ISLAMABAD: Munisa Ashurekova of Uzbekistan paring with Melisa Ugur from Turkey clinched the Girls Doubles title of the ITF Pakistan AJ Towers World Junior Tennis Championships here at PTF-SDA Tennis Complex. The Girls and Boys Doubles finals were decided on Friday. Earlier in the day, 2nd Seed Munisa Ashurekova of Uzbekistan paring with Melisa Ugur […]
Read MoreLondon: One person has died in Britain from Lassa fever, health authorities said on Friday, as they announced the first three cases of the disease in the country since 2009. The patient died at a hospital in Bedfordshire, north of London. All three people infected were from the same family in eastern England and recently […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) on Friday rejected the false assertions of Dr Tariq Binouri about his removal from Chairman Office due to audit of Research Centres in Karachi. Dr Tariq Bonouri had claimed that he was removed from office since he tried to have audit of the accounts of some Research Centers. It […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance, Shaukat Tarin on Friday appreciated Federal Board of Revenue’s Inland Revenue Enforcement Network (IREN) commendable performance against illegal cigarette trade country wide. Building on its momentum to maximize tax compliance, Federal Board of Revenue’s Inland Revenue Enforcement Network (IREN) Squads, has seized 93, 526, 800 illegal cigarettes worth Rs. 225, […]
Read MoreUNITED NATIONS: The President of the UN General Assembly, Abdulla Shahid, Thursday convened the first system-wide meeting dedicated to galvanizing action towards implementing the ground-breaking plan, known as ‘Our Common Agenda’, launched last year by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. “The well-being of people around the world, the health of our planet, and the survival of future […]
Read MoreWashington: President Joe Biden froze $7 billion in assets belonging to the previous Afghan government on Friday with the aim of splitting the funds between victims of the 9/11 attacks and desperately needed aid for post-war Afghanistan. Biden formally seized the assets in an executive order. The money had been stuck in the New York […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday declared Umar Amin Gandapur and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s minister Shah Muhammad as eligible to contest the elections while turning down the decision of Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). However, the court upheld the decision regarding imposing fine on Ali Amin Gandapur. Chief Justice Athar Minallah announced the judgment […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: The country‘s leading telecom and ICT services provider, the Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) posted 7 percent growth in its revenues, owing to a robust commercial strategy. Briefing media persons here, President and Group Hatem Bamatraf said “PTCL continued its strong performance throughout 2021. PTCL’s revenue of Rs 77 billion for the year 2021 […]
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