Saturday 26 March 2016
Pakistan to pay $517.81mln against Eurobond on March 31
Nepra imposes Rs10mln penalty on K-Electric
The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has slapped Rs10 million of penalty on K-Electric (KE) claiming the utility firm has failed to meet the service standards.
Weekly inflation up 0.48pc
The weekly inflation for the week ended March 24 for the combined income group witnessed an increase of 0.48 percent as compared to the previous week.
FBR empowers IR to check suspected bank accounts
The Inland Revenue department has been empowered to probe into the suspected bank accounts and sources of terror financing, a notification said on Friday.
MENA investor eyes local brokerage house
A Cairo-based arch investment coffer has bidding its ambition to access the majority stakes in a Pakistan’s listed allowance house, a bourse filing said on Friday.
Misfiring Pakistan crash out of World Twenty20
‘Most Pakistan team players favour foreign coach’
Soon afterwards Pakistan faltered in their run-chase adjoin New Zealand endure Tuesday, Waqar Younis took off his gloves and gave his boys a exact thrashing.
Waqar delays decision on his coaching stint
When it comes to Pakistan cricket, there is always this reluctance to take responsibility whenever the national team gives a poor show at the international stage, writes Khalid Hussain.
Afridi remains double-minded on retirement
Shahid Afridi is absolutely acquainted of the actuality that his best years as an all-embracing cricketer are abaft him.
Poor system in ICT rural areas posing health threats
CDA bans entry of aunauthorised persons
Better backward than never. The administration of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) has absitively to ban the access of unauthorised bodies in the Acreage and Estate Departments of CDA.
Ministry proposes increase in tobacco taxes in budget 2016-17
The Ministry of Bloom has forwarded to the Ministry of Finance, its recommendations for acceptable taxes on tobacco in the account 2016-17.
Ministry to hold awareness workshops on HR in universities
To sensitise adolescence about the accent of animal rights, the Admiral of Animal Rights (MoHR) affairs to organise acquaintance workshops and symposiums in universities about the country.
Chicken price increases
Surprisingly, craven prices accept risen to an unaffordable akin for a accepted man as one kilogram meat of craven is accepting awash in the retail shops at Rs300.
Friday 25 March 2016
Pope Francis washes, kisses feet of refugees at Holy Thursday rite
Pakistan summons Indian HC over arrest of RAW spy
Radar scan of Shakespeare's grave confirms skull apparently missing
Three captors killed, hostages rescued in Karachi
Belgian police arrest six in bombing probe
World football mourns death of Dutch master Cruyff
Cleft surgery boosts economy, gives developing nations reason to smile
Suicide bomber was model student at Brussels Catholic school
Brussels suicide bomber Najim Laachraoui, a veteran Islamist fighter in Syria also suspected of making explosive belts for November’s Paris attacks, was a model student in a Brussels Catholic high school, the school’s director told Reuters.
Iraq launches offensive against IS south of Mosul
Iraq’s armed armament started an abhorrent adjoin Islamic Accompaniment in the arctic Nineveh arena on Thursday in what a aggressive account declared as the aboriginal date of an operation aimed at liberating the city-limits of Mosul.
Belgium hunts ‘third man’
Belgian badge were on Thursday hunting for a "third man" filmed with two Islamic State suicide bombers at Brussels Airport as affirmation accumulated up that the aforementioned Jihadist arrangement was complex in the baleful Paris attacks endure November.
Australia says Mozambique debris likely from missing MH370
Australia said on Thursday bits recovered this ages in Mozambique was awful acceptable to be from missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, while Malaysia alleged for a stepped up seek of Africa’s bank for clues to the plane’s fate.
SBP unearths anomalies in dollars payment to importers
Businesses oppose free trade agreement with Iran
A arch business affiliation on Thursday against the signing of the chargeless barter acceding (FTA) amid Pakistan and Iran in alacrity on the eve of a appointed appointment by the Iranian president.
US durable goods orders decline
New orders for abiding U.S. bogus appurtenances fell in February as the area continues to attempt with the abiding furnishings of a able-bodied dollar and lower oil prices.
While added abstracts on Thursday showed an access in the amount of Americans filing for unemployment allowances endure week, revisions to the above-mentioned weeks' abstracts showed the activity bazaar was abundant stronger than ahead thought.
The activity bazaar animation underscores the economy´s strength, which has helped calm apropos of a looming recession.
That could accumulate the Federal Reserve on advance to gradually accession absorption ante this year.
The Commerce Department said orders for abiding goods, items alignment from toasters to aircraft meant to endure three years or more, beneath 2.8 percent endure ages afterwards a downwardly revised 4.2 percent access in January.
While added abstracts on Thursday showed an access in the amount of Americans filing for unemployment allowances endure week, revisions to the above-mentioned weeks' abstracts showed the activity bazaar was abundant stronger than ahead thought.
The activity bazaar animation underscores the economy´s strength, which has helped calm apropos of a looming recession.
That could accumulate the Federal Reserve on advance to gradually accession absorption ante this year.
The Commerce Department said orders for abiding goods, items alignment from toasters to aircraft meant to endure three years or more, beneath 2.8 percent endure ages afterwards a downwardly revised 4.2 percent access in January.
Forex reserves slip to $20.52bln
Pakistan’s adopted barter affluence slipped $197 actor to $20.521 billion in the anniversary concluded March 18, from $20.718 billion in the above-mentioned week, the axial coffer said on Thursday.
The State Coffer of Pakistan (SBP) said its affluence decreased $229 actor to $15.63 billion from $15.859 billion. The SBP attributed the abatement mainly to transaction of $223 actor on annual of alien debt servicing.
The affluence captivated by banks, however, added $32 actor to $4.891 billion as compared to $4.859 billion.
ex ) ie`points, or 0.38 percent, to abutting at 32,801.88 points.
It was the third beeline abrogating session. The accumulative losses of these sessions angle at 278.52 points, or 0.84 percent.
KSE 30-share Basis alone 101.64 points, or 0.53 percent, to end at 19,086.58 points.
Volumes decreased 35 percent to 86.36 actor shares. Trading amount fell 27 percent to Rs4.62 billion. The bazaar capitalisation beneath Rs33 billion to Rs6.78 trillion. Of the absolute 323 alive stocks, 179 bankrupt down, 121 concluded up and 23 remained unchanged.
Oil and Gas Development Company absent two percent. Basis ample Habib Coffer fell 0.81 percent and MCB Coffer bargain 0.95 percent.
“(We) apprehend contempo addled achievement to abide with criterion basis trading in a ambit abreast the accepted levels,” said Ali Raza, an analyst at Elixir Securities.
The State Coffer of Pakistan (SBP) said its affluence decreased $229 actor to $15.63 billion from $15.859 billion. The SBP attributed the abatement mainly to transaction of $223 actor on annual of alien debt servicing.
The affluence captivated by banks, however, added $32 actor to $4.891 billion as compared to $4.859 billion.
ex ) ie`points, or 0.38 percent, to abutting at 32,801.88 points.
It was the third beeline abrogating session. The accumulative losses of these sessions angle at 278.52 points, or 0.84 percent.
KSE 30-share Basis alone 101.64 points, or 0.53 percent, to end at 19,086.58 points.
Volumes decreased 35 percent to 86.36 actor shares. Trading amount fell 27 percent to Rs4.62 billion. The bazaar capitalisation beneath Rs33 billion to Rs6.78 trillion. Of the absolute 323 alive stocks, 179 bankrupt down, 121 concluded up and 23 remained unchanged.
Oil and Gas Development Company absent two percent. Basis ample Habib Coffer fell 0.81 percent and MCB Coffer bargain 0.95 percent.
“(We) apprehend contempo addled achievement to abide with criterion basis trading in a ambit abreast the accepted levels,” said Ali Raza, an analyst at Elixir Securities.
‘Iran president’s visit a great opportunity’
The Federation of Pakistan Accommodation of Business and Industry (FPCCI) on Thursday said the business association is pinning top hopes on the two-day appointment of Iranian Admiral Hassan Rouhani to Pakistan.
There are no splinter groups in my team: Afridi
With the blind about to abatement on his all-embracing career, millions of Shahid Afridi admirers aback home and abroad in the apple see their hero as a victim of a cabal hatched by some of his team-mates searching to get rid of him.
Pakistan look to ‘win it for Lala’ today
At about 7pm on Wednesday, Pakistan’s players were summoned by Waqar Younis for a aggregation meeting, writes Khalid Hussain.
Hafeez to undergo fitness test today
Injured batsman Mohammad Hafeez is absurd to acknowledgment to the Pakistan agency for the World Twenty20 bold adjoin Australia actuality on Friday (today).
Pakistan play down Zampa threat
Pakistan on Thursday played down the blackmail airish by leggie Adam Zampa in their must-win World Twenty20 bout adjoin Australia actuality on Friday (today).
‘I’ll be the happiest man if we win Cup for Afridi’
There is a growing account of cabal theorists, who accept this abutting acceptance that animosity in the bathrobe allowance was the primary acumen abaft Pakistan’s World Twenty20 woes, writes Khalid Hussain.
Recruitment of 2,300 FDE eachers begins
Swat state: from genesis to merger
In its account programme on history, the Asian Study Group (ASG) arrive the grandson of the endure Wali of Swat, Adnan Aurangzeb, to accomplish a presentation on the history of Swat, alpha from 5,000 years ago to the aeon amid 1917 and 1969.
NBP installs ATM at National Press Club
National Coffer of Pakistan Admiral Syed Ahmed Iqbal Ashraf has said that the coffer would install 'detective machines' at its branches to abandon affected bill addendum in the beyond absorption of public.
NBF’s ‘Shehr-e-Kitab’ to be launched on March 27
The National Book Foundation (NBF) will set up ‘Shehr-e-Kitab’ at Markaz F-7, Jinnah Super Market, Islamabad.
640kg rotten meat confiscated
The bounded administration has recovered 640 kilograms of rotten meat advancing from Mandi Bahauddin to Rawalpindi on Thursday.
Thursday 24 March 2016
Bypass surgery better at alleviating diabetes than diet and exercise
Another accused of Safoora carnage arrested
US oil falls after big jump in stockpiles
Russian authorities stop 188 Pakistanis at Moscow airport
Belgians hunt 'third man' after Daesh bombings
Pakistan High Commission in India celebrates Pakistan Day
Obama rejects singling out Muslims in fight against Daesh
India beat Bangladesh by one run in World T20
Food shortages drive Nigeria’s displaced from families to camps
Famine threatens half of Yemen: WFP
Nearly bisected of Yemen’s 22 ambit on the border of dearth as aftereffect of the war there and added than 13 actor humans charge aliment aid, says the UN World Aliment Programme (WFP).
Indonesia has no conflict with China in South China Sea
Indonesia has no conflict with China over the South China Sea, an Indonesian palace spokesman said on Wednesday, days after eight Chinese crew members were detained for allegedly fishing illegally in the Natuna Sea.
Strikes kill 50 at al-Qaeda camp in Yemen
At atomic 50 militants were dead in a US air bang on an al-Qaeda training affected in the mountains of southern Yemen, medics and a bounded official said on Wednesday.
IS claims killing of Christian in BD as ‘lesson to others’
Islamic State (IS) claimed albatross for cutting a Christian to afterlife in Bangladesh (BD) as a "lesson to others", an online accumulation that monitors agitator action said, the latest killing declared by the active accumulation in the Muslim-majority nation.
Education is key to ending child marriage: Prince Harry
Britain’s Prince Harry, on a four-day bout of Nepal, told a civic acme that apprenticeship and alteration people’s way of cerebration are acute to catastrophe adolescent alliance and allotment girls.
More aid agencies pull out of Greek camps, spurning EU deal
More aid agencies working to alleviate conditions of refugees and migrants arriving in Greece said they were joining a boycott of detention centres on Wednesday, angered at an EU deal they say runs roughshod over human rights.
Pakistan cricket needs a complete revamp, says Wasim Akram
India alive after heart-stopping finale
After 39.3 overs of a pulsating challenge actuality on Wednesday, Bangladesh seemed to accept a aboriginal anytime T20I achievement adjoin India in their grasp.
Delhi confirmed as World T20 semi-final venue
Delhi will host the aboriginal semi-final of the World T20 on March 30, as originally scheduled. Strong doubts had alike about the area over the accomplished brace of weeks,
Sharjeel targets victory against Aussies
Sharjeel Khan on Wednesday acicular his accoutrements at Australia declaring that he will go all out to advice Pakistan win their final accumulation bout of the World Twenty20 championship.
The able-bodied opener formed 47 off 25 assurance to set up an accomplished belvedere for Pakistan in a must-win bold adjoin New Zealand on Tuesday night alone to watch his aggregation traveling down by 22 runs afterwards the middle-order bootless to capitalise on the start.
The able-bodied opener formed 47 off 25 assurance to set up an accomplished belvedere for Pakistan in a must-win bold adjoin New Zealand on Tuesday night alone to watch his aggregation traveling down by 22 runs afterwards the middle-order bootless to capitalise on the start.
The significance of March 23
President confers civilian awards
President had accustomed accolade of 159 Pakistan Civilian Awards on August 14, 2015 and added four were accustomed as appropriate cases afterwards August 14 which were conferred on March 23, 2016 beneath the afterward arrangements.
Pak geothermal energy resources can generate 100,000MW power
Pakistan is begin to accept been adored with the abeyant of huge geothermal activity recourses that could accomplish 100,000MW electricity at the amount of 5-10 cents per assemblage depending aloft altered locations of the ability plants, reveals the analysis of Pakistani scientist Javed Ahmad that has been appear in the US.
Tracing reasons behind terrorism in Belgium
While abundant Western media outlets accept continued been dubbing Belgium a "terrorist crossroad" back the aboriginal 1970's, others had started terming it "the affection of European
Some previous accidents, security
The 75-year old Brussels Airport, aswell accepted as the Zaventem Airport, has had a few accidents and aegis breaches during the endure 55 years.
Iran links FTA with purchase of its petroleum products
Though Tehran has adumbrated absolute signals to admission into five-year cardinal plan for barter and investment cooperation, but it has affiliated Free Barter Acceding with acquirement of its abundant petroleum articles by Pakistan, a chief official buried to the development told The News.
M Kamal’s chances of success
If what Anis Qaimkhani told this book on Monday is true, the new party, which would be called on the Pakistan Day, has already enrolled over 20,000 associates in the endure 10 days. It is absolutely a acceptable beginning, but it’s too aboriginal to adumbrate its fate unless it demonstrates its backbone in its aboriginal accessible affair next month.
Still, there is a lot for the MQM to anguish about and yield it added actively than in 1992.
“I am an optimist and you will see for yourself if our aboriginal accessible affair is captivated by mid or endure anniversary of April," he said, abacus that the way humans were abutting us affected us to attending for two offices, one in Karachi and the added in Hyderabad. These are the humans who had been registered, he said. "We are accepting a acceptable acknowledgment even from areas like Liaquatabad, Lines Area, Landhi, Korangi and added locations of Sindh," Qaimkhani said.
Although Qaimkhani has a acceptable acceptability as an organizer, but his affirmation looks over ambitious.
The new affair will neither accept any Quaid-e-Tehreek nor sectors and units, which indicates that they don't wish humans to see it as MQM Part 2. It may accept a administrator and a president, and it would not be difficult to assumption who will be the founding chiefs.
Sources said all would be adopted and had anchored tenures besides added office-bearers and an controlling committee. The party's architecture is beneath action and altercation over the affair programmes has not been finalised.
The aberration which they had committed in the aboriginal columnist appointment by declaring Pakistan's banderole as the affair banderole has been rectified and the affair name and new banderole will be alien in today's media talk.
The accumulation leaders claimed the new affair would accept a civic programme which they claimed would be reflected from the affair name and flag. They wish to accord something new. Does it beggarly that the accumulation would not be base the "ethnic or Mohajir” factor? In that case, it’s not a amount of above affair for the MQM unless “Kamal and Co” is able to change the MQM voters’ mindset.
Having credible the advance of two above parties in the post-80s, MQM and PTI, it may yield few years afore the new affair poses austere challenges to the MQM. However, if a allegation like RAW is accepted adjoin the MQM and Altaf Hussain and as a consequence, it faces ban, this may accommodate amplitude to the new group.
The MQM took six years to become a political affair from a apprentice party, 1978 to 1984, while the PTI took about 14 years to get itself recognised at the civic level. Starting from 1996, Imran was recognised as a civic baton afterwards the 2011 massive accessible meeting. MQM Chief Altaf Hussain and added affair veterans apperceive the backbone and weaknesses of the dissidents and accept their own plan to adverse them.
How altered it will be from added parties depends on its advance as a civic affair and affairs of its success affiliated to its organisational anatomy and issues which could allure the masses decidedly in the burghal Sindh, who commonly yield time to change "loyalties".
Their actual ambition admirers will be (1) eight millions who voted for the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in Karachi in 2013, in an credible acknowledgment to MQM backroom (2) the new voters in adolescence and women who got themselves registered in the endure few years and saw Mustafa Kamal as the city-limits nazim (3) those MQM voters who generally gave their bone by blockage at home in some elections but still debris to vote for others.
Prior to the PTI, the Karachiites had aswell accustomed a "warning bell" to the MQM in 2002 if the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal defeated the MQM on seven NA seats. But both the MMA and the PTI could not consolidate the abutment they got while the MQM, because of its organisational strength, fought back.
Unlike in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa area voters generally accompany a new affair into ability in every elections, Karachi is the alone city, which voted for Fatima Jinnah adjoin Ayub Khan in the presidential elections, gave authorization to the Jamaat-e-Islami and the Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan in the 1977 elections. It alone Ziaul Haq's election and in acknowledgment to the JI abutment for Zia, it voted adjoin Jamaat candidates in 1985 non-party elections. From 1987 to 2013, the city-limits belongs to the MQM, admitting few aftershocks.
Mustafa Kamal. Yes, he has the advantage of getting a baton who is not alien to humans and has aswell served them,
Still, there is a lot for the MQM to anguish about and yield it added actively than in 1992.
“I am an optimist and you will see for yourself if our aboriginal accessible affair is captivated by mid or endure anniversary of April," he said, abacus that the way humans were abutting us affected us to attending for two offices, one in Karachi and the added in Hyderabad. These are the humans who had been registered, he said. "We are accepting a acceptable acknowledgment even from areas like Liaquatabad, Lines Area, Landhi, Korangi and added locations of Sindh," Qaimkhani said.
Although Qaimkhani has a acceptable acceptability as an organizer, but his affirmation looks over ambitious.
The new affair will neither accept any Quaid-e-Tehreek nor sectors and units, which indicates that they don't wish humans to see it as MQM Part 2. It may accept a administrator and a president, and it would not be difficult to assumption who will be the founding chiefs.
Sources said all would be adopted and had anchored tenures besides added office-bearers and an controlling committee. The party's architecture is beneath action and altercation over the affair programmes has not been finalised.
The aberration which they had committed in the aboriginal columnist appointment by declaring Pakistan's banderole as the affair banderole has been rectified and the affair name and new banderole will be alien in today's media talk.
The accumulation leaders claimed the new affair would accept a civic programme which they claimed would be reflected from the affair name and flag. They wish to accord something new. Does it beggarly that the accumulation would not be base the "ethnic or Mohajir” factor? In that case, it’s not a amount of above affair for the MQM unless “Kamal and Co” is able to change the MQM voters’ mindset.
Having credible the advance of two above parties in the post-80s, MQM and PTI, it may yield few years afore the new affair poses austere challenges to the MQM. However, if a allegation like RAW is accepted adjoin the MQM and Altaf Hussain and as a consequence, it faces ban, this may accommodate amplitude to the new group.
The MQM took six years to become a political affair from a apprentice party, 1978 to 1984, while the PTI took about 14 years to get itself recognised at the civic level. Starting from 1996, Imran was recognised as a civic baton afterwards the 2011 massive accessible meeting. MQM Chief Altaf Hussain and added affair veterans apperceive the backbone and weaknesses of the dissidents and accept their own plan to adverse them.
How altered it will be from added parties depends on its advance as a civic affair and affairs of its success affiliated to its organisational anatomy and issues which could allure the masses decidedly in the burghal Sindh, who commonly yield time to change "loyalties".
Their actual ambition admirers will be (1) eight millions who voted for the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in Karachi in 2013, in an credible acknowledgment to MQM backroom (2) the new voters in adolescence and women who got themselves registered in the endure few years and saw Mustafa Kamal as the city-limits nazim (3) those MQM voters who generally gave their bone by blockage at home in some elections but still debris to vote for others.
Prior to the PTI, the Karachiites had aswell accustomed a "warning bell" to the MQM in 2002 if the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal defeated the MQM on seven NA seats. But both the MMA and the PTI could not consolidate the abutment they got while the MQM, because of its organisational strength, fought back.
Unlike in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa area voters generally accompany a new affair into ability in every elections, Karachi is the alone city, which voted for Fatima Jinnah adjoin Ayub Khan in the presidential elections, gave authorization to the Jamaat-e-Islami and the Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan in the 1977 elections. It alone Ziaul Haq's election and in acknowledgment to the JI abutment for Zia, it voted adjoin Jamaat candidates in 1985 non-party elections. From 1987 to 2013, the city-limits belongs to the MQM, admitting few aftershocks.
Mustafa Kamal. Yes, he has the advantage of getting a baton who is not alien to humans and has aswell served them,
Chinese cultural troupe performs
The Chinese Cultural Affiliation actuality Wednesday captivated the admirers agape with beauteous achievement of Beijing Shanshui Orchestra to mark Pakistan Day and admire the 65th Anniversary of Pak-China Diplomatic Relations.
Another wet spell
The endure wet spell of the accepted ages is acceptable to activate in Islamabad and abutting areas today (Thursday).
Wednesday 23 March 2016
President says Pakistan Day is our ideological identity
President Mamnoon Hussain has acclaimed the role of armed armament and said that Pakistan’s aggressive is absolutely able to antithesis enemies' angry designs.
Addressing Pakistan Day Parade commemoration actuality Wednesday, the President reaffirmed the boldness to yield the operation adjoin agitation to its analytic conclusion.
Pakistan Day parade held in spectacular manner
Blow for Bangladesh as ICC uphold Taskin suspension
Twitter testing new 'Stickers' feature - report
3-D printer, 'Gecko Grippers' head to space station
Nation celebrates Pakistan Day today
Ben Affleck revamps his superhero role with older, more physical Batman
Pakistan give up chase as New Zealand reach semis
Pakistan bootless to accommodated the claiming as they were baffled by 22 runs in their acute bout adjoin New Zealand in the World Twenty20 Super Ten Group Two actuality at the Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium on Tuesday night.
New Zealand accept able for the semi-finals afterwards recording the third afterwards win in the tournament.
Chasing an doubtful ambition of 181, opener Sharjeel Khan fabricated an atomic start, smashing 47 from 25 assurance with nine fours and a six to yield Pakistan to 65 in the sixth over but as anon he departed, the hopes of acceptable the bout were gradually crumbling out.
Then, Khalid Latif who did not play any T20 International back 2012, bootless to affect and got out for just three runs.
Later, Ahmed Shehzad was aswell absolved for 30 if Pakistan accomplished 96 in the 13th over.
When Shahid Afridi abutting Umar Akmal, they were accepted to advance the run amount but they could add alone 27 runs from 17 assurance afore Afridi got out afterwards hitting 19 off nine assurance with two fours and a six.
Pakistan still bare 58 runs from 29 assurance but Umar Akmal was aswell gone for 24 if Pakistan were on 140 in the 18th over.
New Zealand accept able for the semi-finals afterwards recording the third afterwards win in the tournament.
Chasing an doubtful ambition of 181, opener Sharjeel Khan fabricated an atomic start, smashing 47 from 25 assurance with nine fours and a six to yield Pakistan to 65 in the sixth over but as anon he departed, the hopes of acceptable the bout were gradually crumbling out.
Then, Khalid Latif who did not play any T20 International back 2012, bootless to affect and got out for just three runs.
Later, Ahmed Shehzad was aswell absolved for 30 if Pakistan accomplished 96 in the 13th over.
When Shahid Afridi abutting Umar Akmal, they were accepted to advance the run amount but they could add alone 27 runs from 17 assurance afore Afridi got out afterwards hitting 19 off nine assurance with two fours and a six.
Australia strikes threatening to choke Easter weekend air travel
BD confirms first case of Zika virus
Human trafficking rife among displaced Kenyans
One in four internally displaced persons (IDP) surveyed in Kenya has been a victim or witness of human trafficking, the majority lured to the Middle East but then forced to do menial work or sexually exploited, an anti-trafficking charity said on Tuesday.
Brazilian police target Odebrecht in new anti-corruption raid
Brazilian federal badge were gluttonous on Tuesday to arrest 15 humans angry to engineering amassed Odebrecht as allotment of a massive bribery investigation, badge and federal prosecutors said.
Modern beekeeping offers Ethiopian youth a sweeter future
Beekeeper Ayenalem Ketema is the appreciative buyer of three hives which accept produced abundant honey for the adolescent Ethiopian to body a abode able with solar panels and buy some acreage animals with the proceeds.
UNHCR won’t work in Greek ‘detention centres’
The United Nations refugee bureau said on Monday it would not accomplish in "detention centres" on the Greek island of Lesbos for migrants and refugees accession from Turkey, ambidextrous a draft to the European Union’s acceding with Ankara endure week.
Sharjeel heroics go in vain as Pakistan flop again
Afridi receives words of encouragement from Shaharyar
Everyone needs friends. For the moment, Shahid Afridi doesn’t assume to accept abundant of them, writes Khalid Hussain.
‘Match against Australia could be my last’
Shahid Afridi on Tuesday hinted that Pakistan’s World Twenty20 bold adjoin Australia actuality on Friday will be the endure bout of his all-embracing career.
Upbeat England wary of Afghanistan’s threat
Their attack aback on clue with a beauteous win over South Africa, a resurgent England would be searching to bung their bowling loopholes if they yield on an ever-improving Afghanistan in a Super 10 Group 1 bout of the ICC World Twenty20 actuality on Wednesday (today).
10 children sexually abused everyday in Pakistan
Indicators of access to safe water in Pakistan worrisome
Indicators of admission to safe baptize in Pakistan are awkward but not abundant has been done to plan for the future.
UK’s Open University team visits AIOU
A two-member appointment of world’s aboriginal Accessible University (OU) accustomed in the United Kingdom in 1969 visited the Allama Iqbal Accessible University (AIOU) to allotment its ability and acquaintance to addition up attainable superior education.
Career Expo held at Bahria University
Bahria University organised Career Expo’16 actuality on Tuesday. The cold was to accompany job seekers and administration beneath one roof and to adviser candidates on assorted career paths and avant-garde job coursing tactics.
No check on kerosene price
Kerosene is still getting awash on added than 100 per cent profit, as the city-limits commune government, Rawalpindi, has bootless to ascendancy the situation.
Riphah seminar marks International Forest Day
A academy in ambience of UN International Day of Forests was organised by Riphah Institute of Public Policy, Riphah International University and Action Analysis Institute of Market Economy (PRIME) here.
Tuesday 22 March 2016
Flight operations suspended as Islamabad airport receives bomb scare
Asian shares edge lower as Fed rate talk revives
Carbon emissions highest in 66 million years, since dinosaur age
South Korea confirms first case of Zika virus
Pakistan hope to click in battle for survival
When Pakistan began their Apple Twenty20 championship in Kolkata with an absolute win adjoin Bangladesh there was this ray of achievement that, for a change, Shahid Afridi and Co ability appearance some back in the tournament.
Under-fire Afridi promises better show against New Zealand
Pakistan accept abundantly been aberrant in their World Twenty20 attack so far but Shahid Afridi promised on Monday that his aggregation will cut down on its mistakes adjoin New Zealand on Tuesday (today) in a bid to break animate in the tournament.
We failed to read pitch, says Sallu
Former arch selector and Test cricketer Salahuddin Ahmed Sallu feels that misreading the angle on Saturday had played a big role in Pakistan’s defeat in the high-octane affray adjoin India at Eden Gardens but the aggregation should accept aerial their bold to affected the angle hazards afterwards accident the toss.
Meldonium tests reignite Russia doping scandal
Four Russian track-and-field athletes accept activated absolute for the banned biologic meldonium, Russia’s contest arch said on Monday, a acknowledgment which could added accident Moscow’s efforts to annul a doping ban in time for the Rio Olympics.
Tayyab out of Qatar Squash Circuit No 3
Tayyab Aslam absent in the aboriginal annular of the $15,000 Qatar Squash Circuit No 3 at Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, Doha, on Monday.
Quote of the day
If I were a adult player, I’d go down every night on my knees and acknowledge God that Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal were born, because they accept agitated this sport
Raymond Moore (Indian Wells arch executive)
Raymond Moore (Indian Wells arch executive)
Djokovic crushes Raonic, Azarenka stuns erratic Williams
INDIAN WELLS, California: World amount one Novak Djokovic produced abstract anatomy to assure an aberrant fifth appellation with a 6-2 6-0 annihilation of big-serving Canadian Milos Raonic in the final actuality on Sunday and Victoria Azarenka took advantage of an error-prone affectation by Serena Williams to win her additional BNP Paribas appellation with a 6-4 6-4 victory.
Aisam, Nick win Irving Tennis Classic
Pakistan’s Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and his accomplice Nick Monroe won the men’s doubles appellation at Irving Tennis Classic in USA on Sunday.
Traffic plan chalked out for Pakistan Day Parade
Public urged to think before giving donations
Speakers on Monday apprenticed accepted accessible to anticipate afore donating, as a big allotment of these donations contributes in alarm financing.
Wasa directed to complete work on water pipelines
The Baptize and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) should complete the plan of laying baptize pipelines from Gulraiz arrangement up to Sowan bridge.
Rain fails to dampen spirits of high-achievers
The speakers at the anniversary cost administering commemoration of Anglo Arabic College Accessory School, Satellite Town, Rawalpindi, Sunday, fabricated it bright aloft the acceptance that success consistently comes with harder plan and there were no shortcuts to it. “It is a aftereffect of dedication, harder plan as able-bodied as acquirements from failure.”
Envoys host lunch for PM
Under the advocacy of the Administrator of the Adept Corps, Agent of Argentina Rodolfo Martin-Saravia, envoys of altered countries accepted to Pakistan and active of all-embracing organisations hosted a ‘first of its kind’ cafeteria in honour of the Prime Minister of Pakistan and Begum Nawaz Sharif.
Two senior commanders among 12 miscreants killed in Kohlu
Twelve terrorists were dead during a shootout with Frontier Corps (FC) cadre in Kohlu on Monday.
No mass exodus from MQM so far
There is no accumulation departure from the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) to accompany the nameless political affair launched by its above Karachi ambassador Mustafa Kamal led dissidents although they are accepting one by one.
Musharraf to have medical treatment in London
All is set for the accession of above admiral General (R) Pervez Musharraf in the British Capital as he was accustomed to biking away for analysis admitting that crime balloon adjoin him is apprehension in the Special Court.
PHC told notices issued for closure of gutter pipes to canals
The Peshawar Top Cloister (PHC) was told Monday that notices were issued to 96 humans for closing carrion drains and approach pipes to the canals in Peshawar.
MQM asks General Raheel to benefit from its expertise for Pak security
The organising board of MQM (Britain) has appealed to the Arch of the Army Staff, General Raheel Sharif to accede the letter accounting to him by the MQM arch and yield advantage of the ability of the MQM for Pakistan’s aegis and wellbeing.
150 villagers booked for attacking police party
Khairpur Tamewali badge registered an FIR adjoin 150 villagers of Basti Jandoo Shah including 30 nominated culprits forth with seven nominated women on the accuse of advancing badge affair with clubs amidst battlefront in the air, abduction their arms, adaptable phones, banknote and disturbing uniforms afterwards circumscribed them for hours.
Joint session called as per rules, Constitution, says Dar
Accounts Abbot Ishaq Dar on Monday said that the collective affair of assembly for aldermanic business has been summoned according to the Constitution and the rules.
Opposition parties united against approval of PIA Bill
The action parties in the National Assembly accept become affiliated adjoin the approval of the PIA Bill and accepted that the approval of the bill should be taken from the Council of Common Interests (CCI) instead of a collective affair of parliament.
Complete shutter down observed in interior Sindh
A complete bang down bang was empiric in Larkana, Kambar-Shahdadkot, Khairpur, Sukkur, Naushehro Feroze, Ghotki, Shikarpur and added locations of the arena on Monday.
UN narcotics body issues charge-sheet against Pakistan
UN physique the All-embracing Narcotics Ascendancy Board (INCB) has issued a charge-sheet adjoin Pakistan, black that narcotics are broadly acclimated but the authorities do not apperceive the admeasurement of biologic corruption in the country.
PM awards Senate ticket to Sardar Yaqoob Khan
Prime Abbot Nawaz Sharif has awarded admission for Senate from the federal basic bench to above federal abbot for Railways Sardar Yaqoob Khan Nasar.
Police force withdrawn from Pindi joint pickets after cop’s torture
RAWALPINDI: Badge cadre were aloof from altered pickets in the city-limits on Monday afterwards an adventure of ache on a policeman who was commissioned at a collective picket.
Monday 21 March 2016
Anees Advocate joins Mustafa Kamal
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) senior leader Anees Ahmed Advocate has also joined Syed Mustafa Kamal’s party here on Monday.
PML-N issues Senate ticket on Jhagra’s vacant seat
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Monday issued Senate ticket to its party worker from Balochistan against a vacant seat.
China punishes film distributor for pumping up box office
SHANGHAI: China's film regulator has suspended the distribution license of a company accused of fraudulently boosting box office figures for the martial arts movie "Ip Man 3" by millions of dollars, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
North Korea fires short-range projectiles into sea
SEOUL: North Korea fired five short-range projectiles into the sea off its east coast on Monday, South Korea's military said, amid heightened tension over the isolated country's nuclear and rocket programmes.
Internet ad spend to overtake TV by 2017
Businesses around the world are set to spend more on internet advertising than on television commercials for the first time in 2017, forecaster ZenithOptimedia said on Monday.
MQM Deputy Convener Shahid Pasha arrested
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Deputy Convener Shahid Pasha has been arrested
Kamal’s party to hold presser today
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement dissident group has announced another press conference today (Monday), saying that they would give surprise to the general public.
PCB chief disappointed over Pak team performance against India
NEW DELHI: Shahryar Khan, Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has publicly expressed his disappointment with the team after it lost a much hyped match with India on Saturday.
Rains pose grave danger to dilapidated school buildings
Rains pose grave danger to the 272 dilapidated buildings of government schools in the district. As many as 57 such buildings are present in Rawalpindi and 18 of them are on the verge of collapse.
FBISE’s SSC exams start on March 22
Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (FBISE) will hold Secondary School Certificate (SSC) Annual Examination from March 22 (Tuesday).
CAA observes Earth Hour
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) observed Earth Hour at the Benazir Bhutto International Airport (BBIA). The officers and staff gathered at the airport and participated wholeheartedly in the ceremony.
Mohtasib receives 7,973 complaints
The Wafaqi Mohtasib Secretariat received as many as 7,973 complaints against the maladministration in the Ministry of Housing and Works during the last 18 years.
Transporters not ready to reduce fares
Rawalpindi: The issue of decrease in fares of the public transport vehicles has become a bone of contention between the commuters and the wagon & Suzuki pickup drivers, as both continue to blame each other for not giving regard to rule of law in society.
Do you have restless legs syndrome?
Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a nervous system disorder that’s characterised by an itchy twitching of the legs during rest that’s relieved by moving them.
Reception for students awarded MEXT scholarships
Charge d'Affaires ad interim of Japan to Pakistan, Junya Matsuura, hosted a reception/dinner cum pre-departure orientation for students who have been
Pakistan Day Parade full-dress rehearsal today
As part of preparations for Pakistan Day Parade full dress rehearsal would be held today (Monday) at the Parade Venue here.
Preparations of March 23 (Pakistan Day) parade holds a significant place in the history of Pakistan and to mark this day in a befitting manner Armed Forces Pakistan Day Parade will be held in spectacular manner. As part of the arrangements and to facilitate commuters special traffic arrangements have been made for March 21 (Monday) and March 23 (Wednesday).
In line to apprise the general public Traffic Plan for both the days is being publicised through electronic and print media.
Participating troops of the parade including foot columns of Army, Navy, Air Force, Frontier Corps, Northern Light Infantry, Mujahid Force, Islamabad Police, tri-service Lady officers, tri-service Armed Forces Nursing Service, Girls Guide, Boys Scouts, Special Service Group from three services, mechanised columns of Armoured Corps Artillery, Army, Air Defence, Signals, Engineers, Army Strategic Force Command Camel Band and President’s Body Guard would participate in the parade.
Scores of fighter aircraft of PAF Pakistan Navy and helicopters of Army Aviation would rehearse flypast for the final day.
Aerobatics of PAF Sherdil team and JF-17 thunder and F-16 would also be part of full dress rehearsal. Skydivers of three services would present para-jumps.
Poverty triggers poor urban health in Pakistan
It is widely recognised that about 3.5 billon human are urban settlers. One third these 3.5 billons are categorised as urban poor dwellers.
Another farewell for Rodolfo Martin-Saravia
A fine example of bilateral relations between Pakistan and Argentina is the joint venture signed between Laboratorios Bagó of Argentine and Ferozsons Laboratories Ltd to create B-F Biosciences Ltd.
Efforts on for completion of uplift work
Ministry of Housing and Works is making efforts for early completion of development work in Sector G-14/1 and G-14/2. According to official
Reception for video contest winners
The Development Communications Network (Devcom-Pakistan) organised a reception here on Sunday in honour of the youth group which
Health department to launch awareness drive soon
The district health department is busy in finalising arrangements for launching an effective awareness campaign at grassroots level to convince individuals to
Angry mobs smash TV sets, hold mock funerals
To vent their spleen at the defeat of Pakistan by arch-rival India in the T20 Cricket World Cup fixture in Kolkata, cricket fans in Islamabad smashed old television sets, took out funeral processions for the national cricket, and burned the effigies of cricketers on Saturday night.
Sunday 20 March 2016
Chief Minister Announced RS:1Billion For Agriculture
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has announced Rs 1 billion for growth and development of the agriculture sector in the province.
Five Kills And 36 People Wound From Bomb Attack In Central Istanbul
22 People Were killed In Pes/ISl/Muzaff From Heavy Rain
PESHAWAR/ISLAMABAD/MUZAFFARABAD: At least 22 people, including women and children, were killed in separate rain-related incidents in various areas of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
Sixty Two People Killed In Russia From Plane Crash
India Beat Pakistan From Six Wickets
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