Tarin seeks details about anti-competitive conduct in poultry sector on May 25, 2021Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin has sought details from the Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) regarding an inquiry underway with reference to some anti-competitive conduct that led to price hike in chicken feed, which in turn, increased prices of chicken. While chairing a meeting of the National Price Monitoring Committee (NPMC) on Monday, the finance minister […]
Israel-Palestinian tensions simmer ahead of US envoy visit By: AFP on May 25, 2021Israeli forces shot dead a knife attacker in Jerusalem Monday, police said, as a ceasefire holds in the Palestinian enclave of Gaza ahead of a visit by Washington’s top diplomat. US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken left Washington around noon local time and is due to arrive in Tel Aviv on Tuesday morning, days after […]
Italian cable car accident kills 13 people By: AFP on May 25, 2021Thirteen people died and two children were seriously injured Sunday when a cable car slammed into the side of a mountain in northern Italy, emergency services said. The toll could rise further from the accident in Stresa, a resort town on the shores of Lake Maggiore in Italy’s Piedmont region, the Alpine rescue service said […]
Imran Khan trying to cover up economic disaster with lies: Bilawal By: inp on May 25, 2021Chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Monday said that Imran Khan is trying to cover up the economic catastrophe with persistent lies as marketing of chickens, eggs and buffaloes cannot improve the country’s economy. A statement issued by Bilawal Bhutto Zardari states that Imran Khan’s government used the old census data […]
Electoral reforms imperative to ensure free, fair, transparent elections: Fawad By: APP on May 25, 2021Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain Monday said the electoral reforms were imperative to ensure free, fair, and transparent elections in the country. “We want to hold elections in such a manner that no should point the finger at them. The electoral reforms can only guarantee fair elections,” he said while talking to […]
Five injured in Quetta blast on May 25, 2021At least five people got injured in an explosion on Qambrani Road in the provincial capital on Monday. A large number of law enforcers cordoned off the area after the explosion and shifted the injured to nearby hospitals. The nature of the explosion was being ascertained by investigative authorities till filing of this report. This […]
Pakistan High Commission in London attacked by Afghan protesters By: Daily Times Monitor on May 25, 2021A group of Afghan protesters staged a demonstration outside of the building of the Pakistan High Commission in London, a private TV channel repported on Monday. Some of the protesters pelted stones and threw water bottles at the building despite the presence of the police at the site. A protest was simultaneously held outside of […]
LHC approves Shehbaz’s plea to withdraw petitions seeking removal of name from ECL By: APP on May 25, 2021Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday approved Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president and opposition leader in National Assembly (NA) Shehbaz Sharif’s appeal to withdraw all the petitions seeking removal of his name from the Exit Control List (ECL. During the hearing, PML-N leader’s counsel Amjad Pervaiz said that his client wants to withdraw his petitions. […]
UN chief declares ‘war’ on Covid as India toll tops 300,000 By: AFP on May 25, 2021The UN chief on Monday declared the world “at war” against Covid-19, as India’s death toll crossed 300,000 and Japan opened its first mass vaccination centres — just two months before the start of the Olympics. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged governments to apply wartime logic to stark inequalities in the response to the […]
Govt reviews progress on Chaman, Torkham border crossing points on May 24, 2021ISLAMABAD: Minister for Economic Affairs Omar Ayub Khan on Monday emphasized for timely completion of foreign-funded projects of different sectors. He chaired meeting of the National Coordination Committee on Foreign-Funded Projects (NCC-FFP) on road communication and finance and revenue sectors at the Ministry of Economic Affairs, said a press release issued by the ministry. The […]