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Print - 2018-02-02
Descon win Premier Super League Cricket title

Descon win Premier Super League Cricket title

Descon cricket team has won the First Premier Super League Corporate Cricket Tournament defeating Honda cricket team in the final. Batting first, Descon set a target of 204 at the loss of three wickets in the allotted overs. In reply, Honda could only sco
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
North Korean athletes land in South for Winter Olympics

North Korean athletes land in South for Winter Olympics

Ten North Korean skiers and skaters arrived in the South Thursday to take part in the Pyeongchang Winter Games, setting the stage for a "peace Olympics" after a year of high tensions over Pyongyang's nuclear programme. Eight days before the opening ceremo
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
Eriksen stuns United as Chelsea crash to Bournemouth

Eriksen stuns United as Chelsea crash to Bournemouth

Tottenham's Christian Eriksen scored within 11 seconds on Wednesday to overshadow Alexis Sanchez's Premier League debut for Manchester United, while Chelsea crashed to a 3-0 defeat by Bournemouth at Stamford Bridge. Manchester City ignored the carnage aro
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
De Silva hits ton in strong Sri Lankan reply

De Silva hits ton in strong Sri Lankan reply

Dhananjaya de Silva struck a century and shared 187 runs in an unbroken second wicket stand with Kushal Mendis as Sri Lanka gave a strong reply to Bangladesh in the first Teest in Chittagong on Thursday. De Silva made an unbeaten 104 while Mendis hit 83 n
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
CAS lifts doping bans on 28 Russians

CAS lifts doping bans on 28 Russians

Sport's top court CAS on Thursday overturned Olympic life bans on 28 Russians accused of doping, a decision hailed by Moscow but a major embarrassment for the International Olympic Committee just days away from the start of the Winter Games in Pyeongchang
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
Myanmar court denies bail to Reuters journalists

Myanmar court denies bail to Reuters journalists

A Myanmar court on Thursday denied bail to two Reuters journalists charged under a secrecy act that could see them face up to 14 years in jail, in a case that has sparked outcry over shrinking media freedom. Myanmar nationals Wa Lone, 31, and Kyaw Soe Oo,
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
Russia launches 11 space satellites 'without glitch'

Russia launches 11 space satellites 'without glitch'

Russia on Thursday successfully launched 11 satellites from its Vostochny cosmodrome, in the third rocket liftoff from the new spaceport, the space agency said. The country's first orbital launch of 2018 came after a similar liftoff from the cosmodrome in
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
International push for education dollars kicks off at Dakar conference

International push for education dollars kicks off at Dakar conference

An international push to get a quarter of a billion children back to school got under way on Thursday at a conference aiming to fund education in defiance of poverty and unrest. Around the world, 264 million children are not in school, a gap that will kee
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
AFP eyes turnover rise, launches CEO search

AFP eyes turnover rise, launches CEO search

International news agency AFP on Wednesday launched a process to appoint a chief executive for the next five years, while forecasting a turnover rise for 2018. The agency's board of directors approved a 2018 budget which will rely on turnover growing near
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
Saudi, UAE envoys bid to end standoff in Yemen's Aden

Saudi, UAE envoys bid to end standoff in Yemen's Aden

Saudi and Emirati envoys shuttled between Yemeni government forces and besieging southern separatists in second city Aden on Thursday in a bid to end a tense standoff after days of deadly infighting. The Sunday assault on the embattled government's headqu
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
Poland passes Holocaust bill drawing fury of Israel, Ukraine

Poland passes Holocaust bill drawing fury of Israel, Ukraine

Poland's senate on Thursday passed a controversial Holocaust bill aimed at defending the country's image abroad, prompting a chorus of dismay from Israel, the US and the EU and also angering Ukraine. The legislation set fines or a maximum three-year jail
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
Xi wants 'new level' of China-UK ties as May visits

Xi wants 'new level' of China-UK ties as May visits

Chinese President Xi Jinping told British Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday that their countries should take trade ties to "a new level" as London scouts the globe for fresh partnerships after its contentious EU exit. Hounded by Brexit rows at home,
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
Europe claims 100 million users for Galileo satnav system

Europe claims 100 million users for Galileo satnav system

The Galileo satellite navigation system, Europe's rival to the United States' GPS, has nearly 100 million users after its first year of operation, the French space agency CNES said Thursday. The system, seen as strategically important to Europe, went live
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
Three Turkish soldiers killed

Three Turkish soldiers killed

Three Turkish soldiers were killed on Thursday in two separate attacks by Kurdish militants in northern Iraq and in southeastern Turkey, the military said. Two other soldiers were wounded after the attack by the "separatist terrorist organisation" - Turke
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
Kenya's High Court suspends media shutdown

Kenya's High Court suspends media shutdown

Kenya's High Court ordered authorities to allow three major broadcasters to temporarily resume service Thursday, after they were switched off for covering the opposition leader's mock inauguration, prompting outrage over press freedom violations. Judge Ch
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
Turkey says France 'cannot give lessons' over Syria

Turkey says France 'cannot give lessons' over Syria

Turkey on Thursday told France to stop lecturing it over its campaign in Syria, where Ankara is pressing a fierce offensive against a Kurdish militia. The warning from Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu came a day after French President Emmanuel Macron tol
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
Shanghai copper down
Exchange

Shanghai copper down

Shanghai Futures Exchange copper closed 0.2-percent lower at 52,980 yuan ($8,403) a tonne on Thursday as buying dried up ahead of the Lunar New Year in mid-February, but a flurry of encouraging manufacturing reports out of Asia stemmed losses.
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
Lead hits 6-1/2 years high, other metals mixed
Exchange

Lead hits 6-1/2 years high, other metals mixed

Lead hit its highest in 6-1/2 years on Thursday, catching up with sister metal zinc, as a harsh winter in the United States and China hits supplies and as Beijing continues to restrict output on environmental grounds. London Metal Exchange (LME) lead hit
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
Saudi Arabia may keep March light crude prices stable

Saudi Arabia may keep March light crude prices stable

Middle East crude benchmarks kicked off a new month's trade on a mixed note on Thursday, with DME Oman holding firm, while Dubai was at a lower premium than last month, as traders awaited new monthly prices from producers due this weekend.
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
Oil rises as Opec compliance eclipses boom in US output

Oil rises as Opec compliance eclipses boom in US output

Oil rose on Thursday after a survey showed Opec's commitment to its supply cuts remains in place, even as US production topped 10 million barrels per day (bpd) for the first time since 1970. On its first day as the front-month, Brent futures for April del
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
Tokyo rubber snaps three-day decline
Exchange

Tokyo rubber snaps three-day decline

Benchmark Tokyo rubber futures ended higher for the first time in four sessions on Thursday, getting support from a weaker yen against the dollar after the US Federal Reserve signalled its confidence about inflation and growth in the world's biggest econo
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
Raw sugar rebounds, New York cocoa at two-month high

Raw sugar rebounds, New York cocoa at two-month high

Raw sugar futures rose on Thursday, correcting up from the prior session's 3.6 percent slump on support from the weak US dollar, while New York cocoa extended gains to a two-month high. The move came as the 19-market Thomson Reuters CoreCommodity Index ro
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
Gold flat in New York
Currency

Gold flat in New York

Gold prices were flat on Wednesday, but dipped slightly after the US Federal Reserve said it would keep interest rates the same, but expected inflation to rise this year. On Fed Chair Janet Yellen's last policy meeting as head of the central bank, the Fed
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
Gold dips in Asia

Gold dips in Asia

Gold prices fell on Thursday after the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged but hinted at hikes later this year, and as investors awaited the US nonfarm payroll data for cues on the health of the world's largest economy.
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
Gold slips in Europe
Exchange

Gold slips in Europe

Gold edged lower on Thursday as investors shifted their focus to US jobs data due at the end of the week for guidance on monetary policy for the rest of the year. Spot gold was down 0.2 percent at $1,341.93 per ounce, as of 1524 GMT. It touched $1,332.30
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
US MIDDAY: soyabeans fall

US MIDDAY: soyabeans fall

US soyabean futures dropped for a second straight day on Thursday on technical selling and profit taking following government data showing lower-than-anticipated US export sales last week. Forecasts for rain and cooler temperatures in Argentina by mid-Feb
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
US MIDDAY: gold prices unchanged
Exchange

US MIDDAY: gold prices unchanged

Gold prices were nearly unchanged on Thursday as markets anticipated US jobs data due at the end of the week for guidance on monetary policy for the remainder of the year. Spot gold shed 0.01 percent at $1,344.56 ounce by 1:36 p.m. EST (1836 GMT). It touc
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
180 truckloads of raw cotton not allowed entry
Cotton

180 truckloads of raw cotton not allowed entry

The government has refused entry to 180 trucks loaded with imported raw cotton at Torkham border from Afghanistan and Central Asian States (CAS) on the plea that import of cotton is allowed in containers and only through Karachi Port, well informed source
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
KMLG bags prestigious SAFA Awards

KMLG bags prestigious SAFA Awards

Continuing on its path for Corporate Reporting excellence, Kohinoor Maple Leaf Group (KMLG) has once again been recognized globally for adhering to best corporate reporting practices.
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
Awareness walk about chicken pox held

Awareness walk about chicken pox held

Under the arrangements of the district health authority, an awareness walk was held to create the awareness among the citizens to avoid the disease of chicken pox by adopting precautionary and preventive measures.
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
All sectors Efforts on to provide uninterrupted gas supply: SNGPL

All sectors Efforts on to provide uninterrupted gas supply: SNGPL

The Sui Northern Gas Pipe Lines Limited (SNGPL) is trying its best to provide uninterrupted gas supply to all sectors. According to the spokesperson of the company due to the current cold wave & foggy conditions across the country there is a sharp increas
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
China to encourage Pakistani exporters: envoy

China to encourage Pakistani exporters: envoy

China will provide lucrative incentives to its importers in order to encourage exports from Pakistan on permanent and sustainable basis, said Yao Ching, Ambassador of the People's Republic of China. He was talking to a delegation of Faisalabad Chamber of
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
Bilawal slams hike in petrol prices

Bilawal slams hike in petrol prices

Chairman Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has slammed the hike in petrol prices and demanded to immediate reverse the same. In a statement, the PPP Chairman said that the petrol bomb is being dropped on people as revenge. "We will not
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
Inter-city transport owners increase fare by five percent

Inter-city transport owners increase fare by five percent

All Pakistan Bus Owners Association Chairman Azam Khan Niazi said that inter-city transport owners have increased fare by five percent after a hike in prices of petroleum products, saying that new fare would be implemented from second of February. He said
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
Shahbaz vows to continue public service

Shahbaz vows to continue public service

Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif on Thursday said that past rulers of Punjab have made graveyards of corruption in the name of development schemes during the era of dictatorship but the PML-N government has transformed the graveyards of corru
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
LCCI slams POL price hike

LCCI slams POL price hike

The Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry has strongly rejected the massive hike in petroleum prices and demanded of the government to withdraw this decision. LCCI President Malik Tahir Javaid said that consecutive increases in POL prices are adding to th
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
Monsanto Pakistan launches 'farmer ambassador' programme

Monsanto Pakistan launches 'farmer ambassador' programme

Monsanto Pakistan launched its ambassador farmer programme, named Dekalb(r)Numberdaar, across all major corn growing districts of Punjab. The program recognizes prominent progressive farmers from each corn growing territory and encourages them to act as c
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
PCMA for immediate release of sales tax refunds

PCMA for immediate release of sales tax refunds

Pakistan Chemical Manufacturers Association (PCMA) has complained that billions of rupees of chemical manufacturers are stuck up in sales tax refunds, which are pending till date despite government promises for speedy payment.
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
Criticism of judiciary: Nawaz, Maryam too deserve punishment: PTI leader

Criticism of judiciary: Nawaz, Maryam too deserve punishment: PTI leader

Opposition leader in the Punjab Assembly Mian Mahmood-ur-Rasheed said on Thursday that if Nihal Hashmi was punished for threatening the court then why former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz punished were spared for criticizing th
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
Model Customs surpasses revenue target

Model Customs surpasses revenue target

Model Customs Collectorate of Appraisement, Lahore has surpassed revenue target for the month of January, 2018 by collecting Rs 6.356 billion against target of Rs 5.138 billion and thus has collected Rs 1.218 billion more than the target.
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
Partly Facetious: The 'Third Force'

Partly Facetious: The 'Third Force'

"So the PML-N has won and the joint opposition after the appalling attendance on 17th January in Lahore - and I am referring to the Canadian Maulana, the alleged Swiss account holder Zardari sahib and the Third Time Lucky, we hope, Khan - unable to get th
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
British High Commissioner meets JI chief

British High Commissioner meets JI chief

The British High Commissioner in Islamabad, Thomas Drew, called on the Ameer, Jamaat-e-Islami, Pakistan, Senator Sirajul Haq, on Thursday and discussed with him the bilateral issues and the present international situation.
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
FO official meets Russian Deputy FM

FO official meets Russian Deputy FM

Special Secretary of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan Tasnim Aslam met with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov in Moscow on January 31. Pakistan's Ambassador to the Russian Federation Khalilullah Qazi and Ambassador Zamir Kabulov, Specia
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
'Judiciary is no longer a sacred cow', observes LHC

'Judiciary is no longer a sacred cow', observes LHC

The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday observing, "Judiciary is no longer a sacred cow", suspended a notification about premature retirement of Registrar LHC earlier allowed by Chief Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah. Justice Farrukh Irfan Khan refused to ho
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
Work on RIUKT project reviewed

Work on RIUKT project reviewed

Punjab Minister for Specialized Healthcare and Medical Education Khawaja Salman Rafique along with Secretary Health Najam Ahmed Shah visited the under-construction Rawalpindi Institute of Urology and Kidney Transplant (RIUKT) and reviewed the progress and
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
Registration of 13 parties including MQM-P restored by ECP

Registration of 13 parties including MQM-P restored by ECP

Registration of as many as 13 political parties including Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) was restored by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday. The MQM-P's counsel Barrister Farogh Naseem speaking before the ECP requested that t
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
Entrepreneurs from G-B valleys display products at 'Development Expo'

Entrepreneurs from G-B valleys display products at 'Development Expo'

The board of directors and management of Aga Khan Rural Support Program (AKRSP) on Thursday arranged 'Development Expo' where entrepreneurs from the valleys of Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral region participated and displayed their products here at a local h
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
CPEC is long-term people-to-people contact: Chinese envoy
Exchange

CPEC is long-term people-to-people contact: Chinese envoy

Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Yao Jing on Thursday urged the University of Peshawar administration to take on benefits of one belt; one road and CPEC projects. The Chinese diplomat during a day-long visit to the university said that CPEC is not building
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
Kamil PML-Q's candidate for Senate polls

Kamil PML-Q's candidate for Senate polls

Pakistan Muslim League-Q (PML-Q) has nominated Kamil Ali Agha as party candidate for the Senate seat from Punjab. The decision was taken in the party meeting held under the chairmanship of PML senior leader Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi at his Gulberg residence
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
Target achieved, says FBR

Target achieved, says FBR

The performance of Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) during the first quarter of the current fiscal year has been positive and satisfactory. The insinuation that FBR has missed its budgetary target for the period July to January by an imaginary figure of Rs
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
Conference on 'Emerging Trends in Knitting" begins from February 7

Conference on 'Emerging Trends in Knitting" begins from February 7

A two-day International Conference on "Emerging Trends in Knitting" will be held in National Textile University (NTU) here on 7-8 February, 2018. International and National Engineers, experts and researchers will present their thesis in addition to sharin
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
'Timely completion of agricultural projects is government's mission'

'Timely completion of agricultural projects is government's mission'

Secretary Agriculture Punjab Muhammad Mehmood has said that timely completion of agricultural development projects is our mission. Economic development is not possible without achieving the target set under the agricultural sector. The completion of farme
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
BMP slams government for hike in POL prices

BMP slams government for hike in POL prices

The Businessmen Panel (BMP) of the FPCCI has strongly criticized the government's decision to increase prices of petroleum products for second time in two months and said this increase would further destabilize the economy. In a statement here on Wednesda
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
547 HIV/AIDS cases surface in Fata

547 HIV/AIDS cases surface in Fata

The Senate Standing Committee on States and Frontier Regions was Thursday informed that as many as 547 cases of AIDS/HIV have surfaced in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) in recent years, but no treatment centre has been set up in the area to tr
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
DIK girls' stripping case: PHC orders police to arrest prime suspect

DIK girls' stripping case: PHC orders police to arrest prime suspect

The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Thursday ordered the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police within three weeks to arrest the prime suspect involved in stripping off a 16-year-old girl and parading her naked in Dera Ismail Khan. A two-member bench, comprising PHC Chie
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
Seven die as pickup falls into Ghizer River

Seven die as pickup falls into Ghizer River

As many as people drowned on Thursday after a pickup plunged into Ghizer River at Hopar area. Rescue teams arrived at the scene immediately and shifted the bodies to District Headquarter (DHQ) hospital Gahkoch. As per details, the deceased were returning
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
IPO-Pakistan, NESCOM to hold training sessions

IPO-Pakistan, NESCOM to hold training sessions

Intellectual Property Organization of Pakistan (IPO-Pakistan) and National Engineering and Scientific Commission (NESCOM) will organize training sessions for scientists and researchers for the promotion of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs). Technical su
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
Asma murder case: DNA report received: KP police

Asma murder case: DNA report received: KP police

KP police claimed on Thursday that a breakthrough was expected in the Asma rape and murder case as they received the DNA test report that was sent from the Punjab Forensic Laboratory. Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Alam Khan Shinwari said that they had re
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
Government to establish research institute & hatchery

Government to establish research institute & hatchery

The Punjab government has planned to establish a research institute in Lahore and set up a hatchery in Muzaffargarh to carry out research on 'Tilapia' fish and increase fish production in the province. Secretary Forests, Wildlife and Fisheries Mian Waheed
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
India continuing massacre of Kashmiris under US patronage: Siraj

India continuing massacre of Kashmiris under US patronage: Siraj

Secretary General, Jamaat-e-Islami, Liaqat Baloch has said that after the 9/11, terrorism and freedom fighting had been mixed up and India was continuing the massacre of the Kashmiris under US patronage. Addressing at a press conference in connection with
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
NCSW concerned at hike in gender-based violence

NCSW concerned at hike in gender-based violence

The National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW) has expressed serious concerns over the increasing number of reported cases of gender based violence in the country. The stripping off Sharifan Bibi in DI Khan's village, rape and murder of minor Zaina
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
Cheetay collaborates with Foodies Family

Cheetay collaborates with Foodies Family

Cheetay is well on its way to becoming a galvanising force in not only the tech industry but the culinary world of Lahore as well. The Cheetay Tiffin is another sub-category that was recently launched to provide fresh and healthy homemade food for those w
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
G-B, AJK: ZTBL asked to raise agriculture lending target

G-B, AJK: ZTBL asked to raise agriculture lending target

A parliamentary body Thursday expressed serious concern over share of a nominal amount of Rs 1 billion for Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir out of Rs 125 billion agriculture lending target assigned by State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to Zarai Taraq
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
Body of child maid exhumed

Body of child maid exhumed

The body of 11-year-old Misbah, who was employed at the house of a Khyber Pakhtunkhwa minister's brother before she died mysteriously, was exhumed on Thursday and samples taken from the remains were sent for testing.
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
Turkish group to set up 100 megawatts solar power plant in Punjab

Turkish group to set up 100 megawatts solar power plant in Punjab

A delegation of Zorlu Enerji Group of Turkey called on Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, here on Wednesday and discussed matters pertaining to hundred megawatt project at Quaid-e-Azam Solar Power Plant Bahawalpur.
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
HR violations in IHK: Mishal Malik appeals to UN, ICJ to take notice

HR violations in IHK: Mishal Malik appeals to UN, ICJ to take notice

Mishal Malik, the wife of detained Hurriyat leader Yaseen Malik has appealed to the United Nation and International Court of Justice (ICJ) to take notice of grave violation of human rights in occupied Kashmir and the plight of Kashmir women and children.
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
PU VC reviews security arrangements

PU VC reviews security arrangements

Punjab University Vice Chancellor Professor Dr Zakria Zakir on Thursday chaired a meeting of all heads of departments to discuss security matters on campus, deans of faculties, principals and heads of departments were present on the occasion. The meeting
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
LG unveils premium products for MEA

LG unveils premium products for MEA

LG Electronics (LG), a global leader and technology innovator, unveiled a spectacular line-up of premium products for the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region at the company's annual two-day innovation event-Innofest 2018.
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
Blockage of roads: LHC seeks reply from Punjab government, IGP

Blockage of roads: LHC seeks reply from Punjab government, IGP

The Lahore High Court on Thursday sought reply from Punjab government and Inspector General Police Punjab on a petition challenging blockage of roads outside the residence of Nawaz Sharif in Jati Umra and CCPO office.
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
Hugh Catchpole's 21st death anniversary observed

Hugh Catchpole's 21st death anniversary observed

The 21st Death Anniversary of the founding Principal of Cadet College Hasan Abdal Hugh Catchpole was commemorated here on Thursday. A large number of faculty members and ex-students from PAF Public School Sargodha, RIMC India, APS Abbottabad and Christian
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
Conservation of marine turtles: NIO-MTTF meeting held in Colombo

Conservation of marine turtles: NIO-MTTF meeting held in Colombo

In order to take concerted efforts for conservation of marine turtles, the Northern Indian Ocean Marine Turtle Task Force (NIO-MTTF), established by the CMS IOSEA Marine Turtle MOU, held its second meeting hosted by the Department of Wildlife Conservation
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
P&G employees visit SOS Children's Village

P&G employees visit SOS Children's Village

As part of P&G's effort to engage employees in the Company's community programmes and its diversity and inclusion mission which aims to recognize and celebrate the uniqueness and authenticity of each employee, P&G employees visited the SOS Children's Vill
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
Met issues avalanche warning

Met issues avalanche warning

The Met Office has warned the relevant authorities and general public about a high risk of avalanches in the Hindukush following aftershocks of a 6.2 magnitude earthquake that struck the region, the other day. It said that aftershocks of minor magnitude a
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
Haji Razaak Janoo Trust to set up eye camps with Navy's support

Haji Razaak Janoo Trust to set up eye camps with Navy's support

Haji Razzak Janoo Memorial Trust will organize free laser eye camps with collaboration of Pakistan Navy in Gawadar and Ormara. This will be 259th & 260th eye camp by the largest family trust for the cure of eye disease and will be held during 4th to 7th F
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
Mega Conglomerate may acquire shareholding of Dewan Cement
Exchange

Mega Conglomerate may acquire shareholding of Dewan Cement

Mega Conglomerate (Private) Limited has shown its intention to acquire substantial shareholding of Dewan Cement Limited and start due diligence. "We intend to allow them to start the due diligence and if any material development takes place, we will commu
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
Abid Sher Ali for raid on Bilawal House to arrest Rao Anwar

Abid Sher Ali for raid on Bilawal House to arrest Rao Anwar

Minister of State for Power Abid Sher Ali on Thursday demanded raid at Bilawal House in Islamabad to recover former Malir Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Rao Anwar. Talking to media persons at the airport, Abid Sher Ali said the peace in Karachi is
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
Speakers for humility, tolerance to create peaceful society

Speakers for humility, tolerance to create peaceful society

The academicians, writers and intellectuals have underscored the need for adopting humility, tolerance and patience in behaviour as tools to establish a peaceful society. The experts expressed their views over the issue at a 3-day seminar titled 'Practica
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
About 300,000 tonnes of wheat sold to overseas buyers

About 300,000 tonnes of wheat sold to overseas buyers

About 300,000 tonnes of wheat from Pakistan was sold to overseas buyers in January after the country started a new state export incentive programme, European traders said on Thursday. That is up from the approximate 200,000 tonnes estimated by traders on
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
PM launches DigiSkills programme to train 1 million youth

PM launches DigiSkills programme to train 1 million youth

Showing commitment to facilitate e-commerce, Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abassi on Thursday expressed the resolve of taking broadband services to every nook and corner of the country and urged the private sector to come forward and take advantage from th
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
SC irked by Sindh government's failure to nab Rao Anwar

SC irked by Sindh government's failure to nab Rao Anwar

Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar Thursday came down hard on the top cop of Sindh police, AD Khowaja, for his failure to nab former SSP Malir Rao Anwar, who has been on the run since his alleged involvement in extrajudicial killing of one Naqeebullah Mehsud
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
PPP never insulted courts: Gilani

PPP never insulted courts: Gilani

The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) has never insulted courts of law, said former premier Yousaf Raza Gilani. He called on former chief minister Punjab Manzoor Wattoo at his residence on Thursday. He said democratic parties respect the constitutional instit
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
Safe City Project Karachi: NAB chief takes notice of misuse of authority

Safe City Project Karachi: NAB chief takes notice of misuse of authority

Chairman NAB former Justice Javed Iqbal took notice of misuse of authority and alleged violations of rules of Sindh Public Procurement Authority (SPPRA) in Safe City Project Karachi as complaint received to NAB Karachi and ordered DG NAB Karachi to conduc
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
Party following the vision of Shaheed Benazir: Zardari

Party following the vision of Shaheed Benazir: Zardari

Former President of Pakistan and President Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians Asif Ali Zardari has said that the Party is following the vision of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto. He welcomed former Federal Minister Nilofar Bakhtiar in PPP who called
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
PSX holiday
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PSX holiday

Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) will remain closed on Monday, February 05, 2018 being public holiday declared by the Government of Pakistan on the occasion of Kashmir Day. This was announced by PSX through a notification issued here on Thursday.
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
Khawaja Asif visits Afghan Embassy, condoles deaths

Khawaja Asif visits Afghan Embassy, condoles deaths

Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif Thursday emphasized that terrorism being the common challenge for both Pakistan and Afghanistan needs to be fought together for a better future of the people of the two countries. "A third party can only facilitate, but fight
Published 02 Feb, 2018 12:00am
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