ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Shaukat Fayaz Ahmed Tarin on Friday told the Senate that Pakistan would start using the Saudi oil facility on deferred payment from next month. Responding to various questions in the House, he said the government had tried not to pass on the full burden of increase in the […]
Read MoreLondon: European and Asian stock markets fell Friday on fears the Federal Reserve will move more aggressively to tighten monetary policy to tame decades-high inflation. Wall Street, which finished sharply lower Thursday on the inflation data, opened modestly higher as concerns about the Fed’s possible response faded somewhat. The 7.5-percent jump in US consumer prices […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Nils van der Poel of Sweden broke his own world record in the men’s 10, 000m speed skating at the Beijing Winter Olympics here on Friday. Van der Poel clocked 12 minutes and 30.74 seconds, shattering his own previous record of 12: 32.95 set in February 2021.
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib Friday said that a resolution would be moved in the National Assembly (NA) for open court hearing in the case against Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif of his alleged involvement in laundering an amount of Rs16 billion. He, in a tweet, said Opposition […]
Read MorePESHAWAR: The Chief Justice Peshawar High Court Justice Qaiser Rashid Khan Friday administered the oath of office to Justice Kamran Hayat Miankhel, Justice Ijaz Khan and Justice Faheem Wali as additional Judges of the Peshawar High Court with effect from February 11. Judges of Peshawar High Court, Advocate General KP, Additional Attorney General, representatives of […]
Read MoreCape Town: The head of the World Health Organization said Friday the acute phase of the pandemic could end this year, if around 70 percent of the world gets vaccinated. “Our expectation is that the acute phase of this pandemic will end this year, of course with one condition, the 70 percent vaccination (target is […]
Read MorePESHAWAR: The district administration Khyber has decided to close all education institutions on February 12 due to Local Government Election scheduled on Sunday. A notification issued by the Deputy Commissioner, Mansoor Arshad says that all public and private schools and colleges will remain close on Saturday to ensure timely preparations for holding Local Government Election […]
Read MoreBAHAWALPUR: The local Met Office has forecast dry and cold weather to prevail in city for next 24 hours. The highest maximum temperature 26 centigrade and the lowest minimum 12 centigrade were recorded during last 24 hours. The dry and cold weather has also been forecast for rest of the region.
Read More