PPP says victory in by-polls a referendum against govt

ISLAMABAD    –  Pakistan People’s Party yesterday said victory of the PPP candidates in Sindh bye-elections was a referendum against federal government. Former president Asif Ali Zardari felicitated Jiyalas (diehard workers) on victory in two bye-elections in Sindh and said that PPP will write history […]

IHC suspends FDE’s order

ISLAMABAD   –  The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Wednesday suspended Federal Directorate of Education’s order of repatriation of deputationist teachers from Islamabad to other provinces. A single bench of IHC comprising Chief Justice (CJ) of IHC Justice Athar Minallah halted the repatriation of the teachers and directed the […]

Secrecy for Senate, NA elections not perpetual, notes SC

| CJP asks what will happen if a party gets votes disproportionate to MPs | ECP will be responsible if party position in assemblies not reflected in Senate: Justice Ijaz ISLAMABAD   –  The Supreme Court of Pakistan Wednesday noted that secrecy for the elections of the Senate […]

PML-N’s Mushahid Ullah Khan passes away

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) senior leader Senator Mushahid Ullah Khan passed away in Islamabad on Wednesday. He was 68. According to former Governor Sindh Muhammad Zubair, Mushahid Ullah Khan had been ill for a long time and was under treatment at a hospital in Islamabad […]

MIT teams ready for Mars rover landing

ISLAMABAD-Following touchdown, MOXIE will brew up oxygen while geologists comb for sediments to sample. Recently, NASA’s newest Mars rover, Perseverance, is scheduled to touch down on the surface of the red planet following a nail-biting entry and descent sequence vividly known as the “seven minutes […]

Gwyneth Paltrow reveals she had COVID-19 ‘early on’

ISLAMABAD-Gwyneth Paltrow said that she battled COVID-19 last year, and it left her with ‘long-term fatigue, body inflammation and brain fog.’’I had COVID-19 early on, and it left me with some long-tail fatigue and brain fog,’ the 48yearold actress said. ‘In January, I had some tests done […]

Supercomputer turns back cosmic clock into mysteries

ISLAMABAD-Astronomers have tested a method for reconstructing the state of the early Universe by applying it to 4000 simulated universes using the ATERUI II supercomputer at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ). They found that together with new observations the method can set better […]

Gold price up by Rs150 per tola

ISLAMABAD    –  The price of 24 karat per tola gold increased by Rs150 on Tuesday and was sold at Rs111,200 against sale at Rs111,050, Karachi Sarafa Association reported. The price of ten gram 24 karat gold also increased by Rs129 and was traded at Rs95,336 against Rs95,207 […]

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