Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) saw good shopping ahead of the Eid holidays, with the 100 index rising over 500 points. The PSX benchmark 100 index rose 508 points to close at 41,077. 100 index remained in a band of 587 points during the business day. 17.37 million shares worth 5.72 billion rupees were traded in…
“Every time I talk about it, I cry,” she told UN News, describing how propaganda spread messages of hate that sparked a deadly wave of unspeakable violence. She lost 60 family members and friends in the mass slaughter. Ahead of the UN General Assembly’s commemoration of the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide…
Over 200 international participants working with the mRNA Technology Transfer Programme had their first face-to-face meeting, in a bid to make one of the most revolutionary medical technologies which led the field in vaccine development against COVID-19, more widely and fairly available, in the places where it is most needed. ‘Lifesaving’ breakthrough: Tedros “I am delighted to…
“The focus of the mission was to enhance the capacity of the early warning alert and response network (EWARN) and ensure rapid detection, verification and response to communicable diseases alerts and outbreaks”, the WHO office for the Eastern Mediterranean said in a statement issued on Thursday. They identified areas in preparedness and response that needed strengthening, said…
Antonio Guterres was addressing via videolink, the fourth meeting of the Major Economies Forum, convened by the United States President Joe Biden, which is designed to galvanize efforts to keep the global temperature rise of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, within reach – in line with the Paris Agreement. Biggest coffers, biggest emitters “You are the…
“This must be the first step in providing respite from the fighting and paving the way for a permanent ceasefire,” he told journalists in New York. Dialogue and transition The AU meeting brought together the UN, the League of Arab States, the East African bloc IGAD, the European Union, and countries committed to bringing an…
Ismail Haniyeh, head of the political department of Hamas, has arrived in Makkah after many years on a visit to Saudi Arabia. In videos circulating on social media, they can be seen performing Umrah in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. According to Turkish news agency Anadolu, Ismail Haniyeh’s delegation includes the former political head of Hamas, Khalid…
Photo file After the Supreme Court directed the political parties to hold talks today, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Fawad Chaudhry said that PDM has not been contacted so far, however we want to contact PDM. Don’t do it. Talking to the media outside the Supreme Court, Fawad Chaudhry said that he wants the matter to…
Lahore: The petition of Imran Khan’s wife Bushra Bibi against the possible operation in Zaman Park was dismissed with a fine. Justice Tariq Saleem Shaikh remarked that you have filed an unnecessary petition and the larger bench has already passed the order. Advocate Azhar Siddique said that there are confirmed reports of operation during Eid…
Saeed Ghani. File photo Sindh Labor Minister Saeed Ghani has said that elections should be held simultaneously across the country, no province’s stand for simultaneous elections should be rejected. While giving a press conference in Karachi, Saeed Ghani said that the powers of all institutions are written in the constitution, problems occur when an institution…
