Inflation decelerates for third consecutive month in December

ISLAMABAD-The National Price Monitoring Committee (NPMC) on Monday has expressed satisfaction over the decline in the inflation rate, which has dropped to 8 per cent in December.  Federal Minister for Finance & Revenue, Dr Abdul Hafeez Sheikh, chaired the meeting of the NPMC. Inflation has […]

Trump insists US presidential election was rigged

US President Donald Trump repeated his claim that the Nov. 3 presidential election was rigged as he spoke during a rally in Georgia a day before the southern state’s Senate runoff. “There’s no way we lost Georgia. There’s no way. That was a rigged election,” Trump told […]

Britain rolls out AstraZeneca shots as virus vaccinations gather pace

London-Britain on Monday began rolling out the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, a possible game-changer in fighting the disease worldwide, while China raced to inoculate millions with a homegrown prophylactic.  Britain started the new drive with 530,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine, as it struggled to control a […]

Silence on Indian terrorism in Kashmir to be eschewed: Shibli

Information Minister Shibli Faraz has urged the international community to eschew its silence on the Indian terrorism against humanity in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJ&K). Moreover, in a tweet on Tuesday, he said the 5th January reminds us that the UN resolution accepting […]

Mazari urges world to take notice of HR abuses in IIOJK

ISLAMABAD – Federal Minister for Human Rights Dr Shireen Mazari on Monday asked the International community and Human Rights organisations to take notice of the Human Rights violation in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). The Minister called upon the United Nations, International Human Rights Agencies […]

Rain turns weather cold in parts of Punjab

Rain in the provincial capital Lahore and its adjacent areas and other cities of Punjab on Monday turned the weather cold. The rain also brought the level of fog in Lahore considerably down. Rain cased disruption of electricity in Lahore as 120 feeders of the […]