Twitter reports earnings miss, cites Musk buyout uncertainty By: APP on July 22, 2022Washington: Twitter reported disappointing results on Friday, a miss that the social network attributed to “headwinds” including the uncertainty related to Elon Musk’s buyout bid. The firm is locked in a legal battle with the mercurial Tesla boss over his effort to walk away from his $44 billion deal to purchase the platform, leaving the […]
Will Turkey attack Syria Kurds without nod from Russia and Iran? By: AFP on July 21, 2022BEIRUT: Turkey has renewed its threats of a new military offensive against Syria’s Kurds, but what can it do after failing to secure the green light of Russia and Iran? After announcing plans to move against Kurdish forces in the areas of Manbij and Tal Rifaat in northern Syria, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey […]
Imran Khan suffering from ‘Zardari phobia’ : Sherry By: APP on July 21, 2022ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Vice President Senator Sherry Rehman on Thursday said PTI Chairman Imran Khan was still suffering from ‘Zardari phobia’ as he was accusing PPP co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari of bribing his party’s members of the Punjab Assembly. Responding to the allegations levelled the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman against the […]
Pak-Canada Parliamentary Friendship Group in Senate holds meeting with Canadian Parliamentarian By: APP on July 21, 2022ISLAMABAD: The meeting of the Pakistan-Canada Friendship Group in the Senate with the Canadian House of Commons Member, Sameer Zuberi was held here at the Parliament House on Thursday to explore new avenues for further broadening the bilateral ties between Pakistan and Canada. The meeting discussed a host of issues, inter alia, including travel advisory […]
Turkish Ambassador meets COAS, lauds Pakistan’s role for regional stability By: APP/ Web Desk on July 21, 2022RAWALPINDI: Turkish Ambassador Mehmet Pacaci on Thursday met Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa here at GHQ and appreciated Pakistan’s role for regional stability. During the meeting, matters of regional security situation, mutual and professional interest with special emphasis on defence and security collaboration between the two brotherly countries, were discussed, an […]
Dollar continues upward trajectory against rupee, reaches 227 mark By: Web Desk on July 21, 2022Following an advance of Rs2.08 against the Pakistani rupee in early morning interbank trading, the US dollar has now achieved an all-time high of Rs227. The American dollar has literally shown no compassion’ this week, battering the local currency with several shocks, gaining Rs16.5 in four days of the current working week. Interbank closing #ExchangeRate […]
CM inaugurates Provincial Security Secretariat By: APP on July 20, 2022PESHAWAR: Chief Minister, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan on Wednesday inaugurated Provincial Security Secretariat (PSS) being established in Home and Tribal Affairs Department. Commander 11 Corps Peshawar and IGP Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were also present in the inauguration ceremony. The ceremony was also attended by Advocate General, IG Frontier Constabulary KP, Director General FIA, Director, Pakistan Telecommunication […]
Fortress Nato — The Emerging Global Security Architecture By: Ambassador G Rasool Baluch on July 20, 2022A three-day NATO Summit was held from June 28 to 30 in the Spanish capital, Madrid. The summit was attended by heads of state and governments of 30 NATO member countries. In addition, Indo-Pacific partners, including leaders from Australia, Japan, South Korea and New Zealand also participated in the summit. Finland and Sweden were inducted […]
Over 12.3 mln children received polio vaccines in 68 districts By: APP on July 19, 2022ISLAMABAD: The second Sub-National Immunisation Days (SNIDs) campaign of the year 2022 reached more than 12.3 million children under the age of five. The campaign was launched on June 27, covering 68 districts in all four provinces of the country. Over 100,000 trained and dedicated polio workers were engaged in the vaccination drive to inoculate […]
Shireen Mazari claims finding ‘recorder’ in her bedroom By: Web Desk on July 19, 2022Shireen Mazari, a former federal minister for human rights, claimed that a voice recorder was discovered in her bedroom under a coffee table, claiming that it violated her rights and the Constitution. Mazari, flanked by former minister for information technology Shibli Faraz, revealed at a press conference shared by the PTI on Twitter that the […]