WASHINGTON: Herman Cain, a television host and former Republican presidential candidate, died on Thursday after contracting Covid-19, according to a statement on his website and Facebook page. Cain, 74, was diagnosed with the disease late last month and later hospitalised after attending a Tulsa, Oklahoma, rally for President Donald Trump, where many attendees crowded close […]
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WASHINGTON: Big Tech executives faced an onslaught of criticism from US lawmakers on Wednesday at a high-stakes antitrust hearing that could lay the groundwork for tougher regulation of the major internet platforms. CEOs Tim Cook of Apple, Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook and Sundar Pichai of Google were grilled for more than […]
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Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Information and Broadcasting Lt Gen (retd) Asim Saleem Bajwa, while updating the nation on the progress of the 330 MW Thar Block-2 power plant, said that the work on the project is in “full swing”. Taking to Twitter, Bajwa, who is also the chairman of China-Pakistan Economic […]
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The Association of Builders and Developers (ABAD) of Pakistan will invest Rs1,370 billion for construction-related projects, Prime Minister Imran Khan was told in a meeting of the National Coordination Committee (NCC) for Housing, Construction, and Development. According to a press release issued on Friday, PM Imran, while chairing the weekly NCC meeting, said that the […]
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Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Friday announced it has further extended the deadline for businesses and the public to register their Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) with the authority. Under the new deadline, users can register their VPNs till September 30, 2020. The move was made on the recommendations of the Ministry of IT, Pakistan Software […]
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FRANKFURT: Germany’s economy, Europe’s largest, took a massive hit during the pandemic shutdowns, shrinking by 10.1 per cent during the April-June period from the previous quarter as exports and business investment collapsed. It was the biggest drop since quarterly growth figures began being compiled in 1970, the official statistics agency said Thursday. The plunge far […]
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ISLAMABAD: Revenue collection in July grew by over 15 per cent from last year to Rs 300 billion, up Rs57bn or 23.4pc from the target set for the month, data released by Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) spokesperson showed on Thursday. The data for revenue collection in the first month of current fiscal year showed […]
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ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Thursday asked provinces to limit their expenditures during the current fiscal year on the basis of expected revenue collection of about Rs4.6 trillion by the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) instead of Rs4.96tr budget target. A senior finance ministry official said the provinces had been advised to remain frugal in […]
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The family of a high school exchange student from Pakistan who was killed in a Texas school shooting have started a foundation to honour her memory through providing university scholarships to low-income Pakistani women. Sabika Sheikh, 17, was killed in a May 2018 shooting at Santa Fe High School near Houston that left 10 people […]
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan reiterated on Thursday that he would not give any (National Reconciliation Ordinance) NRO-like concession to the opposition by accepting amendments it had proposed to the National Accountability Ordinance (NAO-1999). “We will not be blackmailed by the opposition. We could have called a joint sitting of the parliament for the passage […]
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