China intensifies crackdown on bribery

BEIJING, Apr 20 (XINHUA/APP): The National Supervisory Commission and the Supreme People’s Procuratorate on Wednesday jointly released five typical cases involving individuals and organizations offering bribes. The cases were found in fields including project bidding, health care and mining. In one case in Jiangxi Province, […]

Wimbledon to ban Russian and Belarus players: report

London, April 20 (AFP/APP): Men’s tennis world number two Daniil Medvedev is set to be barred from this year’s Wimbledon Grand Slam tournament as The Times reported organisers are to ban Russian and Belarus players due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Russian and Belarusian players […]

Two caught for power theft

SIALKOT, Apr 20 (APP): Two people were arrested for power theft through meter tempering in the district on Wednesday. According to police, Hajipura and Rangpura police raided Bijle Mohallah, Jinnah Stadium Road and caught red handed Zulfiqar and Noor Muhammed for stealing electricity. Police registered […]

China’s Guizhou sees GDP up 6.6 pct in Q1

GUIYANG, Apr 20 (XINHUA/APP): Southwest China’s Guizhou Province saw its gross domestic product (GDP) hit 481.5 billion yuan (about 75.2 billion U.S. dollars) in the first quarter of 2022, up 6.6 percent year on year, local authorities announced on Wednesday. The added value of the […]

Four dead in Polish coal mine accident

Warsaw, April 20 (AFP/APP): Four people were killed and seven more are missing following a gas explosion at a coal mine in southern Poland on Wednesday, officials said. “One of the miners injured by the methane explosion at the Pniowek mine has died in hospital,” […]

PSX stays bearish, loses 390 points to close at 45,943 points

ISLAMABAD, Apr 20 (APP): The KSE 100-index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed bearish trend on Wednesday, losing 390.20 points, with negative change of 0.84 percent, closing at 45,943.16 points against 46,333.36 points on the last working day. A total of 234,997,430 shares were […]