The death toll from a massive explosion that rocked Beirut on Tuesday has reached 100 and more victims are under the rubble, the head of the Lebanese Red Cross told local broadcasters on Wednesday. George Kettaneh told LBCI TV by telephone that the Red Cross was coordinating with the health ministry for morgues to take victims because […]
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GENEVA: Every member state has ratified a United Nations convention banning the worst forms of child labour, the UN announced on Tuesday, in a historic first — though eliminating such practices remains distant. The Pacific island nation of Tonga formally lodged its ratification with the International Labour Organisation on Tuesday, meaning all 187 ILO member […]
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ISLAMABAD: The government plans to set up another entity named ‘Mainline-1 Authority’ for smooth implementation of $6.8bn China-funded Karachi to Peshawar rail track besides offering voluntary separation scheme (VSS) to the employees of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA). This is part of institutional reforms for restructuring and strengthening of key institutions of economic governance of Dr […]
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KARACHI: The first month of this fiscal year started with a positive note for cement makers, depicting a jump of 38 per cent in overall cement despatches (local and exports) to 4.383 million tonnes from 3.512m tonnes in the same period last year. As per data of the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA), local […]
CLICK HERE TO READ MOREISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s exports bounced back in July following a steep fall for four consecutive months since March when the government imposed lockdowns to contain the spread of coronavirus. The new fiscal year started with a positive note as export proceeds grew 5.8 per cent to $1.998 billion in July, from $1.889bn in the corresponding month […]
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KARACHI: The stock market took a breather on Tuesday after a six-day gaining streak. It started out on a bullish note and the KSE-100 index surged to intraday high by 459 points, hitting the six-month uppish mark of 40,330. The benchmark doddering at such dizzy height swayed both ways, fuelling high degree of volatility, but […]
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ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Tuesday formed a combined investigation team (CIT) to investigate the recent sugar scam in the country, specifically sugar subsidy given to mill owners on export. A source told Dawn that the NAB headquarters referred the case of sugar subsidy to the bureau’s Rawalpindi office after the former received a letter […]
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BRUSSELS: The European Commission launched an “in-depth investigation” on Tuesday into whether US tech giant Google’s planned $2.1 billion purchase of smartwatch maker Fitbit would give it an unfair market advantage. “Our investigation aims to ensure that control by Google over data collected through wearable devices as a result of the transaction does not distort […]
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Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri, a seasoned diplomat, has been appointed as the new spokesperson of the Foreign Office, according to a notification issued on Wednesday. He will replace Aisha Farooqui who was appointed to the post in December last year. Farooqui is a career diplomat and joined the Foreign Service of Pakistan in 1994. She had […]
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At least 39 people were injured in a cracker attack on Jamaat-e-Islami’s rally in Karachi’s Gulshan-e-Iqbal area, a spokesperson for the health department said on Wednesday. “One of the injured is in critical situation,” the spokesperson said and added, “majority of patients have very minor injuries”. According to police officials, unidentified motorcyclist hurled a cracker […]
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