Archives for August 22, 2020
Another victim of Indian shelling in AJK dies
MUZAFFARABAD: One more female victim of Indian shelling from across the Line of Control died in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), pushing the current year’s death toll to 19, an…
Halal food has high demand in China, SE Asia: FPCCIv
KARACHI: The volume of global halal food trade is more than $3 trillion though Pakistan’s share is barely per cent and there is a need to increase it, President Federation…
Messi contemplates Barca exit after meeting new coach Koeman
Argentina's national team player Lionel Messi adresses a press conferencein East Rutherford, New Jersey on June 24, 2016. Argentina will face Chile on June 26 in their final match of…
Greece pushing migrants back to sea, says UNHCR
ATHENS: The UN refugee agency on Friday said it was deeply concerned by “credible reports” that Greek authorities had towed migrant ships back out to sea or just left them…
Prosecutor’s rebuttal to defense arguments recorded in Baldia fire case
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court has recorded rebuttal of the special public prosecutor to the final arguments advanced by the defence counsel for the accused persons in the Baldia factory fire…
MQM pledges full support of LG bodies for Muharram processions in Karachi
Pakistani Shiite Muslims take part in a religious procession held ahead of Ashura on the ninth day of the holy month of Muharram in Karachi on September 30, 2017. Ashura…
NAB KP summons Fazl’s brother over ‘illegal assets’
PESHAWAR: The National Accountability Bureau, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, has issued a call-up notice to an officer of the provincial government, who is a younger brother of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl’s chief Maulana Fazlur…
No mobile phone service in Peshawar on Muharram 9, 10
PESHAWAR: The mobile phone service will be suspended in the provincial capital on Muharram 9 and 10 as part of security plan, while over 10,500 police and security personnel will…
The celestial dance
THE one constant in life is that nothing is permanent, and everything is in perpetual motion. From sub-atomic particles to the giant spheres that float silently across the skies, we…
Politics of governance
TAIMUR Saleem Jhagra is in danger of becoming a good man. As the health minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, he has spearheaded the project to provide universal basic health insurance to…