China’s industrial output up 7.5 pct in first two months

BEIJING, March 15 (Xinhua/APP): China’s industrial production expanded in the first two months of the year, with the high-tech manufacturing sector posting stellar performance, official data showed Tuesday. China’s value-added industrial output, an important economic indicator, went up 7.5 percent year on year in the […]

High value crops – a game changer for country’s economy

By Muhammad Atif Ismail MULTAN, Mar 15 (APP): With the world population nearing 7.9 billion, human beings are under severe threat of better environment and food security. Depleting water resource, land degradation, low per acre yield and rising edible items demand are posing enormous challenges […]

Campaign launched to enforce tobacco vendors act in Islamabad

ISLAMABAD, Mar 15 (APP): The civil administration Tuesday launched a campaign to enforce tobacco vendors act 1958 in the federal capital. Under the act, tobacco retailers are bound to get licenses and follow a number of conditions, including not selling tobacco products to teenagers or […]

IRSA releases 67003 cusecs water

ISLAMABAD, Mar 15 (APP): Indus River System Authority (IRSA) Tuesday released 67003 cusecs water from various rim stations with an inflow of 65477 cases. According to the data released by IRSA, the water level in the Jhelum River at Mangla Dam was 1069.50 feet, which […]

Turkmenistan strongman’s son wins presidential vote: official results

Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, March 15 (AFP/APP): The son of Turkmenistan’s autocrat leader Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov won a decisive victory in presidential elections, officials said Tuesday, paving the way to hereditary succession in one of the world’s most tightly-controlled countries. Serdar Berdymukhamedov, 40, won the ballot held on […]

Thunderstorm, rain likely in hilly areas of KP: Met

PESHAWAR, Mar 15 (APP): Regional Meteorological Center Peshawar has forecast thunderstorm-rain in upper parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during the next 24 hours. According to the morning report of the meteorological center issued here on Tuesday, thunderstorm-rain associated with gusty wind is expected at Chitral, Swat, […]

Polish, Czech, Slovenian PMs to Kyiv on Tuesday: statement

Warsaw, March 15 (AFP/APP): The Polish, Czech and Slovenian prime ministers will travel to Kyiv on Tuesday to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the Polish government said in a statement. The visit comes amid deadly Russian strikes on the Ukrainian capital, which has nearly […]

UK unemployment falls to pre-pandemic level

London, March 15 (AFP/APP): Britain’s unemployment rate has fallen below four percent to reach its pre-pandemic level, official data showed Tuesday. The UK unemployment rate dropped to 3.9 percent in the three months to the end of January from 4.1 percent in the final quarter […]

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