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Print - 2018-08-27
Two dead, 255 injured in Iran earthquake

Two dead, 255 injured in Iran earthquake

A strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck western Iran near the border with Iraq early Sunday, killing two people and injuring more than 250, officials said. The shallow quake hit 26 kilometres (16 miles) southwest of the city of Javanrud in Kermanshah pro
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Lacklustre show witnessed
Mutual Funds

Lacklustre show witnessed

Pakistan Stock Exchange witnessed a lacklustre show in the shortened trading week ended on August 24, 2018 due to Eid holidays as investors remained on the sidelines ahead of expected material policy action by the new government, analysts said. BRIndex100
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Lacklustre show witnessed
Mutual Funds

Lacklustre show witnessed

Pakistan Stock Exchange witnessed a lacklustre show in the shortened trading week ended on August 24, 2018 due to Eid holidays as investors remained on the sidelines ahead of expected material policy action by the new government, analysts said. BRIndex100
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Lacklustre show witnessed
Mutual Funds

Lacklustre show witnessed

Pakistan Stock Exchange witnessed a lacklustre show in the shortened trading week ended on August 24, 2018 due to Eid holidays as investors remained on the sidelines ahead of expected material policy action by the new government, analysts said. BRIndex100
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Future strategy & implementation plan: Dawood to get briefings this week

Future strategy & implementation plan: Dawood to get briefings this week

Prime Minister's Advisor on Commerce, Textile, Industries and Production and Investment, Abdul Razak Dawood is yet to be given a detailed briefing by Federal Secretaries of relevant Divisions which will help him formulate future strategy and implementatio
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Future strategy & implementation plan: Dawood to get briefings this week

Future strategy & implementation plan: Dawood to get briefings this week

Prime Minister's Advisor on Commerce, Textile, Industries and Production and Investment, Abdul Razak Dawood is yet to be given a detailed briefing by Federal Secretaries of relevant Divisions which will help him formulate future strategy and implementatio
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Future strategy & implementation plan: Dawood to get briefings this week

Future strategy & implementation plan: Dawood to get briefings this week

Prime Minister''s Advisor on Commerce, Textile, Industries and Production and Investment, Abdul Razak Dawood is yet to be given a detailed briefing by Federal Secretaries of relevant Divisions which will help him formulate future strategy and implementati
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Overseas assets: FBR will start getting info from September 1

Overseas assets: FBR will start getting info from September 1

Pakistan will start getting financial details of its citizens from 60 countries initially under global treaties on Automatic Exchange of Information (AEOI) by September 1, 2018. Official sources said that the AEOI is an initiative of Organization of Econo
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Overseas assets: FBR will start getting info from September 1

Overseas assets: FBR will start getting info from September 1

Pakistan will start getting financial details of its citizens from 60 countries initially under global treaties on Automatic Exchange of Information (AEOI) by September 1, 2018. Official sources said that the AEOI is an initiative of Organization of Econo
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Overseas assets: FBR will start getting info from September 1

Overseas assets: FBR will start getting info from September 1

Pakistan will start getting financial details of its citizens from 60 countries initially under global treaties on Automatic Exchange of Information (AEOI) by September 1, 2018. Official sources said that the AEOI is an initiative of Organization of Econo
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Head of IS in Afghanistan killed

Head of IS in Afghanistan killed

The head of Islamic State in Afghanistan, Abu Saad Erhabi, was killed in a strike on the group's hideouts in Nangarhar province on Saturday night, authorities said on Sunday. Ten other members of the militant group were also killed in a joint ground and a
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Head of IS in Afghanistan killed

Head of IS in Afghanistan killed

The head of Islamic State in Afghanistan, Abu Saad Erhabi, was killed in a strike on the group's hideouts in Nangarhar province on Saturday night, authorities said on Sunday. Ten other members of the militant group were also killed in a joint ground and a
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
BR sub-editor Waqas Akram passes away

BR sub-editor Waqas Akram passes away

Sub Editor of Business Recorder Lahore Waqas Akram died of a sudden heart attack, here on Sunday. He was 51. He left behind a widow, two sons and a daughter. Waqas had been associated with this newspaper for past eighteen years. He was a nephew of
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
BR sub-editor Waqas Akram passes away

BR sub-editor Waqas Akram passes away

Sub Editor of Business Recorder Lahore Waqas Akram died of a sudden heart attack, here on Sunday. He was 51. He left behind a widow, two sons and a daughter. Waqas had been associated with this newspaper for past eighteen years. He was a nephew of
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Governor Balochistan: no truth in Jogezai's nomination: Spokesperson

Governor Balochistan: no truth in Jogezai's nomination: Spokesperson

The Prime Minister Office in a statement issued on Sunday clarified that Dr Ameer Muhammad Khan Jogezai was not nominated next governor of Balochistan. The stated further stated that his name for the post was only a recommendation and no final decision wa
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Governor Balochistan: no truth in Jogezai's nomination: Spokesperson

Governor Balochistan: no truth in Jogezai's nomination: Spokesperson

The Prime Minister Office in a statement issued on Sunday clarified that Dr Ameer Muhammad Khan Jogezai was not nominated next governor of Balochistan. The stated further stated that his name for the post was only a recommendation and no final decision wa
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Prolific US playwright Neil Simon dead at 91

Prolific US playwright Neil Simon dead at 91

Prolific US playwright Neil Simon, who won more combined Oscar and Tony nominations than any other writer, died Sunday aged 91, according to reports. A legend of American theater, he was responsible for such works as "The Odd Couple," "The Sunshine Boys,"
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Prolific US playwright Neil Simon dead at 91

Prolific US playwright Neil Simon dead at 91

Prolific US playwright Neil Simon, who won more combined Oscar and Tony nominations than any other writer, died Sunday aged 91, according to reports. A legend of American theater, he was responsible for such works as "The Odd Couple," "The Sunshine Boys,"
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Deadlock persists over joint presidential candidate

Deadlock persists over joint presidential candidate

Prospects of a consensus candidate by the opposition parties in the election of the President remained elusive as all the efforts of Maulana Fazlur Rehman could not budge the two major opposition parties - Pakistan Muslim League-N and Pakistan Peoples Par
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Deadlock persists over joint presidential candidate

Deadlock persists over joint presidential candidate

Prospects of a consensus candidate by the opposition parties in the election of the President remained elusive as all the efforts of Maulana Fazlur Rehman could not budge the two major opposition parties - Pakistan Muslim League-N and Pakistan Peoples Par
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Pope begs forgiveness for the 'betrayal' of Church abuse

Pope begs forgiveness for the 'betrayal' of Church abuse

Pope Francis on Sunday asked for forgiveness for the "scandal and betrayal" felt by victims of sexual exploitation by Catholic clergy as he toured Ireland where years of abuse scandals have shattered the Church's former dominant role in society. On the fi
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Pope begs forgiveness for the 'betrayal' of Church abuse

Pope begs forgiveness for the 'betrayal' of Church abuse

Pope Francis on Sunday asked for forgiveness for the "scandal and betrayal" felt by victims of sexual exploitation by Catholic clergy as he toured Ireland where years of abuse scandals have shattered the Church's former dominant role in society. On the fi
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Zardari's Badin sugar mill raided

Zardari's Badin sugar mill raided

Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Sunday raided a sugar mill of Pakistan Peoples Party's co-chairman and former president Asif Ali Zardari in Khoski, Badin. According to media reports, the raid was conducted after revelations made by Zardari's close-a
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Zardari's Badin sugar mill raided

Zardari's Badin sugar mill raided

Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Sunday raided a sugar mill of Pakistan Peoples Party's co-chairman and former president Asif Ali Zardari in Khoski, Badin. According to media reports, the raid was conducted after revelations made by Zardari's close-a
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Colombians vote on anti-corruption measures in referendum

Colombians vote on anti-corruption measures in referendum

Colombians are voting on seven anti-corruption measures in a referendum on Sunday, including a reduction in lawmakers' salaries and term limits for public posts, as graft scandals continue to spark outrage.
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Colombians vote on anti-corruption measures in referendum

Colombians vote on anti-corruption measures in referendum

Colombians are voting on seven anti-corruption measures in a referendum on Sunday, including a reduction in lawmakers' salaries and term limits for public posts, as graft scandals continue to spark outrage.
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Iran defence minister makes rare visit to Damascus

Iran defence minister makes rare visit to Damascus

Iranian Defence Minister Amir Hatami arrived in Syria on Sunday for meetings with President Bashar al-Assad and senior defence and military officials as part of a two-day visit, according to the Tasnim news agency. Iranian forces have backed Assad in the
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Iran defence minister makes rare visit to Damascus

Iran defence minister makes rare visit to Damascus

Iranian Defence Minister Amir Hatami arrived in Syria on Sunday for meetings with President Bashar al-Assad and senior defence and military officials as part of a two-day visit, according to the Tasnim news agency. Iranian forces have backed Assad in the
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Afghan leader rejects resignation letters from spy chief, ministers

Afghan leader rejects resignation letters from spy chief, ministers

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday rejected the resignations of the intelligence chief and the interior and defence ministers, as the government faces fierce criticism over an increasingly deadly insurgency. Ghani called on Defence Minister Tariq Sha
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Afghan leader rejects resignation letters from spy chief, ministers

Afghan leader rejects resignation letters from spy chief, ministers

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday rejected the resignations of the intelligence chief and the interior and defence ministers, as the government faces fierce criticism over an increasingly deadly insurgency. Ghani called on Defence Minister Tariq Sha
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Several killed in mass shooting at US video game tournament

Several killed in mass shooting at US video game tournament

Several people were killed in a mass shooting at a video game tournament in the northern Florida city of Jacksonville, local police said Sunday, adding that one suspect was dead. "Multiple fatalities at the scene, many transported," the Jacksonville Sheri
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Several killed in mass shooting at US video game tournament

Several killed in mass shooting at US video game tournament

Several people were killed in a mass shooting at a video game tournament in the northern Florida city of Jacksonville, local police said Sunday, adding that one suspect was dead. "Multiple fatalities at the scene, many transported," the Jacksonville Sheri
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
C/A deterioration

C/A deterioration

Despite some measures by the government like depreciation of the Pak rupee, Current Account (C/A) balance continues to deteriorate. According to the latest data released by the State Bank of Pakistan, the C/A deficit jumped by 14 percent or dollar 268 mil
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Unfolding agenda for change

Unfolding agenda for change

Most of the decisions the federal cabinet made at its second meeting on Friday can only be welcomed aimed as they are at creating transparency and promoting austerity at all levels of government, though, some of them miss the real point. Briefing media pe
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Foreign policy and economic challenges

Foreign policy and economic challenges

Foreign relations and the state of the economy have become inextricably linked in Pakistan due to the PML-N administration's overarching objective to borrow from external sources to meet its budgetary needs and to shore up its foreign exchange reserves -
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Poverty of mind and heart

Poverty of mind and heart

Wealth is a zero-sum game: If you are rich, others will be poor to feed your richness: If you have to win, somebody has to lose. This is the mindset that has prevailed for centuries in countries and cultures. These traditional beliefs persist despite all
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Few small steps to improve governance
Currency

Few small steps to improve governance

With every change in government there is flood of free advice (and some with an ulterior motive to join the new bandwagon of potential advisors) in the shape of articles and talk shows on how the new government should handle every aspect of governance ran
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Kuldip Nayar dies

Kuldip Nayar dies

Veteran journalist Kuldip Nayar passed away on Wednesday night in a hospital in New Delhi. Nayar, who penned 15 books, was appointed as high commissioner of India to the UK in 1990. He was also nominated as a member of the Upper House of Indian Parliament
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Chinese students to study Urdu at NUML

Chinese students to study Urdu at NUML

A group of seven Chinese students from Beijing Foreign Studies University's Urdu Department will leave for Pakistan on August 28 for a six-month training programme to further enhance their Urdu language proficiency.
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Polish airshow: people witness dazzling air display of JF-17 Thunder

Polish airshow: people witness dazzling air display of JF-17 Thunder

Amidst thundering applause by the eager spectators, PAF's JF-17 Thunder exhibited its dazzling aerial display during the opening day of Radom International Airshow at Radom-Sakdu Airport, (Poland) Sunday. Painted in the colour scheme of Pakistan's nationa
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Shortage of medicines persists at Sindh's major hospitals

Shortage of medicines persists at Sindh's major hospitals

The patients are affected as medicine shortage has deepened in the hospitals of Sindh due to negligence of health authorities. All the major hospitals of Karachi, including Civil Hospital, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, National Institute of Child He
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
PIA post-Hajj operation begins today

PIA post-Hajj operation begins today

PIA Post-Hajj operation from Saudi Arabia to Pakistan will commence from Monday. The first Post Hajj flights PK 3006 for Karachi and PK 3002 for Islamabad will reach their respective airports bringing back more than 700 Hujjaj. The first post hajj flight
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Mayor holds KWSB responsible for filthy environment

Mayor holds KWSB responsible for filthy environment

Karachi Mayor Waseem Akhtar on Sunday held Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KW&SB) responsible for the poor sanitary conditions of the metropolis. "PPP-led Sindh Government is least bothered in resolving civic issues," the Mayor said, talking to the medi
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
JUI-F's protest against blasphemous caricatures to continue

JUI-F's protest against blasphemous caricatures to continue

JUI-F has decided to carryout nation wide protest on Friday (August 31) and September 7 against the publishing of blasphemous caricatures of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) in Netherlands. The decision was taken in a two-day meeting of the executive council of th
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Islamabad abuzz with barbecue parties

Islamabad abuzz with barbecue parties

After 3-day of busy scheduled of Eidul-Azha Celebrations, scores of youngsters have witnessed to arrange special barbecue parties on rooftops, green lawns and open air places as well other picnic spots, for their friends and family members to enjoy the ra
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Imran Ismail to take oath as Sindh Governor on August 27

Imran Ismail to take oath as Sindh Governor on August 27

Imran Ismail will take oath as 33rd Governor of Sindh here on August 27, the official sources said here on Sunday. The oath taking ceremony will be held at Sindh Governor House at 6 pm. Chief Justice of Sindh High Court will administer oath to Imran Ismai
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
PAT expresses concern over appointment of Punjab CS

PAT expresses concern over appointment of Punjab CS

Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) has implored Prime Minister Imran Khan not to appoint Major Azam Sulaiman (retd) as Chief Secretary Punjab, who is most favourite candidate for the said post. In a letter addressed to Prime Minister Imran Khan, general secreta
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Indus in low flood level: FFC

Indus in low flood level: FFC

The Federal Flood Commission (FFC) has said that River Indus with rising trend in Kalabagh-Chashma Reach is flowing in low flood while all other main rivers including Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi and Sutlej are flowing normal.
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Merit alone will be criteria of PTI government: Alvi

Merit alone will be criteria of PTI government: Alvi

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) senior leader and nominee for president's post, Dr Arif Alvi on Sunday expressed his confidence in the vision of the Prime Minister Imran Khan to make a new Pakistan. In an interview with private news channel, he said that a
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
60,331 enrolled under 'Digiskills' programme

60,331 enrolled under 'Digiskills' programme

Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunications has enrolled 60,331 persons out of 64,332 registered trainees in first batch of `Digiskills Programme' launched to provide opportunity to gain marketable digital skills. The digital skills can tran
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Elders of Tounsa meet CM Punjab

Elders of Tounsa meet CM Punjab

A delegation of elders of Tehsil Tounsa (home town of newly elected Chief Minister Punjab) called on Sardar Usman Buzdar here on Sunday and congratulated him over becoming the Chief Minister of the country's most populous province and prayed for his succe
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Presidential election may be a close contest

Presidential election may be a close contest

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and its allied parties with 346 votes would get their nominee for President elected on September 4 in a secret ballot if the opposition alliance agrees to field a joint candidate and in the unlikely event that it secures all
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
PAEC Girls College student bags 3rd position in HSSC exam

PAEC Girls College student bags 3rd position in HSSC exam

The students of Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) Girls College Chashma won laurels for the commission by getting 3rd position in Pre-engineering Group in Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSSC) Annual examination 2018 held under Federal Board o
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
FIA not to give protocol to VIPs at airports

FIA not to give protocol to VIPs at airports

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has imposed ban on extending protocol to VIP personalities at airports across the country. According to notification issued by Additional Director FIA Immigration, no FIA official will extend protocol to any VIP pers
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
JI to play constructive role in politics: Mushtaq

JI to play constructive role in politics: Mushtaq

Provincial Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Senator Mushtaq Ahmad Khan has said that despite reservations on general elections and members of federal cabinet their party will play the constructive opposition in the parliament.
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
RDA warns against investment in illegal housing schemes

RDA warns against investment in illegal housing schemes

Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) has advised the general public not to make investment in any illegal and unauthorised housing scheme and buildings projects. The authority has also warned the administration of the illegal housing schemes of strict a
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Dr Shafiq named LGH director (Admin)

Dr Shafiq named LGH director (Admin)

Principal Ameer Uddin Medical College & Lahore General Hospital Prof. Mohammad Tayyab has deputed Dr. Mohammad Shafiq BS-20 as Director Administration /Monitoring of the hospital and has given him directions to take charge of the post and working effectiv
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Shakil Afridi shifted to Sahiwal Jail amid tight security

Shakil Afridi shifted to Sahiwal Jail amid tight security

Security personnel moved Dr Shakil Afridi, a doctor who helped the CIA track down Osama bin Laden in his Abbottabad compound, from Rawalpindi's Adiala Jail to Punjab's Sahiwal prison amid tight security on Sunday. A surgeon from Khyber district, Afridi ra
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
JKCSCC warns of mass agitation in IoK if Article 35-A repealed

JKCSCC warns of mass agitation in IoK if Article 35-A repealed

The Jammu and Kashmir Civil Society Coordination Committee (JKCSCC), a civil society group in Indian occupied Kashmir, has warned of mass agitation if Article 35-A of the Indian Constitution, which grants special rights and privileges to the permanent res
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
101 mini dams built in Potohar region in last two years: official

101 mini dams built in Potohar region in last two years: official

The Directorate of Soil Conservation Punjab Rawalpindi Region under 'Punjab Kissan Package' and its normal programme constructed 102 mini dams in Potohar region during last two years with 201 water ponds, 39 water storage tanks, 148 gabion spur and 28 ear
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
FM condoles Senator McCain's death

FM condoles Senator McCain's death

Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi has expressed deep and heartfelt condolences on the passing away of US Senator John McCain. "Thoughts and prayers of the people of Pakistan are with the family and friends of Senator McCain. He will be greatl
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
IPO-Pakistan grants patents on 194 local, foreign applications

IPO-Pakistan grants patents on 194 local, foreign applications

Intellectual Property Organization of Pakistan (IPO-Pakistan) has granted Patents on 194 applications including 14 local and 180 foreign applicants during financial year 2016-17, said annual report of the organization.
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Islamic movements going ahead despite strong opposition: JI chief

Islamic movements going ahead despite strong opposition: JI chief

Chief of Jamaat-e-Islami, Senator Sirajul Haq, has said that the Islamic movements all over the world had gone ahead despite strong opposition by the international establishment. He was addressing the Foundation Day function of the Jamaat-e-Islami here on
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
AJK blessed with huge quantity of minerals and gems: GSP official

AJK blessed with huge quantity of minerals and gems: GSP official

The Azad Jammu and Kashmir mostly dependent on tourism and labour force is blessed with huge mineral and gems treasure worth billions of rupees which was required to be excavated on modern lines to uplift the socioeconomic status of approximately 4 millio
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
KP CM takes notice of excessive power outages

KP CM takes notice of excessive power outages

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan while taking notice of unannounced load shedding in the province in general and Malakand division in particular summoned the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO).
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Hanif Abbasi shifted back to Adiala Jail

Hanif Abbasi shifted back to Adiala Jail

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Hanif Abbasi has been shifted back to Adiala Jail after medical team declared his health condition satisfactory on Sunday. Hanif Abbasi who has been sentenced for life imprisonment in ephedrine quota case by ant
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Ex-FPCCI VP asks PM to devise SME policy through SMEDA

Ex-FPCCI VP asks PM to devise SME policy through SMEDA

Former vice president, Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI), Mohammad Adnan Jalil has termed the SME sector as backbone of economy and urged the PTI-led new government of Pakistan to focus on it for economic development.
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
E&T Rawalpindi collects Rs 4.377 billion revenue during fiscal year 2018

E&T Rawalpindi collects Rs 4.377 billion revenue during fiscal year 2018

Excise and Taxation Rawalpindi District registered total 115,718 vehicles and motorcycles during last financial year while the department collected over Rs 4.377 billion revenue including property, motor, professional taxes, excise fee and entertainment d
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Pakistan Movement worker Ahmad Kirmani passes away

Pakistan Movement worker Ahmad Kirmani passes away

Renowned lawyer and worker of the Pakistan Movement, Advocate Ahmad Saeed Kirmani passed away at the age of 95 after protracted illness in Lahore on Sunday. The deceased was father of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader, Senator Asif Kirmani.
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
HEC should focus on universities & research: UCA VC

HEC should focus on universities & research: UCA VC

The provincial higher education commissions should focus on colleges and technical education while the Higher Education Commission should focus on universities and research in universities.
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Naval station commander meets CM

Naval station commander meets CM

Station Commander Pakistan Naval Force Lahore Dr Sajid Mehmood Shehzad called on Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar here on Sunday. Ideas were exchanged on the matters of mutual interest and professional activities of Pakistan Naval Force. The Stat
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Kohat police foil bid to smuggle drugs

Kohat police foil bid to smuggle drugs

Kohat Police foiled an attempt to smuggle drugs and arrested the alleged accused after recovery of ten kilogram cannabis from his possession According to spokesman of Kohat Police, the force has launched a drive against narcotics smugglers on the directiv
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Overcoming debt burden
Currency

Overcoming debt burden

The newly-elected Prime Minister, Imran Khan, after taking the oath of office, in his maiden address to the nation on August 19, 2018, very rightly observed that the most dreadful aspect of the five-year term (2013-18) of Pakistan Muslims League (Nawaz) [
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Erdogan says will bring safety and peace to Syria, Iraq
Currency

Erdogan says will bring safety and peace to Syria, Iraq

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan vowed on Sunday to bring peace and safety to Iraq and areas in Syria not under Turkish control and said terrorist organisations in those areas would be eliminated. Turkey, which has backed some rebel groups in Syria, has b
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Emmerson Mnangagwa sworn in as president of Zimbabwe

Emmerson Mnangagwa sworn in as president of Zimbabwe

Emmerson Mnangagwa was officially sworn in as president of Zimbabwe on Sunday after winning a bitterly-contested election which was the country's first since the ousting of strongman Robert Mugabe. Mnangagwa, whose victory in the July 30 polls was challen
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Peru PM says 'unprepared' for migrant influx but vows 'solidarity'

Peru PM says 'unprepared' for migrant influx but vows 'solidarity'

Prime Minister Cesar Villanueva said Sunday that Peru was "not prepared" for the huge flow of migrants streaming in from crisis-wracked Venezuela but insisted that his country would stand in "solidarity" with the arrivals. He compared the influx to a sudd
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
China's transport ministry censures Didi after murder

China's transport ministry censures Didi after murder

China's transport ministry on Sunday slammed Didi Chuxing's safety lapses as the ride-hailing giant said it would suspend its Hitch service after the rape and murder of a passenger, the second such killing this year. A 20-year-old female passenger was rap
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
UK-Iranian woman returns to Tehran jail after plea rejected

UK-Iranian woman returns to Tehran jail after plea rejected

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian woman who has been held in Tehran for more than two years on sedition charges, returned to prison on Sunday after temporary release, dashing her family's hopes of an extension. "We have just heard the sad new
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Israel to reopen Erez border crossing with Gaza: minister

Israel to reopen Erez border crossing with Gaza: minister

Israel will reopen the Erez border crossing with the Gaza Strip on Monday, Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman said, a week after closing it due to clashes. In a statement from his office on Sunday, Lieberman said the decision to reopen Erez, the only cros
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
WWII bomb defused in Germany after 18,500 evacuated

WWII bomb defused in Germany after 18,500 evacuated

A German bomb disposal team on Sunday successfully defused an unexploded World War II bomb that had forced the evacuation of 18,500 people in the city of Ludwigshafen. The 500-kilogramme (1,100-pound) aerial bomb, thought to have been dropped by American
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
UK to start work on satellite system to rival EU's Galileo

UK to start work on satellite system to rival EU's Galileo

Britain is to start work on its own satellite navigation system to rival the European Union's Galileo project because the UK's access to sensitive security information could be restricted after Brexit, the Sunday Telegraph reported. Galileo, a 10 billion
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Australian foreign minister resigns amid Cabinet revamp

Australian foreign minister resigns amid Cabinet revamp

Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop resigned from new Prime Minister Scott Morrison's Cabinet on Sunday, two days after a bruising leadership battle that toppled former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull and led to a major ministerial shake-up. Bishop a
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Abstract artist Nicolas Manev dies

Abstract artist Nicolas Manev dies

French-Bulgarian artist Nicolas Manev, who worked in France for 50 years, died Saturday in Paris at the age of 78, his family told the Bulgarian BTA news agency. Manev was hospitalised on Thursday after suffering a cerebral haemorrhage. His funeral will b
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Italy lets migrants off stranded boat as deal reached

Italy lets migrants off stranded boat as deal reached

Nearly 140 migrants who had been stranded on a boat at a port in Sicily were allowed to disembark early on Sunday after Ireland and Albania agreed to take some of them in. The boat docked at Catania port on Monday but Italy had refused to let those on boa
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Abe seeks fresh term as party head, record tenure as PM

Abe seeks fresh term as party head, record tenure as PM

Shinzo Abe confirmed Sunday he would run in his ruling party's leadership election, putting him on track to become Japan's longest-serving premier and bolstering his dream of reforming the constitution. Abe is expected to be re-elected head of the conserv
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Macron to renew plea for closer Europe

Macron to renew plea for closer Europe

With nine months to go before European parliament elections, France's President Emmanuel Macron will on Monday renew his plea for a more integrated EU, against a global wave of nationalism. Welcomed as a saviour of the European Union on his election last
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
DR Congo rolls out prototype Ebola drugs as death toll rises to 67

DR Congo rolls out prototype Ebola drugs as death toll rises to 67

An outbreak of Ebola in eastern DR Congo has killed 67 people this month, authorities said Saturday, as they roll out a battery of new drugs to tackle the virus amid concerns it has spread to a rebel-encircled area. A total of 105 cases have been reported
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Hunger striking Russian activist hospitalised a second time

Hunger striking Russian activist hospitalised a second time

Kremlin critic Sergei Udaltsov who went on hunger strike after being jailed for 30 days for burning portraits of Russian leaders was hospitalised again on Sunday, his wife said. Earlier this month, Udaltsov was convicted of torching the portraits during a
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Trump social media 'censorship' claim is fake but widely believed

Trump social media 'censorship' claim is fake but widely believed

There is little evidence to back up Donald Trump's persistent claim that social media firms "silence" or "censor" conservatives, but the notion has nonetheless gathered widespread acceptance among his considerable following. The US president returned to t
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Ethiopian PM vows 'free and fair' 2020 polls

Ethiopian PM vows 'free and fair' 2020 polls

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Saturday pledged the 2020 election would be "free and fair" and promised a democratic transition if his party loses, as he pushes forward with lightning reforms to transform the one-party nation.
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
ICC set for closing in Congolese 'Terminator' case

ICC set for closing in Congolese 'Terminator' case

International judges will next week listen to final arguments in the case against former Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda, three years after the opening of his war crimes trial. The man once known as "The Terminator", in September 2015 pleaded not guilty
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
France trims 2019 growth forecast

France trims 2019 growth forecast

The French government has revised its growth forecast for 2019 downwards to 1.7 percent from 1.9 percent, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe told the Journal du Dimanche. "The growth forecast on which we will build this (2019) budget will be 1.7 percent," he
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
'No grass': Europe's livestock sector stricken by drought

'No grass': Europe's livestock sector stricken by drought

"Our cows have been living off hay cut in June, there isn't any grass," says Jean-Guillaume Hannequin, a farmer in eastern France, who like his counterparts across much of northern Europe is wondering how he will feed his animals this winter.
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Cryptominers dreaming of rebound after price crash
Currency

Cryptominers dreaming of rebound after price crash

Surrounded by the cryptocurrency mining "rig" that is taking over his bedroom, "Ali" lays bare the risks of his trade, revealing his profits "are a tenth of what they were". Prices of cryptocurrencies have plunged since the heady heights of last year, sla
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
Sinopec's first-half profit rises 53.6 percent

Sinopec's first-half profit rises 53.6 percent

China Petroleum & Chemical Corp, the country's largest refiner, reported on Sunday that net income in the first half of 2018 rose 53.6 percent from a year ago, beating a company forecast of 50 percent profit growth as the upstream and refining sectors del
Published 27 Aug, 2018 12:00am
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