USAID HESSA Project inaugurated at NUST

ISLAMABAD, Feb 18 (APP): USAID’s Higher Education System Strengthening Activity (HESSA) project has been inaugurated at the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST). HESSA is a project of the governments of the United States and Pakistan, launched from the platform of USAID. The project […]

Four injured as gas leakage causes fire

PESHAWAR, Feb 18 (APP):At least four people including women and children were injured when fire erupted in a house due to gas leakage in Hasham Garhi, Qadirabad here on Friday morning. Rescue 1122 said, leakage caused gas accumulation in a house in Qadirabad which resulted […]

Renault returns to profit but chip shortage hits output

Paris, Feb 18 (AFP/APP):Renault returned to profit last year but the global shortage of semiconductors will crimp production again in 2022, the French automaker said Friday. The company posted a better-than-expected net profit of 967 million euros ($1.1 billion) after a record eight-billion-euro loss in […]

Putin to oversee Russian ‘strategic’ missile drills

Moscow, Feb 18 (AFP/APP): President Vladimir Putin will on Saturday oversee military drills involving Russian “strategic forces” which will include ballistic and cruise missile launches, the defence ministry said. News of the drills come as Russia announces the pullback of troops from around Ukraine, a […]

Australia series: PCB to make slow tracks

ISLAMABAD – February 18 (ONLINE): Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has decided to manufacture slow pitches for the coming home series against Australia, it emerged Friday. According to media reports, players have started practicing for the all-eyed Australia series at the National Stadium Karachi. Media reports […]

Ukraine says ‘no intention’ to attack separatists

Kyiv, Feb 18 (AFP/APP):Ukraine’s defence minister said Friday his armed forces do not intend to attack eastern separatists or launch an operation to reclaim the Russian-annexed peninsula of Crimea by force. Oleksiy Reznikov told parliament that Russia has surrounded Ukraine with 149,000 troops and that […]

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