Compassion With Needy People To Give Real Eid Pleasures: Prime Minister
In his message to the countrymen on the occasion of Eidul Fitr, the said the objective of Eidul Fitr was to promote , brotherhood, sacrifice and generosity among the . He said the people could only joys of Eid with others unless they abided by the principles of and promote generosity by doing away with ...
Ruet-e-Hilal Committee meeting underway for Eidul Fitr moon sighting
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) ??A meeting of the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee for sighting of Eid moon is underway on Tuesday. On Tuesday, Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry had confirmed the birth of Shawal moon today (Monday) and said that it is likely to be sighted. Earlier yesterday, he announced to open all 66 sites of Pakistan Meteorological ...
S.African Economy Contracts By 3.2 Percent In First Quarter
According to Stats SA, gross domestic product (GDP) for 's most developed economy contracted by 3.2 percent in the first three months of the year compared with the previous quarter, the largest quarterly drop in about 10 years. Cash-strapped power monopoly Eskom, which generates 90 percent of the nation's energy, sporadically imposed the rotational power rationing in , plunging ...
Four Dead In 'devastating' Northern Australia Shooting
"Today, 4, , has been a devastating day in the Northern Territory," NT Michael Gunner told reporters. "Five crime scenes, four people deceased, one . "We're still trying to establish the intent and the motivation behind this but I can say is that sadly people have lost their lives this evening," Northern Territory Commissioner Reece Kershaw ...
Malawi Opposition Rally Against Election 'robbery'
Backers of the Party (MCP) allege their leader Lazarus Chakwera was robbed of victory in the 21 , which an official count showed he lost by just 159,000 votes. The protestors marched MCP headquarters about two kilometres (1.2 miles) to Capital Hill, the seat of the , chanting anti-Mutharika slogans. The , dubbed ...
Mainlanders Defy Authorities To Attend Hong Kong Tiananmen Vigil
Hong Kong's annual vigil is the only place in were mass commemorations can be safely held, the huge crowds in Park a testimony to freedoms that are denied to so many on the mainland. One , who gave the surname Zhao, said she remembered being taken to Tiananmen during the protests by her mother, ...
Seven Killed In Myanmar Monastery Shelling: Witnesses
The military has deployed thousands of troops to the western state, where it is locked in bloody battles with Arakan (AA) rebels fighting for more autonomy for ethnic Rakhine Buddhists. On Monday morning, fighting engulfed the village of Sapa Htar in northern Rakhine state's Minbya township, village leader Myo Kyaw Aung told AFP by phone Tuesday. "Then ... ...
Bulgarian President, UN Secretary General To Take Part In SPIEF Plenary Session - Kremlin
"Bulgarian President [Rumen] Radev, prime ministers of [Nikol] Pashinyan and [Peter] Pellegrini as well as Secretary General Guterres will take part in the forum.
Ushakov On Putin-Falih Meeting Possibility: There May Be Unscheduled Contacts At SPIEF
"During the forum, there be unscheduled contacts, because the communication there is informal," Ushakov told reporters when asked about the possibility of 's meeting with Falih.
University Of Karachi Awards 51 M.Phil And 21 PhD Degrees In Various Disciplines
Others declared qualified for M.Phil on basis of their research were said to include Sobia Ekram and Ayesha Sultana (Molecular Medicine), Sobia (Pharmaceutical Chemistry), Anum Adil and Maha Shahid (Pharmacology), Atta Ullah (Marine Science), Yusra Hussain ( [Linguistics]), Raheel Ahmad ( ), Hina (Pharmaceutics), Nida Gulzar Siddiqui, Talha Ahmed Siddiqui, Kashif Haneef, and Naz Ata (Applied Economics [AERC]), ...
US Ends Visas For Group Educational Trips To Cuba - Treasury Department
"In accordance with the newly announced changes to non-family to , OFAC [Treasury's Office of Foreign Asset Control] is amending the regulations to remove the authorization for group people-to-people educational travel," the Treasury said in a press release.
Kenya central bank to hold its rate-setting meeting on July 24
NAIROBI: Kenya’s Monetary Policy Committee will hold its next rate-setting meeting on July 24, the central bank said on its website on Tuesday. At its last meeting in May, the central bank left its benchmark lending rate unchanged at 9.0pc and said it would keep an eye on recent food and fuel price rises that could fuel inflation.
Australia central bank chief says rates could go even lower
SYDNEY: Australia?s top central banker said on Tuesday its cash rate could move further down, only hours after it eased policy to an all-time trough in an effort to reduce unemployment and stoke inflation. Commenting on the prospects for further policy easing in a speech in Sydney, Lowe said it?s not ?unreasonable to expect a lower cash rate.? ?It is ...
Security tight in Tiananmen 30 years after students ‘died for nothing’
Tourists thronged Beijing?s Tiananmen Square on Tuesday amid tighter-than-usual security, although most visitors approached by Reuters said they were unaware of the bloody crackdown on student-led protests 30 years ago or would not discuss it. Tiananmen also remains a point of contention between China and many Western countries, which have implored Chinese leaders to account for giving the ...
No tea or coffee, Indians warned, as heatwave continues
CHURU, India: Hospitals across the desert state of Rajasthan reported a surge in heatstroke cases Tuesday as fierce temperatures kept up for a fourth day across northern India. In the Rajasthan city of Churu, which has twice in four days had maximum temperatures above 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit), coolers and earthen pots filled with water were left at ...
Ananya Pandey responds to rumours of her dating Kartik Aaryan
Bollywood stars Kartik Aaryan and Ananya Pandey have sparked quite a few rumours of there something brewing between the two as they get papped together at frequent occasions and it looks like the latter is enjoying the fun that comes with the buzz. During an interview with Times Now, the 20-year-old starlet addressed the rumours of her dating Kartik ...
Ukraine Accuses Russia Of Failing To Stop 'terrorism'
Ukraine's deputy foreign minister Olena Zerkal made the claim before judges at the International of Justice in on the second day of arguments in a case brought by against . On Monday, argued that had failed to present any new evidence against it and called on the to dismiss the case. It is ...
Germany's Merkel Calls For Negotiated Solution To Trade Row With US
Merkel, who spoke at an industrial conference in , said resolving trade differences with was of "existential importance," seeing what effect the US trade war with has already had on the . The and the agreed last summer to discuss cutting tariffs on non-auto industrial goods but that effort was curtailed by in ...
Power Loom Factory Gutted In Faisalabad
Police said Tuesday that erupted in a power loom factory situated at Narwala near Marzi Pura due to short-circuit.
4650 Bottles Liquor Seized;couple Arrested In Sargodha
Police spokesman said Tuesday that on the direction of DPO Cantonment ,the team headed by DSP Khalid Hussain Tarar conducted raids at Chak 49/NB and Maryam Town and arrested a couple and recovered 4650 bottles of liquor their possession.
