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Print - 2018-01-08
Pashto poetry: book review of 'Shelman Rud' held

Pashto poetry: book review of 'Shelman Rud' held

A book review ceremony of Pashto poetry themed: "Shelman Rud" was held here in government degree college hall of Tehsil Landi Kotal, Khyber Agency. The literary activity was organized under the banner of Shelman Adabi Jirga; Zakha Khel elder Malik Nadeem
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
Police rescue youth, arrests kidnappers

Police rescue youth, arrests kidnappers

The police rescued a youth abducted for ransom and arrested two abductors here on Sunday. According to the details, the police launched an operation in Nurpur area of Rajanpur which resulted in the rescue of an abducted youth and arrest of two kidnappers
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
Gas-load management plan of previous government being followed

Gas-load management plan of previous government being followed

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz government is continuing the gas load management plan prepared by Pakistan People Party-led coalition government, according to which domestic gas consumers and commercial sectors continue to have priority, followed by power, i
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
Sindh Education Foundation celebrates silver jubilee

Sindh Education Foundation celebrates silver jubilee

The Sindh Education Foundation (SEF) of the government of Sindh celebrated its Silver Jubilee with the theme "Hope on: Journey on" depicting the SEF's 25-year voyage. Sindh Chief Minister, Syed Murad Ali Shah, was the chief guest while Sindh Education Min
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
KUTS to conduct degree exams

KUTS to conduct degree exams

The Karachi University Teachers Society (KUTS) has decided to participate in the process of conduct of the Karachi University degree examinations. This was announced by the spokesman of the University of Karachi on Sunday. He said that a meeting of the Ex
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
Trader shot dead
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Trader shot dead

A trader identified as Owais was shot dead when he offered resistance to robbery attempt here in Saddar's electronics market on Sunday. According to police and eyewitnesses, two robbers started looting in the market, and then opened fire upon resistance,
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
27 foreigners among 1338 drug traffickers held by Anti Narcotics Force

27 foreigners among 1338 drug traffickers held by Anti Narcotics Force

Anti Narcotics Force (ANF), prime drug law enforcement agency of Pakistan in its efforts to make the country a drug free society conducted countrywide operations in 2017 and rounded up 1338 drug traffickers including 27 foreigners besides recovering 164.0
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
Electric fans' production up by 25.82 percent

Electric fans' production up by 25.82 percent

Production of electric fans in the country increased by 25.82 per cent during first four months (July-Oct) of the year 2017-18 as compared to same period of last year. During the period under review, as many as 901,857 units of electric fans were produced
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
Pakistan Awami Tehreek's core committee discusses protest strategy

Pakistan Awami Tehreek's core committee discusses protest strategy

A meeting of central core committee of Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) was held under the supervision of its leader Dr Tahirul Qadri. In the meeting strategy of protest was thought out at a stretch keeping in view the end of dead line and all the possible op
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
SMEDA helps boost honey sector's business

SMEDA helps boost honey sector's business

The efforts of Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA), use of modern technology and private sector investment during the span of 15 years have increased the number of processing and trading enterprises in honey cluster from only 25 bus
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
SMEDA helps boost honey sector's business

SMEDA helps boost honey sector's business

The efforts of Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA), use of modern technology and private sector investment during the span of 15 years have increased the number of processing and trading enterprises in honey cluster from only 25 bus
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
Chidambaram for resolution of Kashmir issue

Chidambaram for resolution of Kashmir issue

Former Indian Finance Minister P Chidambaram took a dig at ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government for failing to restore normalcy in occupied Kashmir. P Chidambaram in a series of tweets on Sunday said militaristic and muscular policy had failed t
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
NLC to establish new border terminals

NLC to establish new border terminals

National Logistics Cell (NLC) has chalked out comprehensive plans for establishment of new border terminals at key entry and exit points with neighbouring countries, in addition to upgrade of the existing ones at Chaman, Torkham and Wahga.
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
Railways to submit PC-1 of linking tracks soon

Railways to submit PC-1 of linking tracks soon

Ministry of Railways would soon submit PC-1 for linking new railway tracks after completion of feasibility report on various routes of Pakistan Railway. The new tracks included Gwadar Mastung via 906 kilometers and Basima with Jacobabad via Khuzdar 300 ki
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
First National Industrial Survey on the cards
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First National Industrial Survey on the cards

First ever survey for National Industrial Innovation to design appropriate policies and strategies leading towards improvement of quality of Pakistan products would be started from Punjab soon. The survey `First National Industrial Innovation Survey' woul
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
KP for connecting hydropower projects with national grid

KP for connecting hydropower projects with national grid

The provincial government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has expressed concerned over the non-connectivity of generated cheap electricity from three hydropower projects having total capacity of 56 megawatt to nation grid and termed it as unjustified behavior of fe
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
SU admission fee date extended

SU admission fee date extended

Director Admissions, University of Sindh Jamshoro has announced for general information of all those concerned candidates who were selected for admissions to Bachelor Degree Programmes 2018 under third updated merit list but could not deposit their admiss
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
147 Indian fishermen released

147 Indian fishermen released

Pakistan on Sunday released 147 Indian fishermen, held for trespassing into its territorial waters, from Karachi's Malir jail, jail administration officials said. The process of returning the fishermen who were jailed eight months ago to their country has
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
One calm truth

One calm truth

India and its media have no plausible response to the new video in which Kulbushan Jadhav says his mother returned 'very satisfied'. Jadhav has accused the Indian government of threatening and harassing his mother and wife when they met him last month.
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
Europe casts a wary eye on China's Silk Road plans

Europe casts a wary eye on China's Silk Road plans

Depending on who you ask in Europe, China's colossal East-West infrastructure programme is either an opportunity or a threat - and when French President Emmanuel Macron visits next week, Beijing will be watching to see how keen he is to jump on board. Sin
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
Unaided foreign policy - I

Unaided foreign policy - I

There are three major areas where Pakistan has defaulted that has led to very lame "cry victimism" Come New Year and President Trump is at his Tweeting Worst. Trump Tweets have assumed a legendary status. Tweets are not really the ideal vehicle for announ
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
The differing narrative

The differing narrative

Narrative varies between individuals including those within a family unit facing common issues however this divergence is all the more marked between nations with or without common geopolitical interests and considerations. After an absence of over a mont
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
Asghar Khan

Asghar Khan

Air Marshal Asghar Khan (retired) has passed away at age 96, leaving a deep mark on the national life as a soldier, administrator, and politician. He became the first Pakistani chief of Pakistan Air Force at only age 35, turning it into a modern and formi
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
The Yuan reality
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The Yuan reality

There was some confusion about the use of Chinese currency, Yuan, for bilateral trade and investment with Pakistan. In order to avoid this confusion, the State Bank of Pakistan on 2nd January, 2018 made it clear that Pakistani and Chinese enterprises were
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
The duty controversy

The duty controversy

The controversy on the imposition and enhancement of regulatory duties and levies on a number of items for curtailment of imports seems to have deepened with the blockade of the Federal Board of Revenue's proposal by the Commerce Ministry in this regard.
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
Iranian oil tanker burns, 32 missing after collision off China''s coast

Iranian oil tanker burns, 32 missing after collision off China''s coast

A tanker carrying Iranian oil and run by the country''s top oil shipping operator was ablaze and spewing cargo into the East China Sea on Sunday after colliding with a Chinese bulk ship, leaving its 32 crew members missing, the Chinese government said. Th
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
Iranian oil tanker burns, 32 missing after collision off China's coast

Iranian oil tanker burns, 32 missing after collision off China's coast

A tanker carrying Iranian oil and run by the country's top oil shipping operator was ablaze and spewing cargo into the East China Sea on Sunday after colliding with a Chinese bulk ship, leaving its 32 crew members missing, the Chinese government said. Thi
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
Iranian oil tanker burns, 32 missing after collision off China's coast

Iranian oil tanker burns, 32 missing after collision off China's coast

A tanker carrying Iranian oil and run by the country's top oil shipping operator was ablaze and spewing cargo into the East China Sea on Sunday after colliding with a Chinese bulk ship, leaving its 32 crew members missing, the Chinese government said. Thi
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
Tax-evasion in import of cancer drug detected

Tax-evasion in import of cancer drug detected

Directorate of Post-Clearance Audit (DPCA) has detected tax evasion in the import of cancer patients'' medicine ''TASIGNA.'' It is learnt that one of the leading pharmaceutical companies had imported two consignments of the cancer patients'' medicine ''TA
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
Tax-evasion in import of cancer drug detected

Tax-evasion in import of cancer drug detected

Directorate of Post-Clearance Audit (DPCA) has detected tax evasion in the import of cancer patients' medicine 'TASIGNA.' It is learnt that one of the leading pharmaceutical companies had imported two consignments of the cancer patients' medicine 'TASIGNA
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
Tax-evasion in import of cancer drug detected

Tax-evasion in import of cancer drug detected

Directorate of Post-Clearance Audit (DPCA) has detected tax evasion in the import of cancer patients' medicine 'TASIGNA.' It is learnt that one of the leading pharmaceutical companies had imported two consignments of the cancer patients' medicine 'TASIGNA
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
Mahathir named opposition PM candidate

Mahathir named opposition PM candidate

Malaysia's veteran ex-leader Mahathir Mohamad was named as the opposition's prime ministerial candidate Sunday as a bruising election battle looms against scandal-plagued premier Najib Razak and his long-ruling coalition. The decision means the 92-year-ol
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
Mahathir named opposition PM candidate

Mahathir named opposition PM candidate

Malaysia's veteran ex-leader Mahathir Mohamad was named as the opposition's prime ministerial candidate Sunday as a bruising election battle looms against scandal-plagued premier Najib Razak and his long-ruling coalition. The decision means the 92-year-ol
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
Trump assails 'Fake Book' as allies hail 'political genius'

Trump assails 'Fake Book' as allies hail 'political genius'

President Donald Trump on Sunday assailed as a "Fake Book" an explosive behind-the-scenes account that questions his fitness for office, as allies lined up to defend the US leader, with one dubbing him a "political genius." The White House has been pushin
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
Trump assails 'Fake Book' as allies hail 'political genius'

Trump assails 'Fake Book' as allies hail 'political genius'

President Donald Trump on Sunday assailed as a "Fake Book" an explosive behind-the-scenes account that questions his fitness for office, as allies lined up to defend the US leader, with one dubbing him a "political genius." The White House has been pushin
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
Bushra has sought time: PTI

Bushra has sought time: PTI

In a latest twist to alleged secret marriage of party chairman Imran Khan with his spiritual guide from Pakpatan Sharif, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Sunday officially confirmed that party supremo has just proposed to the lady and awaits her response
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
Bushra has sought time: PTI

Bushra has sought time: PTI

In a latest twist to alleged secret marriage of party chairman Imran Khan with his spiritual guide from Pakpatan Sharif, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Sunday officially confirmed that party supremo has just proposed to the lady and awaits her response
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
Virk to take oath as Law Minister on Tuesday

Virk to take oath as Law Minister on Tuesday

Chaudhry Mehmood Bashir Virk, a Member of National Assembly belonging to the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), is set to take oath as Federal Minister for Law and Justice on Tuesday. A close-aid of Chaudhry confirmed to Business Recorder </i
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
Virk to take oath as Law Minister on Tuesday

Virk to take oath as Law Minister on Tuesday

Chaudhry Mehmood Bashir Virk, a Member of National Assembly belonging to the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), is set to take oath as Federal Minister for Law and Justice on Tuesday. A close-aid of Chaudhry confirmed to Business Recorder </i
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
PPP denounces removal of BB's photo from BISP logo

PPP denounces removal of BB's photo from BISP logo

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Sunday strongly condemned removal of late Benazir Bhutto's picture from Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) logo. In a statement issued here, PPP secretary information Nafisa Shah said that this act of ruling PML-N is m
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
PPP denounces removal of BB's photo from BISP logo

PPP denounces removal of BB's photo from BISP logo

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Sunday strongly condemned removal of late Benazir Bhutto's picture from Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) logo. In a statement issued here, PPP secretary information Nafisa Shah said that this act of ruling PML-N is m
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
Pentagon watching Pakistan's next moves

Pentagon watching Pakistan's next moves

Pentagon officials are watching for Pakistan's next moves after Washington froze security aid payments to Islamabad, saying it is not doing enough to target Afghan Taliban and Haqqani group bases. The Trump administration's decision to withhold hundreds o
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
Pentagon watching Pakistan's next moves

Pentagon watching Pakistan's next moves

Pentagon officials are watching for Pakistan's next moves after Washington froze security aid payments to Islamabad, saying it is not doing enough to target Afghan Taliban and Haqqani group bases. The Trump administration's decision to withhold hundreds o
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
Future spreads down by 109 basis points

Future spreads down by 109 basis points

The future spreads declined by 109bps to negative 1.36 percent on the last day of outgoing week. Trading activities on the futures counter remained low as average daily volumes decreased by 61.2 percent to 51.07 percent. The average daily trading value de
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
Future spreads down by 109 basis points

Future spreads down by 109 basis points

The future spreads declined by 109bps to negative 1.36 percent on the last day of outgoing week. Trading activities on the futures counter remained low as average daily volumes decreased by 61.2 percent to 51.07 percent. The average daily trading value de
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
Bullish trend witnessed
Exchange

Bullish trend witnessed

Pakistan Stock Exchange witnessed bullish trend during the outgoing week ended January 05, 2018 on the back of healthy buying by both local and foreign investors. BRIndex100 gained 270.93 points on week-on-week basis to close at 4,565.83 points. Average d
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
Bullish trend witnessed
Exchange

Bullish trend witnessed

Pakistan Stock Exchange witnessed bullish trend during the outgoing week ended January 05, 2018 on the back of healthy buying by both local and foreign investors. BRIndex100 gained 270.93 points on week-on-week basis to close at 4,565.83 points. Average d
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
Bullish trend witnessed
Exchange

Bullish trend witnessed

Pakistan Stock Exchange witnessed bullish trend during the outgoing week ended January 05, 2018 on the back of healthy buying by both local and foreign investors. BRIndex100 gained 270.93 points on week-on-week basis to close at 4,565.83 points. Average d
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
Former WTO, Goldman chief Peter Sutherland dies

Former WTO, Goldman chief Peter Sutherland dies

Former World Trade Organisation director general and Goldman Sachs international chairman Peter Sutherland died on Sunday at the age of 71, Ireland's foreign minister said. Sutherland, who also served as Ireland's European Union commissioner and as attorn
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
Former WTO, Goldman chief Peter Sutherland dies

Former WTO, Goldman chief Peter Sutherland dies

Former World Trade Organisation director general and Goldman Sachs international chairman Peter Sutherland died on Sunday at the age of 71, Ireland's foreign minister said. Sutherland, who also served as Ireland's European Union commissioner and as attorn
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
AIIB may launch US dollar bond by end-June

AIIB may launch US dollar bond by end-June

The China-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) may issue its first US dollar-denominated bond by the end of June this year, according to a state media report on Sunday citing the bank''''s treasurer Soren Elbech. The earliest issuance window
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
AIIB may launch US dollar bond by end-June

AIIB may launch US dollar bond by end-June

The China-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) may issue its first US dollar-denominated bond by the end of June this year, according to a state media report on Sunday citing the bank''s treasurer Soren Elbech. The earliest issuance window w
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
AIIB may launch US dollar bond by end-June

AIIB may launch US dollar bond by end-June

The China-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) may issue its first US dollar-denominated bond by the end of June this year, according to a state media report on Sunday citing the bank's treasurer Soren Elbech. The earliest issuance window wi
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
AIIB may launch US dollar bond by end-June

AIIB may launch US dollar bond by end-June

The China-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) may issue its first US dollar-denominated bond by the end of June this year, according to a state media report on Sunday citing the bank's treasurer Soren Elbech. The earliest issuance window wi
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
Minister for dissolution of EDB

Minister for dissolution of EDB

Minister for Industries and Production, Ghulam Murtaza Khan Jatoi has supported dissolution of Engineering Development Board (EDB. In an informal chat with Business Recorder at his office, Jatoi said that he fully supports the decision of Prime Min
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
Minister for dissolution of EDB

Minister for dissolution of EDB

Minister for Industries and Production, Ghulam Murtaza Khan Jatoi has supported dissolution of Engineering Development Board (EDB. In an informal chat with Business Recorder at his office, Jatoi said that he fully supports the decision of Prime Min
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
Minister for dissolution of EDB

Minister for dissolution of EDB

Minister for Industries and Production, Ghulam Murtaza Khan Jatoi has supported dissolution of Engineering Development Board (EDB. In an informal chat with Business Recorder at his office, Jatoi said that he fully supports the decision of Prime Min
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
One more minister resigns in Balochistan

One more minister resigns in Balochistan

Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA) belonging to Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid-e-Azam (PML-Q) Sheikh Jaffar Mandokhail is the newest addition on Sunday to the group that has tendered resignation following filing of a no-confidence motion against Balochista
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
One more minister resigns in Balochistan

One more minister resigns in Balochistan

Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA) belonging to Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid-e-Azam (PML-Q) Sheikh Jaffar Mandokhail is the newest addition on Sunday to the group that has tendered resignation following filing of a no-confidence motion against Balochista
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
No undemocratic move will be accepted: Nawaz tells Zehri

No undemocratic move will be accepted: Nawaz tells Zehri

Balochistan Chief Minister (CM) Sanaullah Zehri made a telephonic contact with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif on Sunday and briefed him on the current political situation. The chief minister asked party president's help regard
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
No undemocratic move will be accepted: Nawaz tells Zehri

No undemocratic move will be accepted: Nawaz tells Zehri

Balochistan Chief Minister (CM) Sanaullah Zehri made a telephonic contact with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif on Sunday and briefed him on the current political situation. The chief minister asked party president's help regard
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
Achakzai held responsible for Zehri's woes

Achakzai held responsible for Zehri's woes

The cardinal reason behind the no-confidence motion against Balochistan chief minister Sardar Sanaullah Zehri is autocratic style of governance of Zehri and preponderant influence of Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party chief Mehmood Khan Achakzai, the two close
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
Achakzai held responsible for Zehri's woes

Achakzai held responsible for Zehri's woes

The cardinal reason behind the no-confidence motion against Balochistan chief minister Sardar Sanaullah Zehri is autocratic style of governance of Zehri and preponderant influence of Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party chief Mehmood Khan Achakzai, the two close
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
Rupee hit record low
Currency

Rupee hit record low

The rupee hit record low against the dollar on the money market during the week, ended on Jan 07, 2018. The rupee lost Rs 1.40 against the dollar for buying and selling at Rs 112.00 and Rs 112.30. The rupee also Rs 1.50 against the euro for buying and sel
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
Rupee hit record low
Currency

Rupee hit record low

The rupee hit record low against the dollar on the money market during the week, ended on Jan 07, 2018. The rupee lost Rs 1.40 against the dollar for buying and selling at Rs 112.00 and Rs 112.30. The rupee also Rs 1.50 against the euro for buying and sel
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
Ahmadinejad arrested

Ahmadinejad arrested

The former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been arrested, Aaj News reported on Sunday. He was apprehended during a visit to the western city of Bushehr on December 28 on the reported charges that he was involved in inciting Iranians for a
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
Ahmadinejad arrested

Ahmadinejad arrested

The former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been arrested, Aaj News reported on Sunday. He was apprehended during a visit to the western city of Bushehr on December 28 on the reported charges that he was involved in inciting Iranians for a
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
Iran Guards say quell unrest

Iran Guards say quell unrest

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Sunday the country's people and security forces had put an end to unrest fomented by foreign enemies, as parliament and security officials met to discuss the boldest challenge to the clerical establishment since 2009.
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
Iran Guards say quell unrest

Iran Guards say quell unrest

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Sunday the country's people and security forces had put an end to unrest fomented by foreign enemies, as parliament and security officials met to discuss the boldest challenge to the clerical establishment since 2009.
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
Moody Blues star Ray Thomas dead

Moody Blues star Ray Thomas dead

Musician and singer Ray Thomas, a founding member of the band Moody Blues, has died at the age of 76, his record label said on Sunday. Thomas, a flautist and vocalist, died suddenly at home in Surrey, England, on Thursday, according to a statement release
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
Musharraf for APML, MQM-P and PSP unification

Musharraf for APML, MQM-P and PSP unification

Former president General Pervez Musharraf (Retd) has proposed that his All Pakistan Muslim League, Farooq Sattar's MQM and Mustafa Kamal's Pak Sarzameen Party should unify under new name. Aaj News reported on Sunday night that Musharraf made this p
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
Trump cannot afford breaking off ties with Pakistan: NYT

Trump cannot afford breaking off ties with Pakistan: NYT

Trump cannot bear to sever the United States' linkages with "long-time" ally Pakistan, the New York Times warned early Sunday morning, saying such a move on his part could be detrimental for America and pave way for even better Sino-Pak relations. The pub
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
The Weather

The Weather

The weather report on Sunday (January 07, 2018) and the forecast for Monday (January 08, 2018).

Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
Your rupee last week
Exchange

Your rupee last week

Following currency fluctuations took place in foreign exchange rates during the last week. (January 02 to 05, 2018).

Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
2017 was second hottest year on record, after 2016

2017 was second hottest year on record, after 2016

Last year was the second hottest worldwide on record, just behind a sweltering 2016 with signs of climate change ranging from wildfires to a thaw of Arctic ice, a European Union monitoring centre said on Thursday. The Copernicus Climate Change Service, th
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
Beijing records best air quality in five years in 2017

Beijing records best air quality in five years in 2017

Air quality in China's notoriously smog-ridden capital in 2017 was the best since pollution control measures were implemented five years ago, the Beijing government announced on Wednesday. The city met its targets with year-on-year "improvement of regiona
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
Stem cell transplant offers hope for scleroderma patients

Stem cell transplant offers hope for scleroderma patients

A stem cell transplant works better than medicine to extend the lives of people with scleroderma, an autoimmune disease in which the skin hardens and organs break down, researchers said on Wednesday. The findings in the New England Journal of Medicine poi
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
Traumatic events increase headaches and migraines

Traumatic events increase headaches and migraines

Teens exposed to traumatic or terror events may have a higher risk for weekly and daily migraines, according to a study of adolescents who survived a terror attack in Norway. The findings further the idea that violence and psychological trauma could lead
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
Immune boosting virus can be used to treat brain tumours

Immune boosting virus can be used to treat brain tumours

A trial of a potential new brain cancer treatment has shown that a virus injected directly into the bloodstream can reach tumours deep inside the brain and switch on the body's own defence system to attack them. The trial involved just nine patients, but
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
Quarter of land will be drier under two degrees Celsius warming: study

Quarter of land will be drier under two degrees Celsius warming: study

More than a quarter of Earth's land surface will become "significantly" drier even if humanity manages to limit global warming to two degrees Celsius, the goal espoused in the Paris Agreement, scientists said on Monday. But if we contain average warming t
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
Global coral bleaching five times greater than 1980s: study

Global coral bleaching five times greater than 1980s: study

Coral bleaching, a deadly disease that strikes reefs when oceans heat up, has risen nearly five-fold since the 1980s, threatening the future of these vital ecosystems, researchers said on Thursday. Severe coral bleaching events used to happen once every 2
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
Flawed computer chips and how to fix them

Flawed computer chips and how to fix them

As tech giants race against the clock to fix major security flaws in microprocessors, many users are wondering what lurks behind unsettling names like "Spectre" or "Meltdown" and what can be done about this latest IT scare.
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
How Facebook could stop a disease outbreak?

How Facebook could stop a disease outbreak?

Facebook accounts and telephone records can be used to pinpoint the best individuals to vaccinate to stop a disease outbreak in its tracks, researchers said January 03. Such people would be "central" in their social networks, and thus likelier to spread d
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
Intel flaws hint at tech 'too big to fail' risk

Intel flaws hint at tech 'too big to fail' risk

Tech groups like Amazon, Facebook and Alphabet are attracting increasing political heat for their dominance of markets like e-commerce, social media and web search. But a recently discovered security flaw in chips made by Intel, Advanced Micro Devices and
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
Zuckerberg makes 'fixing' Facebook a personal goal
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Zuckerberg makes 'fixing' Facebook a personal goal

Known for annual personal goals ranging from killing his own food to learning Mandarin, Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg's stated mission for this year is to 'fix' the social network. Zuckerberg began taking on New Year's challenges in 2009, when he wore a
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
Security flaws put virtually all phones, computers at risk

Security flaws put virtually all phones, computers at risk

Security researchers on Wednesday disclosed a set of security flaws that they said could let hackers steal sensitive information from nearly every modern computing device containing chips from Intel Corp, Advanced Micro Devices Inc and ARM Holdings. One o
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
Sprint appoints former Altice head Michel Combes as CFO

Sprint appoints former Altice head Michel Combes as CFO

Sprint Corp on Thursday appointed former Altice NV CEO Michel Combes as chief financial officer, a month after it struck a deal with the cable operator's US business to develop a 5G network. Combes was ousted from Altice NV in November as the company soug
Published 08 Jan, 2018 12:00am
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