Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb said on Tuesday that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif telephoned top leadership of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) to hold consultations on the name of caretaker chief minister of Punjab. In a tweet, she said that the PM called former president Asif Ali Zardari, Muslim …
Read More »BANGLADESH UPSET AUSTRALIA IN WOMEN’S UNDER-19 T20 WORLD CUP
Bangladesh clinched a memorable win over Australia in the opening game of the ICC Women’s Under-19 T20 World Cup at Benoni in South Africa on Saturday. Australia won the toss and chose to bat. They scored 130-5 with the right-handed batter Claire Moore scoring a half-century. The right-handed batter struck …
Read More »WOMAN CRICKETER’S BODY FOUND HANGING FROM TREE
Indian police on Saturday said that they have found the body of a female cricketer Rajashree Swain who was missing for past three days. According to Indian media, Rajshree Swain’s body was as found by Odisha police hanging from a tree in a dense forest of India’s state of Odisha. …
Read More »PAKISTAN RAILWAYS TO GET MODERN WAGONS FROM CHINA
Seventy state-of-the-art modern wagons of freight trains for Pakistan Railways will arrive in Karachi from China on January According to Pakistan Railways Spokesperson, a total of 130 wagons will be added to the Railways system in March this year. The spokesperson said that the incorporation of modern wagons into the …
Read More »NAWAZ SHARIF DIRECTS PML-N LEADERS TO GEAR UP FOR PUNJAB ELECTIONS
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif has instructed the party leadership to prepare for elections in Punjab Taking to Twitter, Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb said that the PML-N elder shared the directives following a consultation meeting of the party leadership in London. Marriyum Aurangzeb said that Nawaz Sharif …
Read More »FM BILAWAL TO ATTEND WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM’S MEETING IN DAVOS
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister (FM) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will attend the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland on Monday (January 16), According to a statement issued by the Foreign Office (FO), the Foreign Minister will be accompanied by Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar. The World …
Read More »WHY MALAYSIA IS CONSIDERING A BAN ON PALM OIL EXPORTS TO EU?
Malaysia, the world’s second-largest palm oil producer, on Thursday said it might stop palm exports to the European Union after the bloc imposed additional import restrictions on the edible oil due to concerns over deforestation Malaysia and Indonesia have for years been at loggerheads with the European Union over curbs on …
Read More »TRUMP ORGANIZATION FINED $1.6 MN FOR TAX FRAUD
A New York judge on Friday fined Donald Trump’s family business the maximum penalty available of $1.6 million for committing tax fraud. The sum, paltry to the billionaire real estate developer, is symbolically significant as the ex-president eyes the White House again amid a host of legal woes. The Trump …
Read More »ROLLS-ROYCE SEEKS TO PROGRESS MINI NUCLEAR PLANTS
British engineering company Rolls-Royce has begun to assess potential sites for mini nuclear reactors it aims to connect to the country’s power grid by the end of the decade. Rolls-Royce wants to transform Britain’s energy market by putting its small modular reactors (SMRs), built more quickly and cheaply than large-scale …
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