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Print - 2022-09-29

By-polls, LG election in Sindh: ECP rejects rumours of delay

KARACHI: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday retracted rumours of delay in by-elections and local...

Published 29 Sep, 2022 07:51am

40pc agri workforce affected by floods: Marri

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister and Spokesperson of PPP Parliamentarians Shazia Marri on Wednesday said 40 per cent of...

Published 29 Sep, 2022 07:50am

Industry

SECP further simplifies company incorporation process

ISLAMABAD: In pursuit of its agenda towards digitisation, process re-engineering and ease of doing business, the...

Published 29 Sep, 2022 07:48am

Dar sworn in as finance and revenue minister

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi administered the oath of office to Senator Ishaq Dar as Federal Minister for...

Published 29 Sep, 2022 07:46am

Audio leak exposes IK’s narrative of foreign conspiracy: minister

ISLAMABAD: Responding to the PTI chairman’s alleged audio leak, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said on Wednesday...

Published 29 Sep, 2022 07:42am

WIL, FedArms sign LoU to jointly produce AKM series guns

WAH CANTT: Wah Industries Limited, a subsidiary of Pakistan Ordnance Factories and M/s FedArms, USA have signed a...

Published 29 Sep, 2022 07:41am

SSGC opens new pipeline for Lyari, Garden, old city areas

KARACHI: Managing Director Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC), Imran Maniar on Wednesday inaugurated a new gas pipeline...

Published 29 Sep, 2022 07:39am

Energy

Electrical power equipment: EDB urges NTDC, Discos to encourage local suppliers

ISLAMABAD: The Engineering Development Board (EDB) has urged the National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC)...

Published 29 Sep, 2022 07:38am

Bajwa directs personnel to help restore routine life in flood-hit areas

RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa has directed army formations to focus on relief,...

Published 29 Sep, 2022 07:36am

Bilawal warns of consequences of Taliban isolation

WASHINGTON: The foreign minister wants the world to engage the Taliban, warning of dangerous consequences if...

Published 29 Sep, 2022 07:35am

Appointment of GB Chief Court judges challenged in SC

ISLAMABAD: The appointment of Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Court’s judges was challenged in the Supreme Court contending...

Published 29 Sep, 2022 07:33am

Alvi spells out benefits of peace in Afghanistan

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi said that peace in Afghanistan would pave the way for it to become a trade and...

Published 29 Sep, 2022 07:31am

Middle East

Demonstrations across Iran raise pressure on state

DUBAI: Iranian riot police deployed in Tehran’s main squares on Wednesday to confront people chanting “death to...

Published 29 Sep, 2022 07:25am

Middle East

Mahsa Amini family files complaint in Iran over her arrest

TEHRAN: Mahsa Amini’s parents have filed a complaint against the police who arrested their daughter for allegedly...

Published 29 Sep, 2022 07:23am

Middle East

Iran launches strikes that kill 9 in Iraqi Kurdistan

ZARGWEZ, (Iraq): Iran launched cross-border missile and drone strikes that killed nine people in Iraq’s Kurdistan...

Published 29 Sep, 2022 07:21am

Middle East

US condemns ‘brazen’ Iran strikes in Iraqi Kurdistan

WASHINGTON: The United States said Wednesday it “strongly condemns” Iran’s deadly bombardment in Iraqi...

Published 29 Sep, 2022 07:19am

USA

Opioid crisis cost US nearly $1.5trn in 2020

WASHINGTON: Fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic, the economic toll of the opioid addiction and overdose crisis on the...

Published 29 Sep, 2022 07:18am

South Asia

Sri Lanka imposes social media ban after child hunger posts

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka ordered civil servants on Wednesday not to express opinions on social media after some officials...

Published 29 Sep, 2022 07:08am

Turkey bows to US pressure, cuts Russian bank ties

ISTANBUL: Turkey’s booming wartime trade with Moscow took a giant step back on Wednesday with confirmation that ...

Published 29 Sep, 2022 07:05am

Industry

UAE gives importance to ties with Pakistan, says its envoy

LAHORE: The Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry on Wednesday organized a prestigious ceremony to mark the...

Published 29 Sep, 2022 06:59am

Pak Medica Health Expo to begin on 6th

LAHORE: The Punjab Government and the Ministry of Health, Turkey are jointly organising the three days ‘Pak Medica...

Published 29 Sep, 2022 06:58am

US envoy meets Punjab CM

LAHORE: US Ambassador Donald Blome met Chief Minister Punjab Chaudhry Parvez Elahi and former federal minister ...

Published 29 Sep, 2022 06:55am

Oil prices likely to dip

ISLAMABAD: The fortnightly price of petroleum products (POL) is likely to climb down by up to Rs14.71 per litre ...

Published 29 Sep, 2022 06:49am

Risk profiles of main segments: FBR creates new directorate

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has created a new directorate (Directorate-General of Compliance Risk...

Published 29 Sep, 2022 06:47am

Senate body concerned over rising prices of wheat flour

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on National Food Security and Research, Wednesday, expressed serious ...

Published 29 Sep, 2022 06:46am

President, PM discuss security, economic situation

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif called on President Dr Arif Alvi on Wednesday to discuss the country’s...

Published 29 Sep, 2022 06:44am

Resurgence of terrorism not to be tolerated: Commanders

ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa has expressed satisfaction over the operational...

Published 29 Sep, 2022 06:41am

‘Make cypher public now,’ demands IK

ISLAMABAD: The hackers continued to release the leaked audios of high-profile personalities of the country, as a...

Published 29 Sep, 2022 06:39am

Unrest in Iran

EDITORIAL: It is too early to predict that Iran is due for a political change, but what has happened on its streets...

Published 29 Sep, 2022 06:07am

Economic despondency

EDITORIAL: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) nfor the week ending 29 September 2022 year on year was estimated at...

Published 29 Sep, 2022 06:01am

Pakistan, EU agree on multifaceted uplift agenda

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the European Union agreed on multifaceted development cooperation agenda in a number of...

Updated 29 Sep, 2022 09:46am

Chinese-Pakistani dual national shot dead at Karachi clinic

KARACHI: An armed attacker posing as a dental patient killed a Chinese-Pakistani dual national and injured two ...