The Sindh government has raised concerns over removing the Mohenjo-Daro image from Pakistani currency notes. Sindh’s Minister for Culture and Tourism, Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah, has sent a letter to the Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) in response. The letter expressed reservations about the decision to replace the historic site’s image with the Khyber Pass on the …

Saudi Arabia has offered fifteen percent investment in the mega Reko Diq gold and copper project. The Kingdom has also offered grants to build road infrastructure around the Reko Diq project.Special Investment Facilitation Council has approved the structure of the offer but the final decision has been left to the Cabinet Committee on Intergovernmental Transactions. Pakistan expects Saudi investment of …

Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, on Saturday, said that Pakistan considered the United States’ decision to impose sanctions on commercial entities over alleged connections to Pakistan’s ballistic missile program as biased and politically motivated. In response to media inquiries about the US decision to impose sanctions on commercial entities over alleged connections to Pakistan’s ballistic …

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif chaired a high-level meeting on the promotion of electric vehicles (EVs) in Pakistan, highlighting the government’s commitment to prioritizing sustainable transportation. During the meeting, the PM said the government was taking priority measures for the promotion of electric vehicles in the country. He directed the relevant authorities to prepare a comprehensive financial model for electric vehicles, …

Hareem Farooq, one of Pakistan’s leading actresses, recently opened up about her role in the popular drama serial Bismil. The show, which has quickly gained high ratings and significant viewership, revolves around a complex love triangle and themes of greed and toxicity. Hareem Farooq stars alongside veteran actors Nauman Ijaz and Savera Nadeem, with the plot taking a controversial turn …

Former Pakistan captain Younis Khan urged on Saturday white-ball captain Babar Azam to merely focus on his game. Expressing his thoughts, the T20 World Cup 2009-winning captain said: “The reason why Babar Azam was made the captain of the national team was because he was the top-performer. Babar Azam had achieved plenty of milestones at the very young age.” He …

Former President Donald Trump has announced plans for mass deportations of migrants from Springfield, Ohio, in response to unfounded claims that Haitian immigrants in the area have been involved in disturbing acts such as eating pets. This announcement has ignited controversy and heightened tensions in the community. Speaking at a press conference from his golf course in Los Angeles, Trump …

A majority bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Saturday warned the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) that non-implementation of its judgment on reserved seats would result in serious consequences. The clarification comes after the electoral watchdog and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) filed petitions regarding the court’s July 12 decision on the matter. The eight-member bench, led by Justice Mansoor …

GREATER NOIDA: The one-off Test between Afghanistan and New Zealand was washed out on Friday after five days of rain, just the eighth Test in history to be abandoned without a ball being bowled. Afghanistan’s adopted home ground at Greater Noida, on New Delhi’s outskirts, has been hit by persistent rain over the past fortnight, forcing officials to call the …

LONDON: Prince Harry was once one of the British royal family’s most popular members, but as he celebrates his 40th birthday this weekend he is increasingly distanced from the UK public and his own family. The younger son of King Charles III, now living in California with his American television actress wife Meghan and their two young children, reaches the …

LOS ANGELES: Which series will succeed three-time winner ‘Succession’ as television’s best drama? Emmy voters will reveal their selection on Sunday at a red-carpet ceremony where historical epic ‘Shogun’ enters as the favorite. The story set in feudal Japan already has collected a record number of Emmys for a single season of a television series. ‘Shogun’ picked up 14 trophies …

UKRAINE-BELARUS BORDER: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had been returned from Russia, with AFP witnessing the group being greeted at the border with Belarus. Zelensky did not clarify whether it was part of an exchange with Russia, as is usually the case, but AFP journalists had earlier seen Russian prisoners of war being loaded onto …

HANOI: The death toll in Vietnam from typhoon Yagi and the landslides and flash floods it triggered rose to 254 on Friday, the state disaster management agency said, as flood waters receded and search efforts pressed on. The Southeast Asian country is reeling from the impact of the strongest storm to hit Asia this year which made landfall on its …

BEIRUT: Hamas chief Yehya Sinwar thanked the leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah for his group’s support in the conflict with Israel, Hezbollah said on Friday, in the first reported message since Sinwar became Hamas leader in August. The Iran-backed Hezbollah has been waging attacks on Israel for nearly a year in a conflict across the Lebanese-Israeli border that …

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Friday approved a $320-million loan to support the rehabilitation of roads in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, enhancing safe and all-weather connectivity in rural areas. As per a statement released by the ADB, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Rural Roads Development Project will upgrade around 900 kilometers of rural roads in the province that are susceptible to floods and …

A sessions court in Karachi rejected on Friday the post-arrest bail application of Natasha Danish, the driver booked in the Karsaz accident case that claimed two lives. During the hearing today, Additional District and Sessions Judge (East) Shahid Ali Memon announced the verdict which was reserved earlier. On September 6, Natasha was granted bail in the murder case after the …

MUMBAI: India’s foreign exchange reserves extended their winning run for a fourth straight week to hit a record high of $689.24 billion as of Sept. 6, data from the central bank showed on Friday. The reserves rose by $5.3 billion in the reporting week, after having risen by a total of $13.9 billion in the prior three weeks. The RBI …

After declining in the previous session, gold prices in Pakistan jumped on Friday in line with their increase in the international rates. In the local market, the price of gold per tola gained Rs2,900, clocking in at Rs265,900, which is the latest record high in Pakistan. Similarly, 10-gram gold was sold at Rs227,966 after it registered an increase of Rs2,486, …

NEW DELHI: A top political opponent of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was granted bail on Friday after months behind bars on accusations his party took kickbacks in exchange for liquor licences. Arvind Kejriwal, chief minister of the capital Delhi and a key leader in an opposition alliance that battled Modi in national elections earlier this year, was first detained …

HONG KONG: A record 25 memorandums of understanding (MoUs) were signed during the two-day Ninth Belt and Road Summit that concluded in Hong Kong on Thursday. The MoUs, including four between governments and 21 between businesses, involve government bodies and companies from Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Kazakhstan. A highlight of this summit is a new chapter dedicated to …

BEIJING: Chinese Premier Li Qiang returned to Beijing on Friday after wrapping up an official visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Li was seen off from a UAE airport by Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak, the UAE president’s special envoy to China, and Chinese Ambassador to the UAE Zhang Yiming.

ISLAMABAD: Two terrorists were killed during an operation in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province, the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of police said on Friday. The CTD personnel conducted an intelligence-based operation in the Dera Ghazi Khan district of the province on reported presence of the terrorists in the area, the CTD officials told media. During the operation, two terrorists were killed by …

ISLAMABAD: China Cultural Center in Pakistan in collaboration with Culture Office of the embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Pakistan, launched a series of online activities to celebrate the 2024 Mid-Autumn Festival: ‘A Moon Moment to Remember’ in Pakistan and for people around the world on Friday. The “Mid-Autumn Day in Poetry”video series and other colorful events are …

The most recently held 23rd Meeting of Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Member States responsible for Foreign Economic and Trade Activities in Islamabad yesterday vividly reflecting the golden principles of Shanghai Spirit comprising openness, inclusiveness, mutual trust, political cooperation and last but not least economic cooperation among the SCO member countries. Going forward, all members’ countries should jointly persuade …

Cities that boast a Coastline are considered fortunate all across the globe, be it the Coastline of LA, or the more humble country Indonesia’s Coastline of Bali, it becomes the prime attraction of tourists and locals alike. The tourists visit the beaches for different reasons, to bask in the sun and see what local life and the shore is like, …

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif assuring all possible measures for the promotion of the football game in the country, announced that the government would soon unveil a comprehensive plan in this regard. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met Pakistan’s street child football team on Wednesday, which recently delivered an outstanding performance at a tournament in Norway. The premier asked the authorities concerned …

Pakistan is likely to introduce mini budget as the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is facing difficulties in meeting its tax collection targets. According to sources, FBR needs to collect Rs2,654 billion in taxes for the first quarter of the fiscal year 2024-25, with Rs 1,190 billion required in September 2024 alone. If FBR fails to meet the target by …

Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has emphasized that the protection of citizens’ lives and property is the government’s top priority, warning that any negligence in this regard will not be tolerated. The Punjab Home Department has issued orders to ban social media use among officials and also equip them with bodycams. As part of efforts to enhance transparency and improve …

The 10 arrested members of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) were brought to the Parliament House during an ongoing National Assembly session after the speaker issued their production orders a day ago. The detained lawmakers, including Sheikh Waqas Akram, Zain Qureshi, Yousuf Khan, Owais Jakhar, Malik Aamir Dogar, Ahmed Chatha, Zubair Khan, Shah Ahad Khattak, Syed Naseem Ali Shah, and Sher …

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) in a meeting held today the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to cut the policy rate by 200 bps to 17.5 percent, effective from September 13, 2024. Both headline and core inflation fell sharply over the past two months. The pace of this disinflation has somewhat exceeded the Committee’s earlier expectations, mainly due to …

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has sought a clarification from the federal government on an application for stopping the potential military arrest and trial of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder and former prime minister Imran Khan. Justice Miangul Hasan Aurangzeb conducted the hearing, during which he addressed the objections raised on a petition seeking to prevent any military trial of Imran …

Credit to TASS MOSCOW: Moscow welcomes the initiatives of Brasilia and Beijing to settle the Ukrainian crisis, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said in an interview with RT television. “We welcome the Brazil-China consensus – a well-known initiative consisting of six points,” the official said. “I think this initiative has ever more support in the Global South. And this …

Credit to Tehran Times:   Ali Akbar Ahmadian, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), made the remarks in a meeting of the BRICS security chiefs in St. Petersburg, Russia. Ahmadian also called on BRICS to form a special committee to help broker peace between Russia and Ukraine. In an interview with RT television, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey …

LANZHOU: Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, stressed the significance of industrial development in revitalizing the country’s rural areas on Wednesday morning. Different regions should develop their own strengths and follow a revitalization path suitable to their own conditions, Xi said during the inspection in the city of Tianshui, northwest China’s Gansu Province. In …

BEIJING: China will send 44 national medical teams to provide services in its central and western regions annually beginning this year, more than doubling the number from last year, according to the National Health Commission. The teams, each consisting of at least five members, will work in 17 provincial-level regions including Xinjiang and Xizang for no less than three weeks, …

RIYADH: Chinese Premier Li Qiang’s visit to Saudi Arabia, which concluded on Wednesday, has underscored the role of investment and trade as a key pillar of the China-Saudi Arabia relationship. During his brief stay of less than 24 hours, Li held intensive meetings with Saudi business representatives, Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi, and Saudi …

XI’AN: Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, has urged developing a sense of reverence and affection for Chinese civilization and passing on fine traditional Chinese culture from generation to generation. Xi made the remarks when inspecting the Baoji Bronze Ware Museum in the city of Baoji in northwest China’s Shaanxi Province on Tuesday afternoon. …

BEIJING: A mainland spokesperson said on Wednesday that Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities constitute the true hindrance to restoring normalcy to cross-Strait tourism. Chen Binhua, a spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, made the remarks in response to a media inquiry regarding the issue of cross-Strait tourism. In furtherance of their own political gains, the DPP authorities …

Avocados are a source of key nutrients, including healthy fats and fiber. They also contain anti-inflammatory and antioxidant compounds and may help reduce heart disease risk. Nutritious, versatile, and delicious, avocados have become a kitchen staple in many homes around the world. While some people refer to avocados as fruits and some people say they’re a vegetable, avocados (Persea americana) …

Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Muhammad Aurangzeb chaired the meeting of the Economic Coordination Committee today. On a proposal of the Ministry of National Food Security and Research for a loan of Rs. 656 million to the Pakistan Central Cotton Committee (PCCC) to enable the organization to pay salaries and pensions to its employees, the ECC deliberated on the …