Cantonment Boards Election: Polling ongoing smoothly

LAHORE, Sep 12 (APP): The polling of Lahore Cantonment Board (LCB) elections was ongoing smoothly in the provincial capital on Sunday. The polling started at 8.00 am which would continue till 5.00 pm without any interval. A total of 269 candidates from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), […]

NEPRA approves Rs1.38 per unit rise in price of electricity

Islamabad September 10 (Online): The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) on Friday approved an increase in electricity prices. According to the notification issued by NEPRA, an increase of Rs1.38 per unit of electricity, on account of fuel charges adjustment (FCA), has been approved. The […]

Man kills two sisters for ‘honour’ in Mianwali

Mianwali September 10 (Online): A man shot and killed his two sisters in a suspected honour killing case in Mianwali on Friday. The suspect managed to flee the scene, according to media reports. According to the police, the alleged murder took place in the Tariqabad […]

US stocks open mixed after latest inflation spike

New York, Sept 10 (AFP/APP):Wall Street stocks were mixed early Friday as the market digested more data showing elevated inflation and sought to shake off a series of lackluster sessions. Major indices are down for the week so far as investors grapple with worries over […]

France pleads EU to see nuclear as Green

Brdo Castle, Slovenia, Sept 10 (AFP/APP):French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire on Friday firmly defended nuclear power as a suitable energy to meet Europe’s net-zero emissions climate goal despite strong feeling in Germany that it is too dangerous. France derives the vast share of its […]

French ‘king of hash’ sentenced to 16 years in prison

Bordeaux, Sept 10 (AFP/APP):A man suspected of being one of France’s biggest drug barons has been sentenced to 16 years in prison after a trial that heard of his import techniques involving high-speed vehicles laden with marijuana. Moufide Bouchibi, a 41-year-old Franco-Algerian known as “Mouf”, […]

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