ISLAMABAD:The work was in progress to remove rubble on the national highway connecting Punjab and Balochistan near Fort Munro by heavy machinery to ensure smooth flow of traffic. The blocked road would be restored for traffic soon as immense land-sliding happened due to severe rainy spell that paralyzed the normal life. “The blockade had made […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The above normal monsoon rains across the country on Thursday caused further surge in the lives and property losses as the total death count in various incidents reached 903 and 1293 individuals got injured since the onset of the rainy season. The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) issued a 24-hour situation report released on routine […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The price of 24 karat per tola gold witnessed an increase of Rs.1200 per tola and was sold at Rs147,100 on Thursday against its sale at Rs145,900 the previous day in the local market. The price of 10 gram 24 karat fold also increased by Rs1029 and was sold at Rs126,115 against its sale at […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The KSE 100-index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed bearish trend on Thursday, losing 305.40 points, with negative change of 0.70 percent, closing at 43,032.57 points against 43,337.97 points on the last working day. A total of 208,115,224 shares were traded during the day compared to the trade of 256,479,127 shares the previous day, […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The Federal Flood Commission (FFC) said that the river Indus was flowing in “High Flood” in Guddu-Sukkur reach and in “Medium Flood” at Taunsa with water discharge of 580,000 cusecs and 471,000 cusecs respectively. According to daily FFC report on Thursday, the river Indus was in “Low Flood” in Kalabagh-Chashma reach (upstream Taunsa) and at […]
Read MoreBEIJING:The 18th meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Interbank Consortium Council under the chairmanship of the National Bank for Foreign Economic Activity of the Republic of Uzbekistan was held in Tashkent. SCO Secretary-General Zhang Ming delivered an address at the meeting and outlined the key priorities of cooperation between the SCO member states in […]
Read MorePESHAWAR:Mayor of Peshawar, Haji Zubair Ali on Thursday said that the Capital Metropolitan Government was ready to facilitate the business community to boost economic activities in the city. He was addressing a public private dialogue (PPD) on discussing the issues related local trade & exports in Peshawar, arranged by center for governance and public accountability […]
Read MoreQUETTA:The Federal Investigation Agency on Thursday apprehended a man allegedly involved in child pornography. An official of the FIA said that the agency’s Cyber Crime Quetta Circle during a raid arrested a suspect Bin Yamin. “Various videos of child pornography were found in the mobile phone recovered from the accused,” he said, adding that the […]
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