Pakistans nuclear programme a guarantee to peace in South Asia: PM on May 28, 2016ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s nuclear programme is a guarantee to peace in South, Prime Minister Nawaz said in his message on the occasion of Youm-e-Takbeer, the day Pakistan became a nuclear power. “Pakistan’s atomic programme was developed to make country’s defence impregnable. It is a guarantee to peace in South Asia. This programme created a balance of […]
Pakistan had planned nuclear test in 1984 on May 28, 2016ISLAMABAD: Pakistan had planned to conduct a nuclear test in 1984, but General Ziaul Haq opposed the idea as it would have put a stop to international aid Pakistan was receiving due to the ongoing war in Afghanistan. “We were able and we had a plan to launch nuclear test in 1984, however; then president […]
Police chief expresses concern over termination of 12,500 cops in Pakhtunkhwa on May 28, 2016PESHAWAR: Police chief of Khyber Pakhtunkwa Nisar Khan Durrani has shown his concern about provincial government’s decision of terminating 12,500 police employees from their service. The police personnel to be terminated include 10,000 reserved police officials and 2,500 ex-servicemen employed with the insurgency-hit province’s police force. The termination of the police personnel will start from […]
Children scale 800-metre cliff to reach school everyday on May 27, 2016BEIJING: Students, some as young as six, from the Atuler village in China’s Sichuan province must scale an 800-metre cliff on rattan ladders in order to get to class. Seven people are reported to have died making the journey. Local authorities have promised to intervene after the publication of the pictures in Chinese media led […]
Pakistani makes major breakthrough in mathematics on May 27, 2016LAHORE: Haris Aziz, an alumnus of the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), has come up with a solution to a problem that has been plaguing scientists for years; how to allocate resources fairly to any number of people so that each is left satisfied with his/her share. Dividing a thing in two fairly is […]
PM to undergo open-heart surgery in London on May 27, 2016ISLAMABAD: Minister for Defence Khawaja Asif on Friday said that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who is currently in London for a medical check-up, will undergo open-heart surgery on Tuesday. Asif said that the prime minister will be staying in the hospital for a week following surgery. “The prime minister will travel after one week, on […]
KP govt to announce comprehensive policy for transgender community on May 27, 2016PESHAWAR: The Pakhtunkhwa government will announce a comprehensive policy in the upcoming budget for the transgender community, Minister for Information Mushtaq Ghani said on Friday. The announcement came two days after the death of Alisha, a 23-year-old transgender activist and coordinator of Trans Action Alliance who was shot six times by a gang, died after […]
US-led coalition carries 150 airstrikes against IS on May 27, 2016BEIRUT: A US-led coalition has carried out at least 150 air strikes on the Islamic State (IS) group to back an offensive near the militants’ northern Syria stronghold, a monitor said on Friday. The coalition, as well as US special operations forces, is supporting the Syrian Democratic Forces as they advance in the northern province […]
Russias Sberbank posts growth despite sanctions on May 25, 2016MOSCOW: Russia’s biggest bank Sberbank on Wednesday announced a nearly four-fold growth in net profits in the first quarter of 2016, citing a recovery in borrowing and “moderate stabilisation” of the economy. Net profit grew from 30.6 billion rubles ($464 million) in the first quarter of 2015 to 117.7 billion rubles ($1.79 billion), surpassing expectations. […]
Sri Lanka sets up office to trace war missing on May 25, 2016COLOMBO: Sri Lanka on Wednesday announced that it was setting up an office to trace thousands of people who were still missing for seven years after the end of the ethnic war in order to bring closure for families. Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera said that the cabinet had approved the creation of an […]