Loud blast, shots heard near China hotel in Afghan capital By: AFP on December 12, 2022A loud blast and gunfire were heard in the Afghan capital Monday near a hotel popular with Chinese business visitors, a witness said. The Taliban claim to have improved national security since storming back to power in August last year but there have been scores of bomb blasts and attacks, many claimed by the local […]
Yemen war has killed or maimed over 11,000 children: UN By: Agencies on December 12, 2022More than 11,000 children are known to have been killed or maimed in Yemen’s civil war since it escalated nearly eight years ago, the United Nations said Monday. “The true toll of this conflict is likely to be far higher,” said the children’s agency UNICEF about the casualties of the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. “Thousands […]
Today’s gold prices in Pakistan – 12 December 2022 By: Web Desk on December 12, 2022KARACHI – The price of a single tola of 24-karat gold in Pakistan is Rs167,800 on Monday. The price of 10 grams of 24k gold was recorded at Rs 143,860. Likewise,10 grams of 22k gold were being traded for Rs 130,250 while a single tola of 22-karat gold was being sold at Rs 151,300. Important note: The […]
JIT probing gun attack on Imran summons Vawda By: Web Desk on December 9, 2022The Punjab government’s JIT constituted to investigate the gun attack on PTI Chairman Imran Khan has summoned Faisal Vawda and 35 other PTI leaders. The JIT has requested that former PTI leader Faisal Vawda appear before it tomorrow (Saturday) with the full record. In a news conference on October 26, Vawda stated that the PTI’s […]
Punjab education boards double admission fee By: Web Desk on December 9, 2022The Punjab government has doubled the admission fee for nine education boards including of Lahore. The admission fee of the candidates of government and private educational institutions has been increased from Rs50 to Rs100. Every year, more than 3.6 million students appeared in the examinations under these education boards across Punjab. The new fee will be applicable […]
Putin says nuclear tensions ‘rising’ but Moscow won’t deploy first By: Agencies on December 8, 2022Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that nuclear tensions were rising, though he insisted “we have not gone crazy” and Moscow would not be the first to deploy them in the Ukraine conflict. Speaking more than nine months after his forces launched their military operation, Putin warned the conflict could be “lengthy”. Russian forces have […]
Iran carries out first known execution over Amini protests By: AFP on December 8, 2022Iran carried out its first known execution Thursday over protests sparked by Mahsa Amini’s death, hanging a man convicted of blocking a street and wounding a paramilitary member in what human rights activists condemned as “show trials”. Demonstrations have swept Iran for nearly three months since Amini died after her arrest by the morality police […]
CSS result: 393 candidates pass exam By: webdesk on December 7, 2022ISLAMABAD: Federal Public Service Commission has announced results of Central Superior Services (CSS) Competitive Examination 2022, and a total of 393 out of 20,262 appeared candidates passed the examination. A total of 32,059 candidates applied to appear in the exams, but 20,262 candidates appeared in it. A total of 393 candidates passed the examination and […]
Today’s gold prices in Pakistan – 07 December 2022 By: Web Desk on December 7, 2022KARACHI – The price of a single tola of 24-karat gold in Pakistan is Rs164,000 on Wednesday. The price of 10 grams of 24k gold was recorded at Rs 140,610. Likewise,10 grams of 22k gold were being traded for Rs 128,580 while a single tola of 22-karat gold was being sold at Rs 149,890. Important note: The […]
Seven killed in north Afghanistan as blast hits vehicle with oil workers By: Reuters on December 6, 2022At least seven people were killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday when a blast hit a vehicle carrying oil workers in the northern province of Balkh, while another blast in the eastern city of Jalalabad injured six people. “Today at around 7am a blast took place in… Balkh on a bus which belonged to Hairatan oil […]