ISLAMABAD:Argentina and Ireland have replaced Hockey Australia and Hockey New Zealand for the FIH Hockey Women’s Junior World Cup South Africa 2021 to take place at the North-West University (NWU) of the academic city of Potchefstroom, Johannesburg from December 5 to 16. Following last week’s announcement by Hockey Australia and Hockey New Zealand that they […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Special Assistant to Prime Minister on National Health Services, Regulations, and Coordination Dr. Faisal Sultan on Friday said that the COVID-19 vaccine is very effective to protect citizens from medical complications from many virus variants. “Keeping in view the detection of new COVID-19 variants in Pakistan and raising questions on the effectiveness of vaccine process, […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:As Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to address the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) forum in New York on September 25, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged the international community to “spotlight the human rights abuses” of his government. The address of the Indian prime minister is expected to outline “global issues” […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:KSE 100-index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed bearish trend on Friday, losing 223.36 points, with a negative change of 0.49 per cent, closing at 45,073.52 points against 45,296.88 points on the last working day. A total of 369,537,354 shares were traded during the day compared to the trade of 443,777,435 shares the previous […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has not only apprehended untouchables and big fish for the first time in its history but also recovered Rs 538.835 billion from them, said Chairman Justice (Retd) Javed Iqbal. Chairing a meeting to review overall performance of anti graft watchdog, he said that NAB has brought the untouchables and big […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) Managing Director Aftab Rana on Friday said extensive efforts were being made to develop 20 new tourists destinations across the country for boosting tourism in line with Prime Minister Imran Khan’s vision. There has been a massive increase in domestic tourism in the country which is why new tourism zones […]
Read MoreNEW YORK:Sheharyar Afridi, chairman of the Special Parliamentary Committee on Kashmir, briefed the Director United Nations of the Human Rights Watch (HRW), Louis Charbonneau, on the human rights situation in Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) when he met him in New York on Thursday. The meeting took place on the margins of the 76th […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The exchange rate of Pakistan rupee weakened by 05 paisas against US dollar in the interbank trading on Friday and closed at Rs169.08 as compared to the previous day’s closing of Rs169.03. According to Forex Association of Pakistan, the buying and selling rates of dollar in the open market were recorded at Rs170.4 and Rs […]
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