UN appoints Volker Turk as new human rights chief

NEW YORK 09 Sep (Online): Austrian politician Turk will be replacing Chilean politician Michelle Bachelet, whose term ended on August 31. The United Nations General Assembly has approved a veteran Austrian diplomat to be the global body’s human rights chief and its advocate for adherence […]

Man dies to Jumps into well to escape police beat

TANDO MUHAMMAD KHAN 09 Sep (Online): Man has died as he jumped into well containing poison water to escape from cop’s beat in Tando Muhammad Khan, Sindh. According to media reports, family of deceased person claimed that he had taken extreme step after facing cop’s […]

Inflation eases from 45.5pc to 42.7 this week

ISLAMABAD 09 Sep (Online): Inflation measured by the Sensitive Price Index (SPI) clocked in at 42.7 per cent year-on-year (YoY) for the week that ended on September 8, data shared by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) showed on Friday. Inflation in the preceding week […]

Admin USAID calls on COAS

Rawalpindi, September 9 (Online): Samantha Power, Administrator USAID, USA called on General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) at GHQ today. During the meeting, matters of mutual interest & collaboration/ partnership in Humanitarian measures were discussed. The Administrator expressed grief over the devastation […]

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