Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry delegation visits NUST

SIALKOT, Jun 25 (APP): A delegation of Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) led by Senior Vice President Sheikh Zohaib Rafique Sethi visited the National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST) for an insight tour to research and innovation ecosystem provided in the university. […]

Malaysia reports 2,512 new COVID-19 infections, 3 more deaths

KUALA LUMPUR, June 25 (Xinhua/APP): Malaysia reported 2,512 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Friday, bringing the national total to 4,552,359, according to the health ministry. There are 194 new imported cases, with 2,318 cases being local transmissions, data released on the ministry’s website showed. […]

British Council organizes film screen event “Pakistan Stories”

ISLAMABAD, Jun 25 (APP): The British Council in collaboration with Patakha Pictures and the Scottish Documentary Institute organized a film screening event “Pakistan Stories” here the other day. “Pakistan Stories” sought to support a new generation of female Pakistani documentary filmmakers to enable them to […]

E&T Motor branch collects revenue of Rs 252.119 mln

SARGODHA, Jun 25 (APP): Excise & Taxation (E&T) Motor branch authority collected revenue of Rs 252.119 million against the set target of Rs 225.064 million, thus surpassing the token tax collection target by Rs 27.055 million during the current financial year. Taking to APP here […]

Sri Lanka names 18-man squad for Australia Test series

Colombo, June 25 (AFP/APP): Dimuth Karunaratne will lead Sri Lanka’s 18-man squad for the two-match Test series against Australia, which starts next week in Galle, the island nation’s cricket board said Saturday. The first Test starts on June 29 and the second will be from […]

Daily new fever cases drop below 10,000 in DPRK

PYONGYANG, June 25 (Xinhua/APP): About 9,600 fever cases were reported in the past 24 hours through 0900 GMT on Friday in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), with zero deaths, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Saturday. This is the first time […]

Central Control Room to monitor Sindh LG polls

ISLAMABAD, Jun 25 (APP): Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has established a Central Control Room in Islamabad for monitoring and registering complaints related to local government polls being held in 14 districts of Sindh on Sunday. According to ECP spokesman, polling related complaints could be […]

Oceans saved us, now we can return the favour

Paris, June 25 (AFP/APP): Humanity must heal oceans made sick by climate change, pollution and overfishing in order to rescue marine life and save ourselves, experts warned ahead of a major UN conference opening Monday in Lisbon. By absorbing — decade after decade — a […]

Marriyum Aurangzeb chairs consultative meeting on tackling fake news

ISLAMABAD, Jun 25 (APP): An important consultative meeting between Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb and representatives of journalistic organizations begun here Saturday. Redressal of two components of fake news, ‘misinformation’ and ‘disinformation’ was being discussed in the meeting. The meeting was taking place […]

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