Photo: File After the decline of the last two days, the price of gold in the country increased today. According to All Pakistan Gems and Jewelers Association, the price of gold per tola increased by Rs 2900, after which the price of one tola of gold in the country became Rs 2 lakh 11 thousand…
Doha: A Qatari court has sentenced 8 former officers of the Indian Navy to death after being found guilty of espionage. The Indian Ministry of External Affairs has also confirmed the decision of the Qatari court to sentence him to death. Ex-Indian Navy personnel were arrested and jailed in 2022 for spying for Israel against…
Peshawar: The caretaker government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has approved a budget of 529 billion rupees, including a deficit of 79 billion rupees, for the next four months, November 2023 to February 2024. In the budget, the revenue is estimated at 450.004 billion rupees against the expenditure of 529.118 billion rupees, 112.118 billion rupees have been…
A discounted electricity package has been prepared for industrial consumers across the country including Karachi. Sources say that the electricity tariff relief package will be presented to the Cabinet Energy Committee today for approval, it has been proposed to give relief from Rs 3.32 to Rs 17.84 per unit tariff. The proposed industrial package will…
Photo courtesy of Kirkinfo Karachi Whites won the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy by defeating Faisalabad by 456 runs in the final. Saeem Ayub was named Man of the Final while Sarfraz Ahmed was named Player of the Tournament. On the last day of the final played at Gaddafi Stadium Lahore, Faisalabad started the second innings with 129…
These are the grim findings of an assessment published by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) on Thursday, which calls for both immediate and long-term remediation measures. Hundreds of square kilometres were flooded in the disaster, and thousands of square kilometres of reservoir and wetlands were desiccated. UNEP’s preliminary assessment carried out at the request of…
The members of the AI Advisory Body – launched on Thursday by Secretary-General António Guterres – will examine the risks, opportunities and international governance of these technologies. Mr. Guterres pointed to the extraordinary advance in the capabilities and use of AI over the past year, including through chatbots, voice cloning, image generators and video apps. …
Ms. Rugwabiza, who also heads the UN Mission in the country, MINUSCA, presented its latest report covering developments in the wake of the 31 July constitutional referendum. She said MINUSCA continues to support Government efforts to “decentralize” the peace process with armed groups, including recent initiatives to extend state presence in areas that have been…
09:00 (New York) The tenth Emergency Special Session of the Assembly is expected to start at 10 AM, New York time, and as of reporting, 110 speakers are inscribed on the list. The State of Palestine is expected to address Member States first, with Israel expected to go second. Emergency Special Session Under the “Uniting…
Reports of an overnight Israeli military incursion using tanks in northern Gaza followed another series of calls by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) for civilians in Gaza City to evacuate – warnings which “make no difference” because “people have nowhere to go or are unable to move”, according to the UN’s top humanitarian official in…
