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Risk ‘high’ for S.Africa’s economic recovery: finance minister

Posted on February 24, 2022

Cape Town, Feb 23 (AFP/APP): South Africa’s economic recovery — encumbered by the pandemic, riots, graft and high unemployment — will be difficult, the finance minister of the continent’s most industrialised economy warned on Wednesday. Economic growth is projected to be 2.1 percent this year, […]

Finance Ministry notifies grant of 15% Disparity Reduction Allowance from March 1

Posted on February 24, 2022

ISLAMABAD, Feb 23 (APP):The Ministry of Finance and Revenue on Wednesday notified that the Federal Government had approved grant of ‘Disparity Reduction Allowance’ of 15 percent of the basic pay of basic pay scales 2017 with effect from March 1. “This allowance shall be admissible […]

Security forces slay 10 terrorists including commander in Hoshab operation

Posted on February 24, 2022

RAWALPINDI, Feb 23 (APP): The Security Forces on Wednesday killed 10 terrorists including their commander during an operation conducted to apprehend externally sponsored enemies of peace in Balochistan. The Security Forces based on the information of presence of terrorists’ camp and hideout in general area […]

Eating vegetables ‘unlikely’ to protect against heart disease, study says

Posted on February 24, 2022

ISLAMABAD, Feb 23 (APP): Eating vegetables may not be a sure way to prevent heart disease, a new study has found. The findings, from researchers at the University of Oxford, challenge previous research which suggests a higher vegetable intake could be linked to a lower […]

PM arrives in Russia on two-day official visit; receives red carpet welcome

Posted on February 24, 2022

MOSCOW (Russia), Feb 23 (APP):Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday was accorded a red carpet welcome upon his arrival to Russia on a two-day official visit. Upon arrival at the airport, the prime minister and his delegation was warmly received by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister […]

US jury deciding fate of ex-cops involved in George Floyd murder

Posted on February 24, 2022

Saint Paul, Feb 23 (AFP/APP): A Minnesota jury on Wednesday began deliberating the fate of three former police officers charged with violating the civil rights of George Floyd, the African American man whose murder sparked nationwide protests. Tou Thao, 36, J. Alexander Kueng, 28, and […]

Blind murder traced out; wife, paramour arrested

Posted on February 24, 2022

FAISALABAD, Feb 23 (APP):Dijkot police claimed to have traced out a blind murder of a man and arrested his wife along with her paramour. Police spokesman said on Wednesday that Ayub resident of Chak 252/R-B Kangan Kalan returned from Saudi Arabia some time ago and […]

Two terrorists gunned down by forces in Kulachi IBO

Posted on February 24, 2022

RAWALPINDI, Feb 23 (APP): The Security Forces on Wednesday killed two terrorists during Intelligence based Operation (IBO) conducted on reported presence of terrorists in Tehsil Kulachi, Dera Ismail Khan. The two terrorists killed during intense exchange of fire, were identified as Fazal Rehman alias Khairy, […]

Benfica v Ajax Champions League starting line-ups

Posted on February 24, 2022

Lisbon, Feb 23 (AFP/APP): Starting line-ups in the Champions League last 16, first leg between Benfica and Ajax at the Estadio da Luz on Wednesday (kick-off 2000 GMT): Benfica (4-4-2) Odisseas Vlachodimos; Gilberto, Nicolas Otamendi (capt), Jan Vertonghen, Alex Grimaldo; Rafa Silva, Julian Weigl, Adel […]

Wildfires will get worse unless countries rethink prevention strategy: UN-backed report

Posted on February 24, 2022

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 23 (APP): The global incidence of extreme wildfires is projected to surge by 50 percent by the end of the century — leaving almost no landscape invulnerable to this climate-driven danger, a UN-backed report has found. Both shifts in land use and […]

News Desk

Risk ‘high’ for S.Africa’s economic recovery: finance minister

Finance Ministry notifies grant of 15% Disparity Reduction Allowance from March 1

Security forces slay 10 terrorists including commander in Hoshab operation

Eating vegetables ‘unlikely’ to protect against heart disease, study says

PM arrives in Russia on two-day official visit; receives red carpet welcome

US jury deciding fate of ex-cops involved in George Floyd murder

Blind murder traced out; wife, paramour arrested

Two terrorists gunned down by forces in Kulachi IBO

Benfica v Ajax Champions League starting line-ups

Wildfires will get worse unless countries rethink prevention strategy: UN-backed report

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