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A Turkish consortium, the sole bidder to take over Islamabad airport operations, has offered a concession fee below the minimum threshold, the chairman of the bid evaluation committee said on Thursday. Pakistan is seeking to generate revenue by accelerating the privatization process, including outsourcing the operation of three major airports. The consortium, formed by Terminal…
Ten people were injured in a mass shooting in the Queens borough of New York City late on New Year’s Day, the New York Police Department (NYPD) said in a press conference early Thursday. Among those injured in the incident outside a private events club Wednesday night were six women and four men, and all…
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday said the country’s economic progress depended on achieving “complete peace” amid the security challenges facing the country. Pakistan has recently witnessed a rise in terrorist activities, especially in KP and Balochistan. Terrorist attacks have increased since the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) broke a fragile ceasefire agreement with the government….
The PTI on Thursday asked the government to grant it more time to consult party founder Imran Khan on a final list of talks as the third round of talks between the two sides was set for next week. The first meeting between the committees representing the government and the opposition PTI took place on…
Deputy Prime Minister and External Affairs Minister Ishaq Dar on Thursday said the government was making all-out efforts to turn the country from being just a nuclear power to becoming an economic power. At a press conference in Islamabad, Foreign Minister Dar outlined the government’s efforts to achieve economic stability and enhance Pakistan’s diplomatic footprint…
Will Syria’s moderate extremists fulfill their promises of pluralism and will the country survive as a sovereign, united state in 2025? People celebrate the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s government in Damascus’ Umayyad Square. — Dawn Archive As Gaza continued to burn and Lebanon withstood a barbaric Israeli attack, and as Iran and the Zionist state…
Bulls continued to dominate the trading floor on Thursday on the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX), as stocks rose over 100 points amid mixed economic indicators. The benchmark KSE-100 index rose 234.14 points, or 0.2 percent, to 117,242.22 points from the previous close of 117,008.08 points at 3:19 p.m. Finally, the index closed at 117,119.65, an…
South Korean police on Thursday raided the offices of Jeju Air and the operator of Muan International Airport as part of the investigation into the fatal crash of a Boeing 737-800 plane that killed 179 people. The flight was carrying 181 people from Thailand to South Korea on Sunday when it issued a distress call…
The clemency petitions of 19 convicts involved in the May 9 cases have been accepted on humanitarian grounds, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) announced in a statement on Thursday. This development comes less than a month after military courts sentenced a total of 85 civilians involved in the riots of May 9, 2023. On December…
The petitions of 19 convicts involved in the May 9 cases have been accepted on humanitarian grounds, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) announced in a statement on Thursday. This development comes less than a month after military courts sentenced a total of 85 civilians involved in the riots of May 9, 2023. On December 21,…