President Dr. Arif Alvi has decided to withdraw the advice on the date of elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. During the hearing in the Supreme Court, lawyer Salman Akram Raja said that the President will withdraw the notification of the date of elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He told the Supreme Court that the President of the…
Photo: File Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) had a negative trading day today where the 100 index lost 273 points. The PSX benchmark 100 index closed at 40,510 points at the close of trade following this decline. The Hundred Index remained in the band of 410 points during the business day. 12.63 million shares worth 5.64…
Taliban fighters, file photo, photo courtesy of AP The Taliban killed an alleged ISIS commander who attacked embassies in Kabul. According to Afghan government spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid, Taliban forces killed the local ISIS intelligence and operations chief Qari Fateh during an operation on Sunday night. The spokesman said that Qari Fateh was directly involved in…
Photo: File The value of the dollar rose against the rupee in domestic exchange markets. The dollar closed at Rs 261 at the end of interbank trading at Rs 50. The value of the dollar increased by 1 rupee 58 paisa in the interbank market today. It should be noted that yesterday the dollar closed…
Photo: File The price of gold per tola increased by Rs 300 in the country today. According to All Pakistan Gems and Jewelers Association, after this increase, the price of gold per tola in the country has become Rs 1 lakh 94 thousand 400. Similarly, the price of 10 grams of gold increased by 257…
Hong Kong citizens wearing masks, photo courtesy of SCMP Hong Kong became the last country to lift the ban on wearing masks, the ban on wearing masks to prevent the corona virus was lifted after 945 days. The country’s leader, John Lee, said during a press briefing that citizens will not need to wear masks…
“The only reason people are still dying of AIDS is the inequalities in society, and all these come together to make them more at risk,” Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director of UNAIDS, said. “Criminalizing laws chase people away from life-saving treatment and need to be removed.” Commemorated on 1 March, Zero Discrimination Day aims at emphasizing…
Ramiz Alakbarov, UN Deputy Special Representative and Humanitarian Coordinator for Afghanistan, updated journalists in New York on developments in a country where 28 million people now depend on aid to survive. Immense humanitarian needs “Afghanistan remains the world’s largest humanitarian crisis in 2023, notwithstanding, of course, the recent devastating earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria,” he…
According to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Chinese telecoms giant Huawei remained by far the most prolific patent filer in 2022, with well over 7,600 to its name. South Korea’s Samsung came in second, followed by Qualcomm of the US, Mitsubishi of Japan, and Ericsson of Sweden. WIPO was established in 1967, as a self-funding…
The biennial panel’s theme is human rights violations relating to the use of the death penalty, in particular with respect to limiting the practice to only the most serious crimes. Promise of the Charter Volker Türk said this is ultimately about the United Nations Charter’s promise of the highest standards of protection of all human…
