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Print - 2018-07-23
20 hurt in BAP's office grenade attack

20 hurt in BAP's office grenade attack

At least 20 people were injured after a hand grenade exploded outside Balochistan Awami Party's electoral office in Dalbadin, Aaj News reported Sunday night. According to the police, the injured were shifted to a nearby hospital. The police and law enforc
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
Dostum escapes blast on return from exile

Dostum escapes blast on return from exile

Afghan Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum narrowly escaped a suicide bomb attack at Kabul airport as he returned home on Sunday from more than a year in exile in Turkey over allegations of torturing and abusing a political rival. Dostum, who left Afghanis
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
Dostum escapes blast on return from exile

Dostum escapes blast on return from exile

Afghan Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum narrowly escaped a suicide bomb attack at Kabul airport as he returned home on Sunday from more than a year in exile in Turkey over allegations of torturing and abusing a political rival. Dostum, who left Afghanis
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
Elections in Rawalpindi's NA-60 postponed

Elections in Rawalpindi's NA-60 postponed

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Sunday announced postponement of elections in NA-60 due to disqualification of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidate Hanif Abbasi by Control of Narcotics Substances (CNS) Court of Rawalpindi a day ago.
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
Elections in Rawalpindi's NA-60 postponed

Elections in Rawalpindi's NA-60 postponed

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Sunday announced postponement of elections in NA-60 due to disqualification of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidate Hanif Abbasi by Control of Narcotics Substances (CNS) Court of Rawalpindi a day ago.
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
THE RUPEE: dpreciation versus $ may continue
Currency

THE RUPEE: dpreciation versus $ may continue

The rupee continued falling trend against the dollar during the week, ended on July 21, 2018. The rupee fell by around Re.one in relation to the dollar for buying and selling at 128.49 and Rs 128.51.
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
THE RUPEE: dpreciation versus $ may continue
Currency

THE RUPEE: dpreciation versus $ may continue

The rupee continued falling trend against the dollar during the week, ended on July 21, 2018. The rupee fell by around Re.one in relation to the dollar for buying and selling at 128.49 and Rs 128.51.
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
PTI candidate Gandapur killed in suicide attack

PTI candidate Gandapur killed in suicide attack

PTI candidate for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly constituency PK-99, D I Khan, Sardar Ikramullah Khan Gandapur was killed along with his driver in a suicide attack at tehsil Kulachi on Sunday. A suicide bomber exploded himself near the vehicle of the PTI can
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
PTI candidate Gandapur killed in suicide attack

PTI candidate Gandapur killed in suicide attack

PTI candidate for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly constituency PK-99, D I Khan, Sardar Ikramullah Khan Gandapur was killed along with his driver in a suicide attack at tehsil Kulachi on Sunday. A suicide bomber exploded himself near the vehicle of the PTI can
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
ECP clarifies senators' objections

ECP clarifies senators' objections

Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Sunday responding to the some senators' objection clarified that the statements made by them in 280th session of Senate with regard to the conduct of election, were based on disinformation. The objections were require
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
ECP clarifies senators' objections

ECP clarifies senators' objections

Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Sunday responding to the some senators' objection clarified that the statements made by them in 280th session of Senate with regard to the conduct of election, were based on disinformation. The objections were require
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
Akram Durrani remains safe in Bannu gun attack

Akram Durrani remains safe in Bannu gun attack

Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) leader Akram Khan Durrani's vehicle was fired upon in Bannu on Sunday. Durrani was en route to an election meeting in Basia Khel when shots were fired at his vehicle by unidentified suspects, who escaped after the attack,
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
Akram Durrani remains safe in Bannu gun attack

Akram Durrani remains safe in Bannu gun attack

Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) leader Akram Khan Durrani's vehicle was fired upon in Bannu on Sunday. Durrani was en route to an election meeting in Basia Khel when shots were fired at his vehicle by unidentified suspects, who escaped after the attack,
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
Judiciary is working independently: CJP

Judiciary is working independently: CJP

Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Saqib Nisar categorically stated on Sunday that the judiciary is working independently and rejected the notion that it is being pressurized to manipulate the cases. The Chief Justice made these remarks while hearing a cas
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
Judiciary is working independently: CJP

Judiciary is working independently: CJP

Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Saqib Nisar categorically stated on Sunday that the judiciary is working independently and rejected the notion that it is being pressurized to manipulate the cases. The Chief Justice made these remarks while hearing a cas
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
Army calls for probe into IHC judge's claims

Army calls for probe into IHC judge's claims

Pakistan Army on Sunday requested Supreme Court of Pakistan to initiate appropriate process to ascertain the veracity of the allegations levelled by Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui. In a statement issued here, the Inter Services Public Relations ISPR, said
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
Army calls for probe into IHC judge's claims

Army calls for probe into IHC judge's claims

Pakistan Army on Sunday requested Supreme Court of Pakistan to initiate appropriate process to ascertain the veracity of the allegations levelled by Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui. In a statement issued here, the Inter Services Public Relations ISPR, said
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
Bullish trend witnessed
Mutual Funds

Bullish trend witnessed

Pakistan Stock Exchange witnessed bullish trend during the outgoing week ended on July 20, 2018 on the back of healthy buying mainly by local investors. BRIndex100 gained 125.21 points on week-on-week basis to close at 4,441.34 points. Average daily tradi
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
Bullish trend witnessed
Mutual Funds

Bullish trend witnessed

Pakistan Stock Exchange witnessed bullish trend during the outgoing week ended on July 20, 2018 on the back of healthy buying mainly by local investors. BRIndex100 gained 125.21 points on week-on-week basis to close at 4,441.34 points. Average daily tradi
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
Bullish trend witnessed
Mutual Funds

Bullish trend witnessed

Pakistan Stock Exchange witnessed bullish trend during the outgoing week ended on July 20, 2018 on the back of healthy buying mainly by local investors. BRIndex100 gained 125.21 points on week-on-week basis to close at 4,441.34 points. Average daily tradi
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
Futures spread up by 279 basis points

Futures spread up by 279 basis points

The futures spread increased by 279bps to 1.63 percent on the last day of the outgoing week. Trading activities on the futures counter improved significantly as average daily volumes increased by 42.9 percent to 49.93 million shares. Average daily trading
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
Futures spread up by 279 basis points

Futures spread up by 279 basis points

The futures spread increased by 279bps to 1.63 percent on the last day of the outgoing week. Trading activities on the futures counter improved significantly as average daily volumes increased by 42.9 percent to 49.93 million shares. Average daily trading
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
Arrest of rupee slide not in sight
Currency

Arrest of rupee slide not in sight

Pakistan exchange rate has been depreciating in interbank and open market and this trend may continue till pressure on current account eases. Sources in the Finance Ministry told Business Recorder that PKR would settle at Rs 122 per dollar after re
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
Arrest of rupee slide not in sight
Currency

Arrest of rupee slide not in sight

Pakistan exchange rate has been depreciating in interbank and open market and this trend may continue till pressure on current account eases. Sources in the Finance Ministry told Business Recorder that PKR would settle at Rs 122 per dollar after re
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
Arrest of rupee slide not in sight
Currency

Arrest of rupee slide not in sight

Pakistan exchange rate has been depreciating in interbank and open market and this trend may continue till pressure on current account eases. Sources in the Finance Ministry told Business Recorder that PKR would settle at Rs 122 per dollar after re
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
11 minibus taxi drivers shot dead in South Africa

11 minibus taxi drivers shot dead in South Africa

Eleven South African minibus taxi drivers were shot dead and four injured when unknown gunmen opened fire on their vehicle in KwaZulu Natal province, police said Sunday. National commissioner of police Khehla Sitole said the men were travelling back to Jo
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
Erdogan to go on new Africa trip, attend BRICS summit

Erdogan to go on new Africa trip, attend BRICS summit

Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan will make the latest in a string of trips to Africa this week, visiting South Africa and Zambia as well as attending a summit of the BRICS leading emerging economies, the presidency said Sunday.
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
Water reservoirs essential for future generations: CJP

Water reservoirs essential for future generations: CJP

Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Mian Saqib Nisar has said that the water reservoirs are very essential for future generations. This he said during a ceremony arranged for re-activation of the crucially needed Sewerage Water Treatment Plant (TP-III) at M
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
Water reservoirs essential for future generations: CJP

Water reservoirs essential for future generations: CJP

Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Mian Saqib Nisar has said that the water reservoirs are very essential for future generations. This he said during a ceremony arranged for re-activation of the crucially needed Sewerage Water Treatment Plant (TP-III) at M
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
Imran calls CoD a 'charter of corruption'

Imran calls CoD a 'charter of corruption'

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan said his party was contesting elections against mafia, not politicians. According to Aaj News, Khan addressed a rally at Bagh-e-Jinnah near the mausoleum of founder of Pakistan Mohammad Ali Jinnah in Kara
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
Imran calls CoD a 'charter of corruption'

Imran calls CoD a 'charter of corruption'

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan said his party was contesting elections against mafia, not politicians. According to Aaj News, Khan addressed a rally at Bagh-e-Jinnah near the mausoleum of founder of Pakistan Mohammad Ali Jinnah in Kara
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
Three freedom fighters martyred in IHK

Three freedom fighters martyred in IHK

Three freedom fighters were martyred in a gunbattle with Indian troops in held Kashmir early Sunday, police said. Counterinsurgency police and soldiers staged an early morning raid on a cluster of homes in southern Khudwani village on a tip that freedom f
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
Three freedom fighters martyred in IHK

Three freedom fighters martyred in IHK

Three freedom fighters were martyred in a gunbattle with Indian troops in held Kashmir early Sunday, police said. Counterinsurgency police and soldiers staged an early morning raid on a cluster of homes in southern Khudwani village on a tip that freedom f
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
Accused Russian agent met with US Treasury, Fed officials

Accused Russian agent met with US Treasury, Fed officials

Accused Russian agent Maria Butina had wider high-level contacts in Washington than previously known, taking part in 2015 meetings between a visiting Russian official and two senior officials at the US Federal Reserve and Treasury Department. The meetings
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
A new high in C/A deficit
Currency

A new high in C/A deficit

The current account deficit, with trade as a major component, rose to its historical high of 17.99 billion dollars during fiscal year 2017-18. The major reason is the PML-N administration's policy to intervene in the currency market to keep the rupee over
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
Pre-election controversy

Pre-election controversy

Given the extreme political polarization this election season, almost every related issue is subject to controversy. The latest argumentation is about the role the soldiers are to play on the polling day. Army personnel have performed security duties at p
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
Caretakers' contribution: good or bad!

Caretakers' contribution: good or bad!

There is a consensus in the country that on the eve of the departure of the Abbasi-led administration, 31 May, the state of the economy required immediate remedial measures to first arrest and then reverse disturbing trends ranging from an ever widening c
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
A matter of choice

A matter of choice

Even when you choose not to choose that is a choice. However, we believe we are not choosing because there is no choice. As the election campaign ends and we approach the day of choice, those who stamp and those who do not, will both be responsible for th
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
Spawning wrong economics in campaign

Spawning wrong economics in campaign

The current political campaign is historic in many ways. Besides conflicting claims and rhetoric about the policies, surveys are also not so very synonymous. Falsehood in advertisements has by far gone un-noticed and has thus become a way of life for hood
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
Indecent language

Indecent language

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has taken a laudable step by issuing notices to chief of his own faction of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Maulana Fazlur Rehman, former National Assembly speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq and former Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief mi
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
WGs inaugural meetings held in Kabul

WGs inaugural meetings held in Kabul

Afghanistan and Pakistan on Sunday held inaugural meetings of the five Working Groups (WGs) under the Afghanistan and Pakistan Action Plan for Peace and Solidarity (APAPPS) in Kabul. The Foreign Office in a statement issued here, said Afghan delegation wa
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
Speakers for guaranteeing trans community's rights

Speakers for guaranteeing trans community's rights

Dialogue demanded for implementation of legislation guaranteeing basic rights for transgender citizens. The dialogue was organized by Sindh Community Foundation under its TABEER Program held at Sindh Task Force office of Human Rights Commission of Pakista
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
Minister rebuts Rashid's allegations

Minister rebuts Rashid's allegations

Caretaker Law and Finance Minister Punjab Zia Haider Rizvi has strongly rebutted PML-N leader Pervaiz Rashid's allegations and said "no one can point finger towards impartial steps taken by Interim government.
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
Imran vows to address major economic issues if voted to power

Imran vows to address major economic issues if voted to power

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan on Sunday vowed to address all major economic issues on top priority basis, if elected. "We have a very competent team to resolve major economic problems and PTI has already proved its competency in Khybe
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
Security must be ensured for candidates, public: President

Security must be ensured for candidates, public: President

President Mamnoon Hussain expressing deep grief and sorrow over death of PTI candidate Ikramullah Gandapur in DI Khan suicide attack has voiced his concerns over increasing incidents of violence during the ongoing polls canvassing.
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
Hanif Abbasi's son among 60 booked for hooliganism

Hanif Abbasi's son among 60 booked for hooliganism

More than 60 Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) workers, including Hanif Abbasi's son, have been booked for 'hooliganism' during the court proceedings to pronounce ephedrine case verdict against Hanif Abbasi.
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
COAS expresses grief over Gandapur's death

COAS expresses grief over Gandapur's death

Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa has expressed grief on martyrdom of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's (PTI) candidate Ikramullah Gandapur in the heinous terror attack, the Inter-Service Public Relations (ISPR) Director General (DG) Major Gen
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
Imran rejects pre-poll rigging charges

Imran rejects pre-poll rigging charges

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan on Sunday said foreign critters had made an evil nexus with local mafia and he would unveil them. He said this, talking to the media in Karachi. Answering a question on terror threat, Khan said he had hel
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
From gutters and war zones, colourful election candidates

From gutters and war zones, colourful election candidates

There is the ecologist, the "semi-corrupt", the opportunist, and the indestructible. Alongside country's mainstream politicians a battery of flamboyant candidates are contesting nationwide elections on July 25.
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
ACCA awarded project to develop PFM programme

ACCA awarded project to develop PFM programme

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has announced that it's been awarded a high-level project to develop a Professional Accreditation Programme in Public Financial Management (PFM) for Pakistan, working with the World Bank and the Au
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
Sherpao condemns suicide blast in D I Khan

Sherpao condemns suicide blast in D I Khan

Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) chairman Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao has condemned the suicide blast in Dera Ismail Khan that killed at least 2 including PTI leader Ikram Ullah Gnadpur and injured several others. He expressed his deepest sorrows and condolences over
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
Elahi emerges joint candidate of PML-Q, PTI in NA-69

Elahi emerges joint candidate of PML-Q, PTI in NA-69

About 200 respectables of NA-69 Gujrat have announced their support for PML-Q senior leader and former Punjab chief minister Pervez Elahi who is contesting this seat as a joint candidate of PML-Q and PTI after seat adjustments.
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
95 candidates vie for five NA seats in Sialkot

95 candidates vie for five NA seats in Sialkot

The election campaign had gained momentum in urban and rural areas of Sialkot district as a few days are left in general elections. The contesting independent and politically backed candidates were holding corner meetings in their respective constituencie
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
All parties out to grab maximum KP legislature's seats

All parties out to grab maximum KP legislature's seats

Neck and neck election-frays are expected in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's provincial assembly elections as the parties have fielded their influential or relatively strong contestants in many constituencies.
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
Pak-Afghan bureaucracy responsible for lacunas in APTTA: Sarhadi

Pak-Afghan bureaucracy responsible for lacunas in APTTA: Sarhadi

President, Frontier Customs Agents Group (FCAG), KP and Director, Pak-Afghan Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PAJCCI), Zia-ul-Haq has held the bureaucracy of both countries responsible for lacunas in the existing Afghanistan Pakistan Transit Trade
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
Professor Tayyab named AMC Principal

Professor Tayyab named AMC Principal

Renowned Gynecologist Professor Mohammad Tayyab has been appointed Principal of Ameer ud Din Medical College (AMC) and Punjab Government has issued notification in this regard. He would also be the Principal of Lahore General Hospital, Nursing College, Al
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
Sindh police finalises security arrangements for polls

Sindh police finalises security arrangements for polls

Sindh Police Department, in compliance to Election Commission of Pakistan's directives, has chalked out an elaborate security plan for the 96,533 designated polling stations and their vicinity across the province on July 25.
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
Secret papers show Trump aide suspected of 'conspiring' with Russia

Secret papers show Trump aide suspected of 'conspiring' with Russia

The FBI believed that a former campaign advisor to Donald Trump was "collaborating" with Russia as it worked to influence the 2016 presidential election, top secret documents released to US news organizations have revealed. The US president hit back Sunda
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
Japan heatwave kills over a dozen, 12,000 rushed to hospital

Japan heatwave kills over a dozen, 12,000 rushed to hospital

Japan's severe heatwave killed at least 15 people and sent more than 12,000 to hospital in the first two weeks of July, official figures show as the temperature neared 40 degrees C (104 F) in many cities on Sunday. Twelve people died of heatstroke in the
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
Suspected acid attack seriously injures boy in UK

Suspected acid attack seriously injures boy in UK

British police said Sunday they have arrested a man after a three-year-old boy was seriously injured in a "deliberate" suspected acid attack in central England on Saturday. The boy is being treated for "serious burns to his arm and face" in hospital follo
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
Sisi says false rumours main threat to Arab countries

Sisi says false rumours main threat to Arab countries

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi warned on Sunday that Arab countries, including Egypt, were vulnerable to imploding from within under what he described as a barrage of rumours aimed at spreading instability. Addressing a military academy graduatio
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
One dead, suspect surrenders after US supermarket hostage drama

One dead, suspect surrenders after US supermarket hostage drama

A gunman took hostages inside a supermarket in the US city of Los Angeles on Saturday and shot one woman dead before handcuffing himself and surrendering, police said. The drama began at another location when "a male suspect... become involved in a family
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
Forest fires destroy 800 hectares in Latvia

Forest fires destroy 800 hectares in Latvia

Fires raging for five days have destroyed more than 800 hectares (2,000 acres) of western Latvia, authorities said Sunday, with continuing extremely high temperatures hampering firefighters' efforts. Satellite images showed the fires have wiped out 170 ac
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
Typhoon winds hit Shanghai, disrupting flights and shipping

Typhoon winds hit Shanghai, disrupting flights and shipping

Typhoon Ampil hit Chinese financial hub Shanghai around midday on Sunday, bringing heavy rainfall and disrupting transport and shipping. More than 600 flights from the city's two airports were cancelled and high-speed rail services also impacted, said sta
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
Fresh protests in Iraq as medics raise death toll to 11

Fresh protests in Iraq as medics raise death toll to 11

Fresh protests hit southern Iraq Sunday as medical sources put at 11 the number of demonstrators killed in two weeks of unrest sparked by ire over corruption and lack of public services. Security forces remained deployed around the capital Baghdad after s
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
Rouhani warns Trump about 'mother of all wars'

Rouhani warns Trump about 'mother of all wars'

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday cautioned US President Donald Trump about pursuing hostile policies against Tehran, saying "war with Iran is the mother of all wars", but did not rule out peace between the two countries. Iran faces increased US
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
Magnitude 5.9 quake injures nearly 130 in western Iran

Magnitude 5.9 quake injures nearly 130 in western Iran

A magnitude 5.9 earthquake hit western Iran on Sunday, injuring at least 128 people, hours after two quakes struck Hormozgan province in the south, state television reported. Houshang Bazvand, governor of the western province of Kermanshah, said that most
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
Prize-winning Los Angeles food critic Gold dies

Prize-winning Los Angeles food critic Gold dies

Jonathan Gold, the Los Angeles restaurant critic whose reviews of the city's neighborhood eateries became a window into its soul, died Saturday aged 57, his newspaper reported.
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
British reject May's Brexit plan, some turn to Boris and far right

British reject May's Brexit plan, some turn to Boris and far right

Prime Minister Theresa May's plans to leave the European Union are overwhelmingly opposed by the British public and more than a third of voters would support a new right-wing political party committed to quitting the bloc, according to a new poll.
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
PML-N workers hold demo against Hanif Abbasi's sentence

PML-N workers hold demo against Hanif Abbasi's sentence

Dozens of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) workers staged a protest at 6th Road in Rawalpindi on Sunday against party leader Hanif Abbasi's life sentence. The protest was led by Senator Chaudhry Tanvir and Sardar Naseem, in which a handful of party wo
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
Women polling agents attend training session

Women polling agents attend training session

President Tehsil Bar Association Sambrial of District Sialkot Muhammad Muazzam on Sunday said that general elections 2018 is an important occasion in the history of Pakistani nation so every citizen must take well informed and well-thought out decision wh
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
Former cricketers extend support to Imran

Former cricketers extend support to Imran

Former cricket stars have come out in support of cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan as the country prepares to go to the polls on Wednesday. "It was in your leadership skip @ImrankhanPTI that we became world champions in 1992. It is in your leadership
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
10 suspected jihadists killed in Yemen drone strike, clashes

10 suspected jihadists killed in Yemen drone strike, clashes

Ten suspected Al-Qaeda jihadists and two soldiers fighting for Yemen's government have been killed in clashes and a drone strike, local officials and security sources said Sunday. The US military is the only force known to operate armed drones over Yemen.
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
Dozens injured at Nepal healthcare protest

Dozens injured at Nepal healthcare protest

Dozens of protesters in Nepal have been injured in clashes with police at a demonstration in support of a hunger-striking doctor seeking better healthcare in the impoverished Himalayan country.
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
Syrian 'White Helmets' flee to Jordan with Israeli, Western help

Syrian 'White Helmets' flee to Jordan with Israeli, Western help

Hundreds of members of Syria's "White Helmet" civil defence group and their families fled advancing government forces and slipped over the border into Jordan overnight with the help of Israeli soldiers and Western powers, officials said.
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
Russian-backed air strikes hit IS in southern Syria

Russian-backed air strikes hit IS in southern Syria

Russian and Syrian jets stepped up their bombing of an Islamic State bastion along the Jordan-Israel border in southwestern Syria, as the militants pushed into areas abandoned by other rebel groups, diplomatic and opposition sources said.
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
High risk of 'losing control' of AIDS epidemic: experts

High risk of 'losing control' of AIDS epidemic: experts

The AIDS epidemic risks resurging and spiralling out of control unless billions of extra dollars are pumped into prevention and treatment, experts warned Sunday on the eve of a major world conference.
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
G20 calls for greater dialogue on trade tensions

G20 calls for greater dialogue on trade tensions

Finance ministers and central bankers from the world's largest economies meeting in Argentina said heightened trade and geopolitical tensions risk derailing global growth and called for greater dialogue, according to a draft communique.
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
EU finance chief blasts Trump over 'inappropriate' trade sanctions

EU finance chief blasts Trump over 'inappropriate' trade sanctions

EU finance chief Pierre Moscovici fired a barb at US President Donald Trump on Sunday as he called on both sides of an ongoing global trade dispute to "act as allies." The US and EU have been at loggerheads since Trump angered European allies by announcin
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
Volkswagen to temporarily park cars

Volkswagen to temporarily park cars

Volkswagen is renting parking spaces from August to stockpile vehicles which cannot be sold due to bottlenecks caused by new engine emissions tests, a spokeswoman said on Sunday. Carmakers are rushing to get models through a new Worldwide Harmonised Light
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
UK sale of 40-year debt attracts weakest demand this year

UK sale of 40-year debt attracts weakest demand this year

Britain's sale of a 40-year government bond on Thursday attracted the weakest demand from investors out of any auction this year, although this was probably down to a mid-summer lull rather than political or economic factors. The UK Debt Management Office
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
UK sale of 40-year debt attracts weakest demand this year

UK sale of 40-year debt attracts weakest demand this year

Britain's sale of a 40-year government bond on Thursday attracted the weakest demand from investors out of any auction this year, although this was probably down to a mid-summer lull rather than political or economic factors. The UK Debt Management Office
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
Xi offers fresh $295 million grant to Sri Lanka

Xi offers fresh $295 million grant to Sri Lanka

Chinese President Xi Jinping has offered Sri Lanka a fresh grant of 2 billion yuan ($295 million), as Beijing tries to expand its influence in the tiny island country off India's southern tip. President Maithripala Sirisena of Sri Lanka, a partner in Beij
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
Turkish finance minister says he will not fight markets

Turkish finance minister says he will not fight markets

Turkey will not fight with markets but instead pursue a win-win relationship with them while ensuring Turkey has an effective central bank, Finance Minister Berat Albayrak was quoted as saying on Sunday. Concerns about the central bank's independence had
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
Dubai recipe for economic success looks stale as markets slump

Dubai recipe for economic success looks stale as markets slump

In Dubai's posh Jumeirah Beach Residence district, luxury apartment rents are down about 15 percent from a year ago - a sign, some fear, that the wealthy emirate's recipe for economic success is getting stale. For over two decades, Dubai prospered as one
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
Trade accords on Xi's agenda during Senegal swing

Trade accords on Xi's agenda during Senegal swing

China's President Xi Jinping inked a clutch of trade accords Saturday on the first visit by a Chinese leader to Senegal in almost a decade. Senegalese President Macky Sall welcomed his counterpart to Dakar for afternoon talks before Xi continues a tour of
Published 23 Jul, 2018 12:00am
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