ISLAMABAD: On the recommendation of the Ministry of Energy and Power, the Federal Cabinet, with PM Shehbaz Sharif in the chair, approved dealing with eight IPPs to cut power costs here on Wednesday (11th December). According to details 8 IPPs agreeing to revised production costs include JDW Unit-I and Unit-II, RYK Mills, Chiniot Power, Hamza […]
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD: Following the lifting of ban imposed on PIA (four years ago by EC and EASA), the national -flag carrier is all set to commence operations to Europe from 10th of January, 2025. Initially, two flights will be operated weekly which will gradually be increased. It is pertinent to mention here that Sarwar Awan (then) […]
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KARACHI: Italian Floating Embassy, the 93-year-old tall wooden ship Amerigo Vespucci, reckoned as the world’s most beautiful vessel, took a taste of Italy on its 20-month long circumnavigation around the globe, visiting 36 ports in 32 countries, adding a new page in the art of navigation. Amerigo Vespucci moored for three days at Karachi Port, […]
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KARACHI: An exposition of photographs titled Siamo Mare – We Are Sea, travelled with the stunning historic ship Amerigo Vespucci, featuring Italian coastal landscape, beauty of the sea, biodiversity and environmental sustainability. Photographers and the title of their works: Massimo Zannini (A Giant Anglerfish); Pasquale Vassallo (An Octopus Explores A Forest Of Algae With Its Tentacles); Pietro […]
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RAWALPINDI: Many top PTI leaders, including Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Omar Ayub and former provincial law minister Raja Basharat, who were taken into custody on Thursday (5th Dec, 2024), have been granted post-arrest bail by ATC here on Friday. A day earlier an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Judge Amjad Ali Shah had indicted PTI […]
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RAWALPINDI: Anti-terrorism Court (ATC) Judge Amjad Ali Shah has indicted PTI chief and former PM Imran Khan in last year’s 9 May GHQ attack case. Conspicuous among hundred individuals who have been indicted include Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, Opposition Leader in National Assembly Omar Ayub, Former provincial law minister Raja Basharat and PTI Leader Zartaj Gul […]
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LAKKI MARWAT (KP): Security forces engaged and neutralized five terrorists, injured two during an IBO carried out here on Wednesday (4th Dec, 2024). On 6th of April this year DSP and his bodyguard were shot dead in Lakki Marwat while another constable was injured by unidentified culprits who targeted their vehicle in the area of […]
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KARACHI: The National Cricket Selection Committee has recalled Babar Azam (for all three formats) but dropped Sajid Khan on Wednesday (4th Dec, 2024) from the squad that will play in South Africa, saying: “We have adopted horses for courses policy to ensure squads are well-balanced and leaving out Sajid was an extremely difficult decision.” It […]
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WASHINGTON: Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) has bestowed upon the Courage Prize to Palestinian head of Al-Jazeera Gaza desk Waël al-Dahdouh at Press Freedom Awards held at National Museum of Women in the Arts here on Tuesday (3rd Dec, 2024). During the Gaza War, (that the half-cocked Hamas commenced on 7th Oct, 2023,) Waël al-Dahdouh’s wife, […]
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Text and Photo by: Ejaz Idrees KARACHI: The Pakistan Marine Academy’s 61st batch (harbouring 117 cadets) passed out here on Wednesday (4th Dec, 2024). Cadet Wassam ul Haque was awarded the Commandant’s Medal, Cadet Ali Zaman was bestowed upon the PNSC Dagger, Cadet Muhammad Talha Khan was given the Chief of Naval Staff Silver Medal, […]
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