Protesters demand climate action in global rally

Glasgow, Nov 6 (AFP/APP):Tens of thousands of protesters braved rain and wind in Glasgow Saturday to take part in worldwide demonstrations against what campaigners say is a failure of crunch UN climate talks to act fast enough to tame global warming. Dozens of events are […]

Sudan gears up for anti-coup ‘civil disobedience’

Khartoum, Nov 6 (AFP/APP):Pro-democracy protesters prepared Saturday to launch two more days of civil disobedience against Sudan’s military coup, as Arab League mediators arrived in Khartoum to try to defuse the crisis. The calls were spearheaded by the Sudanese Professionals Association — an umbrella of […]

Football: English Premier League results – collated

London, Nov 6 (AFP/APP):English Premier League results on Saturday: Manchester United 0 Manchester City 2 (Bailly 7-og, Silva 45) Brentford 1 (Henry 60) Norwich 2 (Normann 6, Pukki 29-pen) Chelsea 1 (Havertz 33) Burnley 1 (Vydra 79) Crystal Palace 2 (Zaha 61, Gallagher 78) Wolves […]

Russia beat Switzerland to win Billie Jean King Cup

Prague, Nov 6 (AFP/APP):Daria Kasatkina and Liudmila Samsonova led Russia to victory in the maiden Billie Jean King Cup after winning their singles matches against Switzerland in Prague on Saturday. Kasatkina beat Jil Teichmann 6-2, 6-4 and Samsonova overpowered Olympic champion Belinda Bencic 3-6, 6-3, […]

Brazil bids shocked goodbye to country star Mendonca

Goiania, Brazil, Nov 6 (AFP/APP):Thousands of people flooded the hometown of late Brazilian country music star Marilia Mendonca Saturday to pay an emotional tribute to the beloved singer, a day after she was killed in a plane crash at age 26. Mendonca, a Latin Grammy-winning […]

Rugby fans return in South Africa as Covid ban eased

Pretoria, Nov 6 (AFP/APP):A Pretoria crowd of 2,000 was treated to 15 tries on Saturday during the first top-level rugby match in South Africa open to spectators since a coronavirus-induced ban last year. Thirteen of the tries were scored by a Currie Cup XV, which […]

Italy mobsters get decades in jail in major mafia trial

Rome, Nov 6 (AFP/APP):Italy struck an early blow Saturday against the country’s powerful ‘Ndrangheta organised crime group, convicting 70 mobsters and others in a first, crucial test of the largest mafia trial in more than three decades. Judge Claudio Paris read out verdicts and sentences […]

FFC Extraordinary General Meeting

Rawalpindi (PNI) Fauji Fertilizer Company (FFC) held Extraordinary General Meeting on November 05th, 2021 while establishing a quorum of 56.81 percent with representation through Video Conferencing and proxies from individual shareholders as well as from all major equity holders which included Fauji Foundation, State Life […]