ISLAMABAD:The 100-index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) continued with bullish trend on the fourth consecutive day on Thursday, gaining 1,061.63 points, a positive change of 2.67 percent, closing at 40,846.53 against 39,784.90 points the previous day. A total of 364,131,735 shares were traded during the day as compared to 269,493,715 shares the previous day, […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Chairman Capital Development Authority (CDA) Capt. (r) Noor ul Amin Mengal Thursday directed the official concerned to take immediate steps to start the ‘Purple Line Metro Bus Service’ on Inter-Junction Principal (IJP) Road. The decision was taken during a meeting regarding Metro bus service chaired by him. Speaking on the occasion chairman said that the […]
Read MoreLAHORE:A 13-year-old domestic worker was tortured by her employers in Sadar area on Thursday. Police said teenager Maryam, working in the house for nine months, was thrashed and burnt by the employers. When victim’s parents went to meet her, the employers, identified as landlady Afshan, her brother Nadeem and Akmal showed reluctance to let them […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar on Thursday told the Senate that there was no backchannel diplomacy going on with India. Responding to a supplementary question of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s Senator Faisal Javed at the floor of the upper house of the parliament, she said since the government had come into the power, […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Senator Irfan Siddiqui Thursday lamented that the nearly four years performance of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has proved that their slogan of change was nothing but a hollow assertion as their deeds did not match their acts. Speaking on a point of order in Senate, he said the entire leadership of PTI swung into action to […]
Read MoreLAHORE:President Dr Arif Alvi called upon all stakeholders on Thursday to ensure that all school going children are admitted to schools and all FSc qualified students are admitted to higher educational institutions (HEIs). Addressing the convocation of Virtual University of Pakistan (VU) here, he said, “Our rate of primary enrolment is only 68 per cent […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and Pakistan on Thursday discussed matters of mutual interests and agreed to enhance bilateral trade volume between the two countries. Nawaf Saeed A. Almalkiy, Ambassador and Commercial Attache of Saudi Arabia to Pakistan called on Federal Minister for Commerce Syed Naveed Qamar here, said a press release issued by […]
Read MorePESHAWAR:The 14-member caretaker provincial cabinet of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Thursday took oath here at the Governor House. KP Governor Ghulam Ali administered the oath from the members of the cabinet and felicitated them and conveyed best wishes. The cabinet members included Abdul Halim Qasuriya, Syed Masood Shah, Hamid Shah, Advocate Sawal Nazir, Bakht Nawaz, Fazl […]
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