Ukraine interior minister, 17 others killed in helicopter crash By: AFP on January 18, 2023Eighteen people, including Ukraine´s interior minister and three children, were killed in a helicopter crash near a kindergarten outside Kyiv on Wednesday. The helicopter slammed down next to the kindergarten and a residential building in Brovary, a commuter town for the capital Kyiv that was the scene of fierce fighting early in Russia’s invasion of […]
IHC rejects Swati’s request to serve contempt notice By: APP/ Web Desk on January 18, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday rejected a request of Senator Azam Swati seeking to serve contempt of court notice to CDA for conducting an operation against his farm house. The court also clubbed the petition of Azam Swati’s son with the main case while rejecting his request for initiating contempt proceedings against […]
Petition moved against dissolution of provincial assemblies By: APP on January 17, 2023 ISLAMABAD: A petition had been moved to Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday challenging the dissolution of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assemblies by the Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf. Petitioner Shaukat Rasheed had named chief secretaries of two provinces, establishment division, ministry of inter-provincial coordination, secretary of parliamentary affairs, and PTI as respondents in the […]
China’s population shrinks for 1st time in over 60 years By: Web Desk on January 17, 2023China, the most populous nation on earth, witnessed a population decline last year for the first time in more than 60 years, according to official data released on Tuesday. In a rapid decline that analysts fear could stymie economic growth and put additional strain on already-stressed public coffers, the 1.4 billion-person nation has seen birth […]
Today’s gold prices in Pakistan – 17 January 2023 By: Web Desk on January 17, 2023KARACHI – Today’s gold rates in Pakistan – 17 January 2023. The price of a single tola of 24-karat gold in Pakistan is Rs183,800 on Tuesday. The price of 10 grams of 24k gold was recorded at Rs157,580. Likewise,10 grams of 22k gold were being traded for Rs144,800 while a single tola of 22-karat gold was […]
Barrick Gold sets 2028 as target for first production from Reko Diq By: APP/ Web Desk on January 16, 2023ISLAMABAD: Barrick Gold Corporation Chief Executive Mark Bristow said that the company had set 2028 as the target for starting the first production from the giant copper-gold mine Reko Diq in Balochistan. It was also planning to complete the Reko Diq feasibility study update by the end of 2024, said Mark Bristow in a news […]
Ex-SCBA president Latif Afridi shot dead in Peshawar High Court By: Web Desk on January 16, 2023Latif Afridi, a former president of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), was shot dead inside the Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Monday in what police claimed was a case of family strife. He was six times shot. After the shooting, the senior attorney was transported to the Lady Reading Hospital, where he was later declared […]
67 killed in Nepal plane crash By: AFP on January 15, 2023At least 67 people were confirmed dead Sunday when a plane with 72 on board crashed in Nepal, police said, in the Himalayan country’s deadliest aviation disaster in three decades. “Thirty-one (bodies) have been taken to hospitals,” police official AK Chhetri told AFP, adding that 36 other bodies were still in the 300-metre (600-foot) gorge […]
16 new Corona cases reported in last 24 hours: NIH By: APP/ Web Desk on January 15, 2023ISLAMABAD: Health officials on Sunday said that 16 new Coronavirus cases were reported during the last 24 hours across the country. As per data shared by the National Institute of Health (NIH), the case positivity ratio was 0.44 percent while 14 patients were in critical condition. No death was reported from the Coronavirus in the […]
PM Modi to launch “Ganga Vilas” on January 13 By: Web Desk on January 12, 2023The Ganga Vilas cruise ship will provide visitors with the chance to explore more than 50 significant architectural sites as it travels 3200 kilometres in 50 days through 27 river systems in India and Bangladesh. On January 13, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will officially launch the “Ganga Vilas,” the longest river cruise in the world, […]