Agujita, Mexico, Aug 19 (AFP/APP): Water is the worst enemy of Mexican miner David Huerta, who once survived an accident similar to the one that has trapped 10 workers in a flooded tunnel for more than two weeks. On the day of his own brush […]
KARACHI, Aug 19 (APP): Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Friday said it was the government’s priority to first protect the people badly affected due to the unprecedented prolonged five spells of monsoon rains in 13 districts of Sindh and then rehabilitate them under a […]
London, Aug 19 (AFP/APP): South Africa captain Dean Elgar saluted his “special bunch” of players after they overpowered England by an innings and 12 runs in the first Test at Lord’s on Friday. South Africa were utterly dominant, triumphing inside three days against an England […]
Algiers, Aug 19 (AFP/APP): Wildfires which killed at least 38 people across northern Algeria have been largely contained, firefighters said Friday, but new blazes forced further evacuations and the closure of some roads near the Tunisian border. Fierce fires have become an annual fixture in […]
Odessa, Ukraine, Aug 19 (AFP/APP): Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed for a team of independent inspectors to travel to the Moscow-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant via Ukraine, the French presidency said on Friday. The apparent resolution of a dispute over whether inspectors travel to the […]
Karachi (PNI) The Board of Directors of National Bank of Pakistan “NBP” “the Bank” met yesterday to approve the condensed interim financial statements for the six months period ended June 30, 2022. With volumetric growth in average earning assets coupled with positive rate variance, NBP […]
In the late 1990s, an NGO partner of UNDP convened an all-parties conference on environment in Islamabad. There were many interesting speakers, but Dr. Ghulam Hussain, former Secretary General of the Pakistan People’s Party made 3 thought provoking comments on the failure of our system […]
New York (PNI) Kashmir Global Council President Farooq Siddiqi has said that Indian claim of Kashmir as an integral part has no takers other than those in the south block of New Delhi. The statement advised the ruling Indian political leaders of India not to […]
