KARACHI (NPTV/UN): On 7th of May, 2024, the United Nations General Assembly had passed Resolution A/RES/78/281 proclaiming 25th May as World Football Day. It is pertinent to mention here that 2024 marks the 100th anniversary of the first international football tournament in history with the representation of all regions, which took place on 25th May, […]
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MANHATTAN: Secretary-General UN Antonio Guterres has taken note of the ICJ’s new order to Israel to stop its military offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. The ruling is being transmitted to the UN Security Council for action. ICJ’s “new provisional measures” follow a request from South Africa in a pending case accusing Israel […]
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ISLAMABAD: IHC on Friday (24th May, 2024) rejected the request to suspend the PEMRA notification regarding Media coverage of the court proceedings and sought comments from respondents in the petition till 28th May. IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq heard the petition filed by Islamabad High Court Journalists Association’s (IHCJA) President Fayyaz Mehmood and Press Associations […]
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LAHORE: PCB on Friday (24th May, 2024) has announced the team of Green Shirts harboring 15 members for the ICC Men’s T20I World Cup 2024 to be played in the USA and Caribbean from 1-29 June, 2024. The 15-member squad is a blend of experience and raw talent with five players including Abrar Ahmed, Azam […]
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ISLAMABAD: Karachi Stock Exchange 100 Index continued with a bullish trend on Friday (24th May, 2024) and gained 868.56 points closing at 75,983.04 points. A total of 609,848,980 shares valuing Rs 23.580 billion were traded during the day as compared to 758,944,398 shares valuing Rs 16.708 billion the previous day. As many as 382 companies […]
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KARACHI (NPTV/UN): The UNGA has proclaimed 24th May the International Day of the Markhor and first such jour is being observed on Friday. The Markhor is an iconic and ecologically significant species found across the mountainous regions of Central and South Asia, including Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. The greatest threats to the […]
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ISLAMABAD: Forty-three Pakistani citizens incarcerated in the prisons of Sri Lanka will soon be released. This was proclaimed following a rendezvous of Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi with High Commissioner of Sri Lanka, Admiral (R) Ravindra Chandra Srivijay Gunaratne here on Friday (24th May, 2204). In a high-level meeting it was agreed to immediately repatriate 43 […]
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ISLAMABAD: CDA, saying that a part of PTI’s Secretariat here was constructed on encroached land, demolished it using heavy machinery on Thursday (23rd May, 2024) at 11.30PM. CDA claiming that an additional structure too was erected on the plot against the building rules and regulations, stated that a number of notices were issued to PTI […]
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ABU DHABI: UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Thursday (23rd May, 2024) assured his country’s full support to Pakistan in all circumstances, pledging to invest $10 billion in its multiple sectors. The UAE President made the commitment during a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif. The meeting provided an opportunity […]
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VESAK: The Day of the Full Moon in the month of May, is the most sacred day to millions of Buddhists around the world. It was on the Day of Vesak two and a half millennia ago, in the year 623 B.C., that the Buddha was born. It was also on the Day of Vesak […]
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