New Zealand reports 12,575 new community cases of COVID-19

WELLINGTON, April 6 (Xinhua/APP): New Zealand recorded 12,575 new community cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, the Ministry of Health said in a statement. Of the new community infections, 2,147 were detected in the largest city of Auckland, according to the ministry. In addition, 43 new […]

5.1-magnitude quake hits SW China’s Sichuan: CENC

BEIJING, April 6 (Xinhua/APP): A 5.1-magnitude earthquake jolted Xingwen County of Yibin City, southwest China’s Sichuan Province at 7:50 a.m. Wednesday Beijing Time, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The epicenter was monitored at 28.22 degrees north latitude and 105.03 degrees east longitude, […]

China’s overnight Shibor interbank rate increases Wednesday

BEIJING, April 6 (Xinhua/APP): The overnight Shanghai Interbank Offered Rate (Shibor), which measures the borrowing cost of China’s interbank market, increased 54 basis points to 1.848 percent Wednesday. The seven-day rate raised 16.7 basis points to 2.004 percent, the one-month rate edged down 0.1 basis […]

Indonesia re-imposes visa-free for ASEAN nationals

JAKARTA, April 6 (Xinhua/APP): The Indonesian government has re-imposed a visa-free visit policy for citizens of fellow ASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations) member countries, the Ministry of Law and Human Rights said on Tuesday. “With this new policy, foreigners from nine other ASEAN […]

PCB projects $650m revenue from proposed quadrangular series

LAHORE – April 2 (ONLINE) The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has projected revenue of 650 million dollars from its proposed quadrangular – which includes India, Australia, England as other three teams. According to media reports, proposal, which sees Pakistan, India, England and Australia playing a […]

Ushna Shah schools trolls for color shaming her

ISLAMABAD – April 2 (ONLINE) Pakistani television actress Ushna Shah is currently on her vacations in Turkey and other countries. Ushna Shah in her recent twitter post schooled social media users for ‘color shaming’ her. “The amount of nonsense comments from my fellow brown skinned […]

PTI MPA Chaudhry Masood Ahmed resigns from his seat

MULTAN, April 03 (Online): PTI MPA has resigned from his seat on Sunday. Masood Ahmed was elected as MPA from PP-257 in 2018 on PTI’s ticket. MPA has submitted his resignation to Deputy Punjab Assembly.   Masood Ahmed was elected as MPA from PP-257 in […]

President appoints Omar Sarfraz Cheema as Governor Punjab

Islamabad, April 3, 2022 (Online): President Dr Arif Alvi has approved the removal of Chaudhary Mohammad Sarwar from the position of Governor Punjab on the advice of Prime Minister Imran Khan. The President appointed Omar Sarfraz Cheema as Governor Punjab under Article 101 of the […]