Stock market loses 99 points

ISLAMABAD- The KSE 100-index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) Wednesday lost 99.81 points, witnessing negative change of 0.21 percent, closing at 46,768.14 points against 46,867.95 points on the last working day. A total of 701,764,681 shares were traded during the day compared to the trade of 514,208,025 […]

Work on Gwadar Fencing Project temporarily halted, CPEC body informed

ISLAMABAD-Parliamentary Committee on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) was Wednesday informed that work on Gwadar Fencing Project had been temporarily halted owing to reservations expressed by various segments of the society. The 32nd (in-camera) meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) was held under the […]

Libya marks tenth anniversary of 2011 revolution

Libyans marked the tenth anniversary of the 2011 revolution on Wednesday which ended 42 years of rulership under Muammar Gaddafi. Celebrations were held on streets and at squares in various cities, including Misrata, Zawiya, Zintan, Sabha, and in the capital Tripoli. There were no official celebrations […]

Saudi Arabia offers to mediate in Ethiopia dam dispute

Saudi Arabia wants to mediate between the parties in a longstanding dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance dam project and hold talks with their leaders, Sudan’s Council of Ministers said Wednesday. Saudi Minister of State for African Affairs Ahmed Bin Abdul Aziz Kattan has disclosed that King Salman […]

NATO eyes post-Trump reset as Afghanistan call looms

Brussels-NATO defence ministers meet Wednesday for their first talks since US President Joe Biden took over from Donald Trump with a vow to soothe tensions between Washington and its closest partners.  Key on the agenda at the two-day virtual conference is the future of NATO’s […]

ECP allows Yousaf Raza Gillani to contest Senate polls

Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday has approved nomination papers of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader and joint candidate of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) for Senate elections, Yousaf Raza Gillani. While announcing the reserved verdict, the returning officer has rejected the objections raised by Pakistan […]

Sindh govt bans use of CNG, LPG in public transport

The Sindh government has banned the use of compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) as fuel in all public service vehicles (PSVs) across the province. The letter from Sindh Transport Department to traffic and motorway police and other concerned agencies states that […]

NAB committed to eradicate corruption

ISLAMABAD   –  A delegation of victims of Lasani Chicken and Chicks and Lasani Oil Traders met Justice (Retd) Javed Iqbal, Chairman National Accountability Bureau at NAB Headquarters on Wednesday. During the meeting, the victims informed Chairman NAB that Anis-ur-Rehman, Chief Executive of Lasani Chicken & Chicks and Lasani Traders […]

Pakistan suffered from market manipulations by hoarders: PM

| Imran Khan addresses Governing Council of International Fund for Agricultural Development | Proposes five-point agenda to end hunger from the world | We will perish or survive together ISLAMABAD   –  Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday described agriculture as “central to human survival”, and proposed a five-point agenda […]

Fawad asks judges not to hear IT related cases

Rawalpindi   –  Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry on Wednesday said that the business of Information Technology industry in Pakistan had been damaged seriously by decisions of courts in 2014. He said while addressing an international media workshop at Fatima Jinnah Women University. He added the erroneous […]

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