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Pharma companies urged to supply medicine at low cost

Posted on September 14, 2022

KARACHI, Sep 13 (APP):Sindh Minister for Labour and Human Resource Saeed Ghani on Tuesday said the pharmaceutical sector could play a crucial role in post flood situation by supplying low-cost medicine. For this purpose, he assured to extend maximum facilities to the local pharmaceutical producers. […]

Twitter ex-security chief in Congress as shareholders back Musk buyout

Posted on September 14, 2022

Washington, Sept 13 (AFP/APP): Twitter whistleblower Peiter Zatko told the US Congress Tuesday that the platform ignored his security concerns, with his testimony coming as company shareholders greenlit Elon Musk’s $44 billion takeover deal. The shareholder decision clears the way for the contract to close, […]

Dr Rehmat Ali appointed Vice Chancellor of Kotli University

Posted on September 14, 2022

ISLAMABAD( AJK )Sep 13 (APP) ::Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry on Tuesday approved appointment of Professor Dr Rahmat Ali as the Vice Chancellor of University of Kotli under special powers granted to him under Act 2014 Section 11(1) and 11(4). AJK […]

Scholz demands ‘complete’ Russian withdrawal on call with Putin

Posted on September 14, 2022

Berlin, Sept 13 (AFP/APP): German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to pull out his troops from Ukraine, as a counter-offensive by Kyiv’s forces made swift progress. Scholz in a 90-minute telephone call “urged” Putin to “come to a diplomatic […]

Floods in Pakistan, other climate change impacts, ‘heading into uncharted territory’: UN chief

Posted on September 14, 2022

UNITED NATIONS, Sep 13 (APP):Floods, like those in Pakistan, heatwaves, droughts, extreme storms and wildfires are going “from bad to worse” amid worsening impacts of climate change, according to a multi-agency report coordinated by the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) that was released Tuesday. “Climate […]

PML-N warns Imran to avoid issuing controversial statements over army chief’s appointment

Posted on September 14, 2022

ISLAMABAD, Sep 13 (APP):Senior leader of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) Dr Tariq Fazal Chaudhry on Tuesday warned the Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan from issuing controversial statements over the appointment of new army chief. The army chief would be appointed on merit, […]

Under leaden skies, Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin returns to London

Posted on September 14, 2022

London, Sept 13 (AFP/APP):Grey skies and rain greeted Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin as it was brought back to London on a military transport plane on Tuesday, before Britain says a final farewell to its longest-serving monarch. The giant C-17 Globemaster plane, using the callsign “Kittyhawk” […]

Russia has sent $300 mn to foreign parties, candidates since 2014: US

Posted on September 14, 2022

Washington, Sept 13 (AFP/APP): Russia has covertly sent at least $300 million to foreign political parties and candidates in more than two dozen countries since 2014 to gain influence, a declassified US intelligence assessment said Tuesday. US intelligence “assesses that these are minimum figures and […]

Portugal court acquits all in homicide trial, 5 years after worst wildfire

Posted on September 14, 2022

Leiria, Portugal, Sept 13 (AFP/APP): Five years after Portugal’s deadliest wildfire, which claimed 63 lives, a court on Tuesday acquitted 11 people accused of negligent homicide over the tragedy. The fires broke out in the central Leiria region during a heatwave in June 2017 and […]

Two dead, 14 injured in Jordan building collapse

Posted on September 14, 2022

Amman, Sept 13 (AFP/APP): The bodies of two people were recovered after a four-storey residential building collapsed in Jordan’s capital Tuesday, authorities said, adding that 14 more were rescued but others remained trapped. Security spokesman Amer al-Sartawy told state television that the latest toll from […]

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Pharma companies urged to supply medicine at low cost

Twitter ex-security chief in Congress as shareholders back Musk buyout

Dr Rehmat Ali appointed Vice Chancellor of Kotli University

Scholz demands ‘complete’ Russian withdrawal on call with Putin

Floods in Pakistan, other climate change impacts, ‘heading into uncharted territory’: UN chief

PML-N warns Imran to avoid issuing controversial statements over army chief’s appointment

Under leaden skies, Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin returns to London

Russia has sent $300 mn to foreign parties, candidates since 2014: US

Portugal court acquits all in homicide trial, 5 years after worst wildfire

Two dead, 14 injured in Jordan building collapse

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