Muhammad Asif’s quest for a gold medal at the World Games came to an end on Wednesday as he was defeated 2-0 by China’s Zhao Guodong in the snooker semi-finals. Despite a valiant effort, the 36-year-old from Pakistan was unable to overcome Zhao, ranked 14th in the world, who clinched a straightforward win. Asif, who […]
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced the distribution of 100,000 free laptops among talented students across the country on merit, on Tuesday at an International Youth Day event in Islamabad. PM said distribution of these laptops will be across all four provinces, federal capital Islamabad, Gilgit Baltistan and Azad Kashmir, and will purely be on merit […]
Sindh Minister for Energy, Planning and Development Syed Nasir Hussain Shah has said affordable electricity for businesses and the public is the vision of President Asif Ali Zardari and Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, backed by Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah. Speaking at the “Multi-Stakeholders Conference on Competitive Electric Market in Pakistan,” he said the Sindh […]
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) closed marginally higher on Tuesday as it entered a consolidation phase, with the KSE-100 index gaining 75 points to close at a record high at 147,005. Analysts noted that investors adopted a cautious stance amid mixed sentiment, selective buying and profit-taking. Trading volumes registered an uptick, supported by gains in […]
On August 11, a delegation from the Silk Road Biohealth Agriculture Industry Alliance of Northwest A&F University (NWAFU) visited the Biohealth Sesame Order Demonstration Farm in Sahiwal, Punjab. The farm operates under the China-Pakistan Biohealth Agriculture (BHA) Overseas Technology Demonstration Park. Built jointly by China Machinery Engineering Corporation (CMEC), NWAFU, and Pakistan’s Ayub Agricultural Research […]
The 2nd Pakistan-China Business Conference will be held in Beijing on September 4, coinciding with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s visit for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Tianjin. Pakistan’s Ambassador to China, Khalil Hashmi, said the conference aims to expand trade and investment ties. Organised by the Pakistan Embassy in Beijing with the Special […]
The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) on Tuesday raised its global oil demand forecast for next year and trimmed its estimate for growth in supply from the United States and other producers outside the wider OPEC+ group, pointing to a tighter market. The outlook for higher demand and a drop in supply growth […]
The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Tuesday forecast a fresh spell of widespread rain, wind, and thundershowers across most parts of the country in the coming days, with monsoon activity expected to intensify from August 17. According to the Met Office, monsoon currents from the Arabian Sea are continuously penetrating the upper parts of the […]
The provincial high court in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) has stopped the upper and lower houses of parliament from appointing new leaders of opposition in view of the conviction, de-seating and de-notification of the previous ones — PTI’s Shibli Faraz and Omar Ayub. A division bench of the Peshawar High Court (PHC) comprising Justice Syed Arshad […]
The National Assembly on Tuesday passed the Acid and Fire Attack Prevention Bill 2024, prescribing the death penalty or up to seven years’ imprisonment for perpetrators, and up to two years’ jail or a fine for police officers found guilty of faulty investigation. The bill, moved by PPP lawmaker Mehreen Razzaq Bhutto, seeks to prevent […]