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Industry

Automart: car prices in Karachi

KARACHI: The prices of different makes and models of cars prevailing in Karachi in the week ended Saturday (October...

Updated 19 Oct, 2020 11:03pm

Pakistan

No room for children in elders’ fight: PDM targets Imran Khan in Karachi rally

As many as 50,000 seats were placed inside the venue for participants. Over 4,000 policemen have been deputed for the security of the rally and the organisers have prepared 100,000 masks for participants.

Updated 19 Oct, 2020 02:42am

USA

U.S could have saved $10 trillion if they handled COVID-19 as well as Pakistan

According to Larry Summers, former United States Treasury Secretary, if the United States handled the pandemic as well as Pakistan, "we would have saved in neighbourhood of $10 trillion".

Published 18 Oct, 2020 10:15pm

Europe passes 250,000 coronavirus deaths

A total of 250,030 deaths have now been recorded out of 7,366,028 registered cases in Europe. The five worst-hit countries account for more than two thirds of the deaths.

Published 18 Oct, 2020 09:22pm

Nawaz targeting state institutions on Modi’s behest: Senior official

The official said the opposition had the right to protest in a democracy but the nefarious agenda of maligning the national institutions could not be tolerated at any cost.

Published 18 Oct, 2020 09:19pm

Business & Finance

Toshiba targets $3bn revenue in quantum cryptography by 2030

The cyber security technology, called quantum key distribution (QKD).

Published 18 Oct, 2020 08:43pm

IMF chief says 'much more decisive' action needed to deal with debt problems

IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva told an online event hosted by the G30 group of former policymakers.

Published 18 Oct, 2020 08:41pm

Pakistan

567 new Coronavirus cases reported; 16 deaths in past 24 hours

A total of 4,074,024 corona tests have been conducted so far, while 735 hospitals are equipped with COVID facilities.

Published 18 Oct, 2020 07:24pm

PML-N leadership working on Indian agenda: Faisal

Imran Khan did not make the money or give the jobs to his family members as other party leadership did in the past.

Published 18 Oct, 2020 07:22pm

Asia

11 soldiers dead, 11 missing in Vietnam after second big landslide in days

Vietnam is prone to natural disasters and regularly suffers more than a dozen storms each year, often bringing flooding and landslides.

Updated 18 Oct, 2020 07:23pm

Iran says UN arms embargo on Tehran has been lifted

Washington maintained it will seek to prevent Iran from purchasing Chinese tanks and Russian air defence systems.

Updated 18 Oct, 2020 07:22pm

Pakistan

CM flays opposition's attempt to make institutions controversial

The Chief Minister said that the flop show of Gujranwala was a lesson for the opposition as the people have totally rejected their call.

Published 18 Oct, 2020 07:03pm

Pakistan

IRSA releases 115,800 cusecs water

Water inflow in the dam was recorded as 38,100 cusecs and outflow as 58,000 cusecs.

Published 18 Oct, 2020 07:11pm

Pakistan

CM orders for resolving Baloch students' issues in Punjab

While the Punjab government will pay the expenses of 142 Baloch students studying at Bahauddin Zakaria University Multan till 2023.

Published 18 Oct, 2020 07:13pm

Cotton

2.68mn cotton bales reach ginneries across Pakistan

Total over 2 million or 2,024,524 bales have been sold out including 2,007,524 bales bought by textile millers and rest of 17000 by exporters.

Published 18 Oct, 2020 07:14pm

Business & Finance

LCCI condemns fire incident at Hafeez Centre

They said that they stood by the traders of Hafeez Center and would raise their voice at every forum and would strongly demand the government to correct their losses by identifying them.

Published 18 Oct, 2020 07:16pm

PPP has nothing to do with Nawaz’s anti-establishment rhetoric: Aitzaz Ahsan

He maneuvered a no-confidence move against the PPP government and abducted our MNAs like Rasheed Bhatti and Father Jacob as the chief minister Punjab.

Published 18 Oct, 2020 07:18pm

Pakistan

Khurram Dastgir still a gas company defaulter: Shahbaz Gill

He said gas was consumed at an unauthorised petrol pump, established on the state land illegally by the PML-N leader.

Published 18 Oct, 2020 07:20pm

Currency

China beefs up laws to handle epidemics, protect whistleblowers

Based on these predictions, authorities should announce warnings and adopt prevention measures.

Published 18 Oct, 2020 06:53pm

Asia

Thai democracy protesters defy ban for fourth day

National Police spokesman Yingyos Thepjumnong warned protesters earlier Sunday that no rallies "causing unrest and disorder" would be allowed.

Published 18 Oct, 2020 06:50pm

Coronavirus toll at 1100 GMT Sunday

China -- excluding Hong Kong and Macau -- has to date declared 85,672 cases, including 4,634 deaths and 80,786 recoveries.

Published 18 Oct, 2020 06:47pm

Europe

Swiss impose mask order for indoor public spaces

"The sharp increase in the number of contaminations in recent days is worrying. Indeed, it concerns all age groups and all cantons," the government said in a statement.

Published 18 Oct, 2020 06:45pm

USA

Bolivians vote in election expected to bring upheaval

Although likely to remain the largest party, MAS is expected to lose its overall majority in the chambers.

Published 18 Oct, 2020 06:39pm

Exchange

Israel and Bahrain to formalise diplomatic ties

An Israeli delegation arrived from Tel Aviv for a one-day trip that will see Israel and Bahrain formalise a US-brokered agreement they signed at the White House on September 15.

Published 18 Oct, 2020 06:34pm

UK says door remains 'ajar' for post-Brexit trade deal

"The ball is in his court," Gove said of Barnier.

Published 18 Oct, 2020 06:33pm

Africa

Guineans vote in tense presidential election

Police were out in force, but despite fears of violence after sporadic clashes between rival supporters in recent days, voting appeared to be proceeding calmly.

Published 18 Oct, 2020 06:12pm

Middle East

Israel takes 'cautious' steps out of second virus lockdown

Public radio said about a million young children would return to kindergartens and other facilities Sunday.

Published 18 Oct, 2020 06:09pm

Pakistan

Maulana Fazlur Rehman meets Asif Ali Zardari in Karachi

The JUI-F chief paid a visit to a private hospital, where former President Zardari is under treatment.

Published 18 Oct, 2020 04:34pm

World

Trump says he might leave US if he loses to Biden in Presidential election

Trump told the crowd that Biden was the “worst candidate in the history of presidential elections”.

Published 18 Oct, 2020 03:18pm

Pakistan

PM Imran greets Azerbaijan on Independence Day

He reiterated that Pakistan stood with Azerbaijan in its quest to resolve Nagorno-Karabakh issue as per the United Nations Security Council’s resolutions.

Published 18 Oct, 2020 02:32pm

Pakistan

President advises strict adherence to SOPs as COVID-19 cases surge again

The country had recorded 6,825 as the highest COVID-19 cases on June 14 which were dropped to 185 on August 31. Now again, the figure has crossed 700 mark, said Alvi.

Published 18 Oct, 2020 02:29pm

Pakistan

PDM cannot remove PTI’s democratically elected government, says FM Qureshi

“No conspiracy against the people of Pakistan will succeed,” he said while referring to former prime minister Nawaz Sharif's recent speech at the Gujranwala.

Updated 18 Oct, 2020 02:27pm

Pakistan

15 killed after bus plunges into ravine near Skardu

The ill-fate passenger van was travelling from Rawalpindi to Skardu when the incident took place in wee hours of Sunday.

Published 18 Oct, 2020 01:16pm

World

Coronavirus survives on skin five times longer than flu: study

The research team tested skin collected from autopsy specimens, about one day after death.

Updated 18 Oct, 2020 12:29pm

Pakistan

Massive fire breaks out at Hafeez Centre in Lahore

The fire broke out in a shop on the second floor of the plaza, where laptops, mobile phones and other electronic items are sold and spread to the fourth floor.

Published 18 Oct, 2020 11:40am

World

Donald Trump is the ‘worst American President in middlemen history’: NYT Editorial board

The editorial begins by saying Donald Trump "poses the greatest threat to American democracy since World War II."

Updated 18 Oct, 2020 11:11am

World

China set to eliminate ‘absolute poverty’ by the end of this year

The number of poor rural residents in the country plunged from 98.99 million in 2012 to 5.51 million by the end of 2019.

Published 18 Oct, 2020 10:05am

Pakistan

FY2019-20: AGP unearths irregularities in accounts of MoCC

ISLAMABAD: The Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP) has unearthed irregularities of millions of rupees including...

Updated 18 Oct, 2020 03:23am

Pakistan

Maryam to reach Karachi today for PDM meeting

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice-President Maryam Nawaz will reach Karachi on Sunday (today) to...

Updated 18 Oct, 2020 03:23am

Currency

Embezzlement, mismanagement in accounts of MoNFS&R

ISLAMABAD: The Auditor-General of Pakistan has detected massive embezzlement, mismanagement and irregularities in ...

Updated 18 Oct, 2020 03:23am

Pakistan

Water & power sector entities: AGP identifies 447 cases of malfeasance involving over Rs4trn

ISLAMABAD: The Auditor General of Pakistan has identified 447 cases of embezzlement, misappropriation, fraud,...

Updated 18 Oct, 2020 03:23am

Pakistan

Audit observations amounting to Rs9,274.6m detected in MoFA

ISLAMABAD: The Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP) has detected audit observations amounting to Rs9,274.666 million,...

Updated 18 Oct, 2020 03:14am

Pakistan

Bid to smuggle Houbara bustards, falcons foiled

KARACHI: Pakistan Customs on Saturday claimed to have recovered from DHA here a large number of exotic birds...

Updated 18 Oct, 2020 03:14am

Pakistan

FPCCI election: UBG to discuss strategy on 24th

KARACHI: United Business Group (UBG) has called meeting of the group in Lahore on October 24 to discuses group...

Updated 18 Oct, 2020 03:14am

Pakistan

Farogh blames ‘corrupt political leadership’ for present crisis

KARACHI: Federal Law Minister Farogh Naseem on Saturday said that corrupt political leadership can’t be accepted ...

Updated 18 Oct, 2020 03:14am

Pakistan

PM’s affordable housing scheme praised

KARACHI: President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum Mian Zahid Hussain said Prime Minister Imran Khan is...

Updated 18 Oct, 2020 03:14am

Pakistan

PIA to resume UK operations by 30th

KARACHI: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has announced to resume its UK operations through European airlines...

Updated 18 Oct, 2020 03:14am

Pakistan

Renowned ENT surgeon dies of coronavirus

KARACHI: A renowned ENT specialist in Karachi died of coronavirus on Saturday. Dr Usman was the first doctor at...

Updated 18 Oct, 2020 03:14am

Pakistan

Bomb Disposal Squad gets modern vehicles

LAHORE: The Punjab government has taken an important step to safeguard the lives and property of the people besides...

Updated 18 Oct, 2020 03:14am

Pakistan

Six labourers die after falling into factory tank

KARACHI: In a tragic incident, at least six labourers died after falling into the chemical tank of a factory in...

Updated 18 Oct, 2020 03:14am

World

Beheaded France teacher had been ‘target of threats’

CONFLANS-SAINTE-HONORINE, (France): A history teacher beheaded in a Paris suburb on Friday had been the target of...

Updated 18 Oct, 2020 03:14am

Business & Finance

China’s economy to pick up pace in Q3

BEIJING: China's economic recovery gathered pace in the third quarter, according to an AFP poll of analysts, with...

Updated 18 Oct, 2020 03:10am

Cotton

Jul–Sept exports up 5.01pc YoY

ISLAMABAD: The country’s exports during September 2020 amounted to Rs313,324 million (provisional) against...