KPL: Farrukh slams Modi for politicizing sports events

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib on Wednesday slammed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for politicizing sports event in a bid to gain political mileage. “What type of a person Modi is if he gets frightened from a sports event in Kashmir, and [asking] the Indian cricket board to threaten those […]

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Imran Khan confident SKMT Karachi to open by Dec next

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday said the under-construction Shaukat Khanum Memorial Trust (SKMT) for the treatment of cancer would be completed by next December. “The Karachi SKMT construction is going according to schedule and is all set to open inshaAllah by December next year, ” he said in a tweet. Imran Khan said […]

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US private hiring slows sharply in July to 330, 000: ADP

Washington, Aug 4 (AFP/APP): Private hiring by American firms slowed sharply in July to 330, 000, with dramatically lower gains in the construction and leisure and hospitality sectors, according to payroll services firm ADP. The result was far smaller than economists had expected and less than half of the 680, 000 positions gained in June, […]

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Sindh govt delays LG pols deliberately: Zaman

KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Karachi President and MPA Khurram Sher Zaman on Wednesday said that PPP-led government is intentionally delaying and not holding Local body polls in the province. He said that the provincial government was bound by the constitution to hold local government elections within 120 days. PTI leader said that PPP was feared […]

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’Youm-e-Istehsal Kashmir’ to be observed on Aug 5 : Sheikh Rasheed

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Interior, Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad Wednesday said that Pakistan would observe ‘Youm-e-Istehsal Kashmir’ on August 5 against atrocities being committed by the occupation forces in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) specifically after the abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A. In a video message, he said that the decision of observing the […]

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Low-cost grain storage technology to be imported from Argentina: Fakhar

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for National Food and Security and Research Syed Fakhar Imam on Wednesday said that Pakistan would import low cost grain storage technology from Argentina and enhance its technological outreach gradually. The minister was talking to Ambassador of Argentina in Pakistan Leopold Francisco Sahores, who called on him here. Fakhar Imam discussed agricultural […]

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Message of Governor of Sindh on ‘Youm-e-Istehsal-e-Kashmir’

KARACHI: Sindh Governor Imran Ismail on Wednesday said that the objective to observe “Youm-e-Istehsal-e-Kashmir” was to convince the international community that on August 5, 2019, the Indian government unilaterally scrapped the special status of Indian Illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) and started a series of worst atrocities on innocent people. He said this in […]

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