The US Electoral College decisively confirmed Joe Biden win on Monday as the nation’s next president and Trump defeat, ratifying his November victory in an authoritative state-by-state repudiation of President Donald Trump’s refusal to concede he had lost. The presidential electors gave Biden a solid majority of 306 electoral votes to Trump’s 232, the same […]
NEW DELHI: Leaders of protesting Indian farmers began a one-day hunger strike on Monday against agricultural reforms they say threaten their livelihoods, stepping up pressure on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to withdraw the legislation. Farmers have been demonstrating for nearly three weeks against the deregulation of the agriculture sector that will allow them to […]
Hackers broke into the networks of the Treasury and Commerce Departments as part of a months-long global cyber espionage campaign revealed Sunday, just days after the prominent cyber security firm FireEye said it had been breached in an attack that industry experts said bore the hallmarks of Russian tradecraft. In response to what may be […]
LAHORE: An adamant opposition kicked off its final showdown at Lahore’s Minar-i-Pakistan today (Sunday) as the ‘first phase’ of its anti-government campaign, under the 11-party alliance named the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), came to a close. The alliance is expected to announce the second phase of its campaign at today’s rally. The public meeting came […]
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday said sugar was being sold at a national average of Rs81 per kilogram compared to Rs102 per kg last month. Taking to Twitter, the premier congratulated his team for bringing down the price of the commodity through a multi-pronged strategy. MashaAllah Sugar is selling at a national average of […]
The United States green-lighted the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine late on Friday, paving the way for millions of vulnerable people to receive their shots in the world’s hardest-hit country. President Donald Trump immediately released a video on Twitter; where he hailed the news as a “medical miracle” and said the first immunizations would take place “in […]
ISLAMABAD: British airline Virgin Atlantic commenced its operations in Pakistan on Friday, becoming the latest international airline to start serving passengers in the country. The first flight arrived in Islamabad earlier today and was received on the tarmac by Prime Minister’s Special Assistant for Overseas Pakistanis Zulfikar Bukhari and British High Commissioner Christian Turner. Speaking […]
The premier is on a day-long visit to Sialkot where he will be performing groundbreaking of various development projects worth Rs17 billion under the Punjab Intermediate Cities Improvement Investment Program. Addressing an event organized by the Sialkot business community following the inauguration of Air Sial – the third private airline of Pakistan – the premier […]
South Africa cricket team will tour Pakistan early next year after a period of 14 years to play two ICC World Test Championship fixtures and three Twenty20 Internationals, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced on Wednesday. The Proteas will first come to Karachi on January 16; where they will start the tour off with the […]
American media giant Forbes has included two Pakistani companies in its “Asia’s Best Under A Billion 2020” list, which highlights some 200 publicly-listed, small-and medium-scale companies in the Asia-Pacific region with sales under $1 billion. Eventually, the two Pakistani firms comprise an information technology company and a textile manufacturer. Furthermore, according to a statement issued […]
