PAF sailing team wins National Junior U-25 Sailing Championship

LAHORE-Pakistan Air Force (PAF) sailing team maintained their supremacy in the National Junior U-25 Sailing Championship 2021 by winning all the three gold medals at open sea near Clifton beach Karachi. According to PAF spokesman here on Monday, PAF team won eight out of total nine medals […]

FBR hold tax awareness session in Rawalpindi college

ISLAMABAD – In continuation of holding Tax Awareness Educational Sessions in different educational institutes under Directorate of Federal Government Educational Institutions Cantt Garrison, Ministry of Defense, Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) held a session in F.G Post Graduate College for Women, Kashmir Road, Rawalpindi. Different activities […]

Local LPG price up by Rs21.78 per 11.8-kg cylinder

ISLAMABAD – Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) on Monday issued a price-revision notification of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) for the month of March. According to the notification, the authority increased the locally produced LPG price by Rs 21.78 per cylinder of 11.8 kilograms. After the revised price, […]

Exports cross $2 billion mark for fifth consecutive month

ISLAMABAD – For the fifth consecutive month, Pakistan’s exports have crossed $2 billion mark in February that would help in maintaining foreign exchange reserves. “Ministry of Commerce would like to share that, Alhamdolillah, for 5th consecutive month, our exports have crossed the USD 2 billion mark,” said Adviser to […]

US, Mexico ‘stronger when we stand together’: Biden

US President Joe Biden vowed Monday to bolster relations with Mexico, making not-so-oblique criticisms of his predecessor’s diplomatic and immigration legacies.  In brief remarks ahead of his virtual bilateral meeting with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Biden acknowledged the “long and complicated history” between the North […]

US line on Khashoggi report disappoints UN experts

UN special investigator Agnes Callamard said Monday it is “dangerous” and “problematic” for a US intelligence report about the murder of Jamal Khashoggi to formally blame the Saudi crown prince for the killing but to suggest no punishment. Speaking at a hybrid UN press conference in Geneva, Callamard […]

Talks underway in Nigeria to free abducted schoolgirls

Gusau, Nigeria-Authorities in the northwestern Nigerian state of Zamfara are holding negotiations for the release of 317 schoolgirls kidnapped by criminal gangs last week, sources familiar with the talks said Monday. Gunmen from cattle rustling and kidnapping-for-ransom gangs on Friday invaded the Government Girls Secondary School in […]

Shahid Khaqan expresses hope for Gillani’s victory in Senate polls

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) senior leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Tuesday has expressed hope for the victory of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) member and joint candidate of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) Yousaf Raza Gillani in the Senate elections. Talking to media in Islamabad, the PML-N leader said […]

SC orders to demolish lawyers’ chambers in Islamabad

Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP) on Tuesday rejected plea of Islamabad Bar and ordered demolition of illegally constructed chambers of lawyers in Islamabad in Sector F-8. A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed upheld verdict of Islamabad High Court (IHC) regarding demolition of the chambers and […]

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