Pakistani rupee became the third best-performing currency in Asia. After the currency hit an almost eight-month high at Rs158.91 against the US dollar in the interbank market on Monday, experts said. The development may help to tackle high inflation. Pakistan has turned a net importer of wheat, sugar, and cotton this year to improve supplies. […]
KARACHI: Famed Pakistani scientist and Prime Minister Imran Khan’s aide on Science and Technology Dr. Atta-ur-Rehman on Tuesday said that the coronavirus vaccine developed by a Chinese pharmaceutical firm is “better suited for Pakistan and other developed countries”. Talking to reporters in Pakistan regarding Phyizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, Dr. Atta said that “it is too early […]
Military officials will brief lawmakers of both upper and lower houses of parliament on matters related to national security in Islamabad on Wednesday. The official statement issued by the National Assembly on Monday said NA Speaker. Asad Qaisar has convened a meeting of parliamentary leaders. For a briefing on the prevailing national security situation in […]
The Board of Governors of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) held their 59th meeting at the National High-Performance Centre in Lahore on Monday. The BoG approved the audited financial statements 2019-20, which included an after-tax-profit of Rs.3.8 billion. The PCB reserves now stand at Rs.17.08 billion as compared to PKR13.28billion in the 2018-19 financial year. […]
Police on Monday said that four of the seven men accused of involvement in the reported honor-killing of a 17-year-old girl in Mirpurkahs’ Goth Rawat Banglani have been arrested. According to an initial investigation, the 17-year-old girl from Mirpurkhas murdered for ‘honor’. Police said the teenager buried shortly. After she killed in what may have […]
Prime Minister Imran Khan, while paying tribute to the national poet on his 143rd birth anniversary. He has emphasized the need of seeking guidance from Allama Iqbal’s thoughts. To find solutions to the issues faced by the nation. The premier, in a statement, said that now it was their individual and collective responsibility. To play […]
Special Assistant to the Chief Minister of Punjab for Information Dr. Firdous Ashiq Awan said Monday that the province had decided to impose smart lockdowns in areas where cases of the virus are surging. The special assistant, addressing media in Lahore, said that the implementation of coronavirus Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) will ensure in marriage […]
;ISLAMABAD: Senior Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader and former information minister Qamar Zaman Kaira has tested positive for the novel coronavirus; while he was on the campaign trail for the upcoming polls in Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B). According to family sources, the PPP leader has reached Islamabad from G-B and has quarantined himself for 15 days. Kaira […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan granted bail to Jang/Geo Editor-in-Chief Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman on Monday. He was held in detention for more than 200 days by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in a case related to the purchase of a property more than 30 years ago. The senior-most executive journalist of Pakistan’s largest media group […]
Azerbaijan says it seized Nagorno-Karabakh’s 2nd-largest city. But Armenian officials were quick to deny the claim that Shusha had been seized. Azeri President Ilham Aliyev said that his country’s forces had taken Shusha, the second-largest city in the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave. Armenian officials immediately denied the claim. If accurate, this would be a major strategic victory […]
