Pakistan's Lahore on Thursday topped the global pollution ranking with an unhealthy air quality level during the whole day, Dawn reported. The second-largest city in Pakistan continues to suffer from a smog crisis that has affected the health and livelihood of millions of people. According to Swiss air quality technology company,...
Islamabad , November 18: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has warned political leaders not to join Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) as they will lose their "political weightage" if they enter the party's fold. He made the statement on Friday while addressing a workers convention in Mardan. He stressed...
Islamabad , November 18: A woman and her minor son were killed after a high-speed Suzuki pickup crashed into a motorcycle near Aga Khan Jamaat Khana on Shahra-e-Pakistan in Karachi on Thursday. The woman's brother was critically injured while a three-year-old girl riding with them remained unhurt. According to details,...
Kuwait City , November 18: The price of Kuwaiti oil went down by USD 2.44 to reach USD 82.27 per barrel on Friday, compared to USD 84.71 per barrel the day before, said the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) on Saturday. According to the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA), Brent Crude and...
Kabul , November 20: A group of women in Afghanistan's Takhar province have demanded the release of women's rights activists currently detained by the Taliban-led administration. These activists have been champions of gender equality and women's empowerment in Afghanistan, calling for women's fundamental rights and opportunities. However, their recent arrest...
Islamabad , November 18: An accountability court in Lahore on Saturday acquitted Pakistan's former Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and others in the Ashiana-e-Iqbal Housing Scheme case. Accountability court judge Ali Zulqurnain announced the verdict and acquitted Shehbaz Sharif, senior bureaucrat Fawad Hasan Fawad, former director general of the Lahore Development...
New Delhi , November 18: As World Antimicrobial Awareness Week commenced on Saturday, WHO Regional Director for Southeast Asia Poonam Khetrapal Singh said that antimicrobial resistance (AMR) continues to pose a significant challenge to global public health and has a devastating impact on the efficacy of essential medicines and...
San Francisco , November 18: Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday said Japan will continue urging China to lift its import ban on Japanese seafood following the oceanic discharge of treated radioactive water from a nuclear power plant. Kishida called for a "cool-headed," science-based judgment on the issue. Kishida was...
HYDERABAD: Japanese player Asahi Glassplant Inc (AGI Japan) is making a strategic investment of up to Rs 200 crores in Hyderabad-based Standard Glass Lining Technology Limited and its affiliated companies for a minority stake in Standard Glass. AGI Japan said that along with GL HAKKO and its affiliates it will be securing a minority...
The King of Bhutan King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, recently concluded a week long visit to India (3 November to 10 November). The King met with the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the External Affairs Minister S Jaishanker. During this visit he went to Assam, Delhi and Maharashtra. The...