Beijing 2022 unveils uniforms for staff, technical officials, volunteers

ISLAMABAD: Beijing unveiled the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic official uniforms for staff, technical officials and volunteers. The design was selected from 600 options and has been optimized eight times. The final version is rich with cultural and sci-tech elements. The snowy mountain pattern combines traditional Chinese landscape painting with the core graphics of the Winter […]

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China rubbishes India’s concerns over new border land law

BEIJING: : Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin on Thursday set aside Indian concerns over new border land law and hoped that relevant countries could avoid making undue speculation about it. “We hope relevant countries can avoid making undue speculation about the normal legislation in China, ” he said in response to Indian Foreign Ministry’s […]

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Covid-19: National positivity ratio hovers around 1.42%

ISLAMABAD: The national tally of Covid-19 pandemic on Thursday was persistently recorded one of the lowest positivity ratio during past 24 hours amid decline in per day positive cases, disease trend and death rate. The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) in a tweet on it’s official handle shared the latest disease statistics. The nerve […]

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SCB Pakistan posts Rs 18.4 bln before tax profit in Q3

KARACHI: Standard Chartered Bank (Pakistan) Limited posted profit before tax of Rs 18.4 billion for third quarter of 2021, with strong growth in net advances of 26 percent and 7 % increase in deposits. The cost discipline continues with an increase of only 1% and effective risk management resulting in net recoveries of Rs790 million, […]

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Famous singer Jawwad Ahmed conducts workshop in Arts Council of Pakistan

KARACHI: Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi conducted a workshop with the popular singer Jawwad Ahmed for the students of Arts Council’s music academy in the Auditorium II. Speaking on the occasion, renowned Pakistani singer Jawad Ahmed shared the ups and downs of his artistic journey in the world of music and various experiences with the […]

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Road Construction has positive impact on economy: Provincial Minister

KARACHI: Provincial Minister for Works and Services, Syed Zia Abbas Shah said that the construction of roads had positive impact on the economy and would further facilitate the access of local residents to the national highway. This he said while inspecting the construction work of Larkana Naudero Road Additional Carriageway and improvement of 4 different […]

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Law & order situation in Sindh not under control: Haleem Adil Sheikh

KARACHI: Leader of the Opposition in Sindh Assembly, Haleem Adil Sheikh, Thursday, reached at Ayoub goth area to express solidarity with family of a young man who was murdered while offering resistance to robbers. It is the second incident of murder within a week in the area and the residents are on protest against poor […]

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Governor, Mayor Istanbul agree to declare Karachi, Istanbul as sister cities

KARACHI: Sindh Governor Imran Ismail and Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Gmamoglu Thursday agreed to declared Karachi and Istanbul as sister cities. The governor met Ekrem Gmamoglu at the Istanbul – Turkey, said a statement issued here. They also discussed other issues of mutual interest including further strengthening of Pakistan-Turkey relations. A detailed discussion was also held […]

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