UN chief welcomes creation of new IMF trust

UNITED NATIONS, Apr 18 (XINHUA/APP): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday welcomed the creation of the Resilience and Sustainability Trust (RST) by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), said his spokesman.   Guterres congratulated IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva and the Executive Board for approving the […]

Businessman Tanveer Aliyas Khan becomes AJK’s Prime Minister

MUZAFFARABAD, Apr 18 (APP):Sardar Tanveer Aliyas Khan, a billionaire business man turned politician Monday became the Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) territory after Imran Khan’s nominee Abdul Qayoom Niazi tendered his resignation before to face a no confidence motion by his own […]

PML-N fully capable of resolving energy crisis: Miftah Ismail

ISLAMABAD – April 18 (ONLINE) PML-N leader Miftah Ismail on Monday said his government was fully capable of resolving energy crisis under the leadership of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Replying to the statement of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader and former federal minister Hammad Azhar, Ismail […]

BNP Mengal’s lawmaker protests amidst firing at Balochs

ISLAMABAD – April 18 (ONLINE) Balochistan National Party Mengal group’s (BNP-Mengal) member National Assembly (MNA) Agha Hassan Baloch on Monday walked out of Assembly Session, marking his protest against the security forces’ alleged firing at protesting Baloch citizens. NA Session was convened Monday under the […]

‘83’ producer announces another cricketing film

MUMBAI – April 18 (ONLINE) After bankrolling ’83, Indian Producer Vishnu Vardhan Induri has announced a film on a popular cricket tournament. Speaking about the same, Vishnu Vardhan Induri said in a statement, “Winning the 1983 World Cup was just the tip of the iceberg. […]

Shoaib Akhtar was offered Bollywood film

ISLAMABAD – April 18 (ONLINE) Pakistan’s former fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar was approached for a Bollywood film which he later refused to do. The cricketer has a vast fan following in India and Bollywood, praised by actors like Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan. In […]

Fans not happy with Shahid Afridi

ISLAMABAD – April 18 (ONLINE) Cricket fans and PTI supporters are anguished with Shahid Khan Afridi for his criticism on former Prime Minister Imran Khan. According to details, during his recent television interview, the former Pakistan captain had criticized former PM Imran Khan for his […]

Mongolia’s foreign trade turnover up 3.1 pct in Q1

ULAN BATOR, April 18 (Xinhua/APP) –: Mongolia’s foreign trade turnover increased by 3.1 percent year on year to 3.6 billion U.S. dollars in the first quarter of this year, said the country’s National Statistics Office on Monday. Mongolia registered a foreign trade surplus of 251.4 […]