—File photo The US dollar appreciated as business opened today after the weekly holiday and the May 1 public holiday. After becoming expensive by 16 paise, the dollar has become 284 rupees in interbank. At the end of the last business week, the dollar had closed at 283 rupees 84 paise in the interbank. Meanwhile,…
Asian Development Bank, file photo The Asian Development Bank announced a new program for climate change financing. The bank says the new program will provide up to $15 billion in new loans for projects to countries affected by climate change. The bank expressed concern that the severity of the year-long weather disasters in the Asia-Pacific…
Gujarat: Police has raided the residence of former Punjab Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi once. According to Express News, this is the fourth raid by the police at Parvez Elahi’s house. A heavy contingent of police cordoned off Parvaiz Elahi’s residence and tried to enter inside the residence. The spokesman of Kunjah House said that the…
Karachi: 2 people died due to electrocution during rain in Machhar Colony area of Docks and Islam Chowk area of Orangi Town. According to the details, a young man died due to electrocution near Bilal Masjid in Machhar Colony, whose body was taken to Civil Hospital by the volunteers of Chipa, where he was identified…
Paris: Angry citizens have rallied in the capital and other cities over the approval of French President Emmanuel Macron’s controversial pension reforms, and clashes between police and hundreds of thousands of protesters continue in places. French media cited Interior Ministry figures as saying the number of protesters across the country had reached 782,000, while local…
—Photo: Express News Islamabad: Some ministers belonging to Muslim League (N) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) from South Punjab joined the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP). According to the statement shared on the social media website Twitter, these politicians from Saraiki Patti met PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari and Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari at Bilawal House in…
Rawalpindi: Three terrorists were killed during the operation of security forces in Tank and DI Khan while 7 terrorists were arrested from Miran Shah district. According to ISPR, terrorist commander Jabar Shah alias Shah Alam along with 3 associates were taken to hell after intense exchange of fire during the operation in Tank and DI…
—Photo: Express News Lahore: There is tension between Pakistan and India, but a large number of people from both countries are friends with each other on social media. One such social media friendship has turned into a husband-wife relationship. An Indian youth who befriended a Pakistani Hindu girl on Facebook reached Pakistan and married his…
Amsterdam Dam: The police of the Netherlands have arrested a man named ‘Boris Johnson’ in the case of drunk driving. According to global media reports, the police in the Netherlands arrested a man for drunk driving, but the police officers were surprised to see his driver’s license, on which his name was Boris Johnson. The…
Lahore: A large number of endangered Egyptian and Russian griffon vultures (vultures) have been seen in the desert region of Yazman in the southern region of Punjab province of Pakistan. Experts say that if a large-scale survey is done with the help of modern technology, the exact number and habitat of more species of vultures…
