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Monthly Archives: December, 2018

Govt evolved policies to control smog: adviser

ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister on Climate Change Amin Aslam on Monday said that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government has taken special measures besides...

KP, Punjab extend winter vacations

LAHORE: keeping in view the severe cold, the provincial governments of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on Monday extended the winter vacations for one...

12,000 police on duty in Paris as ‘yellow vests’ call protests

PARIS: Nearly 150,000 police are set to be on duty around France on New Year's Eve when "yellow vest" protesters have called for another...

Finance minister reviews progress on economic zones

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Asad Umar chaired a meeting in Islamabad on Monday to review the work progress on different economic zones in the country. Planning...

China’s Xi, in New Year’s address, says pace of reform won’t ‘stagnate’

BEIJING: The pace of reform in China will not stagnate and it will open its door wider still to the outside world, President Xi...

DG ISPR declares 2019 year of progress

RAWALPINDI: The Director General (DG) Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Asif Ghafoor on Monday termed 2019 'year of progress' and added that...

UK awards Brexit ferry contract to firm with no ships

LONDON: Britain's tortuous breakup with the European Union took a bizarre turn Monday after it emerged that London has awarded an emergency ferry services...

Singer Jimmy Osmond suffers stroke during UK pantomime performance

LONDON: United States pop singer Jimmy Osmond, who performed the chart-topping hit “Long-Haired Lover from Liverpool” as a child in 1972, has suffered a...

References filed against four ex-prime ministers in 2018: NAB report

ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has filed 50 references including against four former prime ministers during 2018. This has been reported in the yearly...

PM Imran hails overseas Pakistanis for contribution in dams’ fund     

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday lauded the generous contribution of the overseas Pakistanis in Diamer-Bhasha and Mohmand Dams fund. Talking to a delegation...

The unexpected moneymaker in 2018: euro zone government bonds

LONDON: Economic optimists have for years been misguidedly predicting the twilight of the boring, safety-first bond market. And the year gone by was another...

Govt slashes fuel prices for January-2019

ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Monday reduced the prices of petroleum products for January 2019.     According to a notification issued today, the petrol price...

Boy whose mother had to fight to visit from Yemen dies

SAN FRANCISCO: A young boy whose mother had to fight for permission to visit him from Yemen as he lay gravely ill in a...

Rangers nab 17 suspects in Karachi raids

KARACHI: The spokesperson of Sindh Rangers on Monday said the law enforcers apprehended 17 suspects during raids in different areas of Karachi, ARY News...

Sydney kicks off New Year parties with dazzling spectacle

Australia's largest city Sydney put on its biggest-ever fireworks display in a spectacular welcome to the New Year, kicking off a wave of celebrations...

See Venice, but pay an entry fee first

ROME: Visitors to Venice will have to pay a new tax to help cover the costs of keeping the tourist-thronged historic city clean and...

Shireen Mazari, Maleeha Lodhi discuss human rights, gender empowerment issues

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Human Rights Shireen Mazari and Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United Nations Maliha Lodhi on Monday discussed human rights and gender...

CM Punjab directs to ensure law, order on new year’s eve

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has directed the authorities concerned to take best security arrangements to maintain law and order situation in...

Sea View to remain open for public on the New Year night

Pillion-riding, firecrackers banned in the city for two days.

President stresses for use of technology by institutions in service delivery

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Monday said that there was a need to utilise modern information technology tools in service delivery by all...

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