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The bears took control of the trading floor on Thursday on the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX), as the stock fell 1,300 points in intraday trade. The benchmark KSE-100 index fell 1,365.18 points, or 1.21 percent, to 111,049.62 points at 12:17 p.m. from the last close of 112,414.80. Yesterday, after two consecutive sessions of recovery following…
DAMASCUS: Syrian police imposed an overnight curfew in the city of Homs, state media reported, after unrest related to demonstrations that residents said were led by members of the Alawite and Shiite minority communities. Some residents said the demonstrations were related to pressure and violence in recent days targeting members of the Alawite minority, a…
KARACHI: Government lending to banks for budget support was negative during the first half of the current fiscal year ended December 31, indicating increased liquidity in the national exchequer. The latest data from the State Bank for the period from July 1 to December 13 showed net debt write-off of Rp 2.03 trillion against net…
WASHINGTON: Another statement in support of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan by a member of US President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming team has again lifted the spirits of the opposition leader’s party, which has been campaigning for his release. In an interview with the American digital platform newsmax On Wednesday, Richard Grenell, who has been…
Mientras el país celebraba el miércoles el cumpleaños número 148 de Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, el presidente Asif Ali Zardari y el primer ministro Shehbaz Sharif prometieron construir un Pakistán que refleje la visión de Jinnah de inclusión y derechos para las minorías religiosas. El día amaneció con salvas de armas en las capitales federal…
An Embraer passenger plane flying from Azerbaijan to Russia crashed on Wednesday near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan with 62 passengers and five crew on board, Kazakh authorities announced, saying 32 survivors had been rescued. Kazakhstan Airlines flight J2-8243 had deviated hundreds of miles from its scheduled route to crash on the opposite shore…
Russia on Wednesday attacked Ukraine’s energy system and some cities with ballistic and cruise missiles as well as drones in an “inhumane” assault on Christmas Day, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said. Nearly three years into the war, the attacks wounded at least six people in the northeastern city of Kharkiv and killed one in the…
Experts denounced the deep-rooted connection between unhealthy diets, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and poverty during a dialogue at the conference on Wednesday. During a policy dialogue on the nexus between unhealthy foods, NCDs and poverty at the Beaconhouse National University (BNU) in Lahore, organized by the Center for Governance and Public Accountability (CGPA), experts concluded that…
Two police officers were martyred in Shikarpur district of Sindh on Wednesday after unknown assailants opened fire on them, according to a statement from the operations room of the Sindh Inspector General (IGP). According to the statement issued by the operating room to dawn.comThe two officers, identified as Altaf Brohi and Abdul Qadir Qallati, were…
PTI Information Secretary Sheikh Waqas Akram on Wednesday criticized Information Minister Attaullah Tarar for advocating trial of civilians in military courts, stating that the trials “tarnished Pakistan’s democratic and constitutional image across the world.” “. Twenty-five PTI activists were sentenced to rigorous prison terms of between two and ten years by a military court for…