakistan has witnessed a significant surge in the last few years, resulting in an increase in oil consumption. In the wake of the higher oil prices in the international market, which are hovering around $100 due the recent Russia-Ukraine war, Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves are under severe pressure. … Read more
Peshawar Zalmi have been a perfect recipe for success in the previous editions of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) but this time around they were knocked out in the playoffs. On paper, the runners-up of the previous edition looked extremely strong in the presence of veteran performers like captain Wahab Riaz, Shoaib Malik, Sherfane Rutherford. … Read more
KARACHI: The Pakistan government should take measures to achieve an annual 7 per cent GDP growth rate, which will not only help reduce the debt burden but also create job opportunities, said Mian Anjum Nisar, chairman of the Businessmen Panel. “There is a need for a reform agenda to achieve 7 per cent economic growth … Read more
Karachi Kings, the team belonging to the biggest city of the country in the Pakistan Super League (PSL), have been quite ordinary throughout seven editions of the league. However, this time, they were awful during the whole tournament. The PSL 2020 champions looked toothless in the campaign, losing nine of the 10 games they played. … Read more
LAHORE: Despite huge potential, the share of fashion industry in the textile sector exports is negligible and to increase it, value addition is the key, said Haris Ateeq, chief executive officer of Bridal Zone. “We are a major exporter of textiles but the share of value-added products is far less than the actual potential. There … Read more
