Direct flights top trade agenda with Nepal
KARACHI: Ambassador of Nepal Rita Dhital has called for restoration of direct air links between…
Direct flights top trade agenda with Nepal
KARACHI: Ambassador of Nepal Rita Dhital has called for restoration of direct air links between Pakistan and Nepal, saying improved connectivity is critical to unlocking trade, investment and tourism potential that remains underutilised. Speaking at an interactive session at the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), she said regular flights, exchange of trade delegations,…
Lee leads PGA Tour Championship
Min Woo Lee fired an eight-under par 62 at the Tour Championship. Photo: AFP LOS ANGELES: Australia’s Min Woo Lee fired an eight-under par 62 at the Tour Championship on Thursday to lead a star-studded field at the lucrative crowning event of the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup playoffs. With a $10 million top prize up…
Arsenal face depleted Aston Villa
LONDON: Arsenal are out to inflict more damage on a wounded Aston Villa, while Tottenham are desperate to see some return for their £300 million ($408 million) investment in new signings when Newcastle visit north London. New Liverpool boss Andoni Iraola also makes his home bow at Anfield against Nottingham Forest and Manchester United badly…
From newborn joy to painful heartbreak
A man in tears outside the PIMS maternity ward, where a fire killed more than a dozen infants. Photo: AFP ISLAMABAD: The fire at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) did more than consume a hospital nursery on Wednesday morning; it tore through the lives of families who had spent days waiting to take…
Stocks close flat on profit-taking
KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) closed almost unchanged on Thursday as late profit-taking wiped out an early rally, leaving the KSE-100 index down almost 50 points. The benchmark index surged as much as 1,279 points to the intra-day high of 178,650 amid falling oil prices and hopes of progress in US-Iran talks. Selling then…
Kundi urges CM to tackle K-P turmoil
NOWSHERA: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi has accused the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) of promoting corruption in the province and leaving it at the mercy of terrorists, urging Chief Minister to play his role in improving the law and order situation. Addressing a Parents’ Day and Seeratun Nabi (PBUH) ceremony at Jamia Darul Huda in Hakimabad,…
Nationwide outrage as PIMS blaze snuffs out 14 tiny lives
Fire engulfs nursery with 15 newborn babies inside One baby rescued as blaze spreads within minutes PM forms fiv A man carries the body of a newborn who died in the PIMS Hospital fire during the funeral in Rawalpindi. PHOTO: AFP ISLAMABAD: The cries and tears replaced the joy that usually surrounds the arrival of…
Citizen Facilitation Centres planned
Special Assistant to the KP Chief Minister on Information and Public Relations Shafi Jan. Photo: APP (file) PESHAWAR: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Science, Technology and Information Technology Shafi Jan has directed the establishment of Citizen Facilitation Centres in every district of the province to provide multiple government services to citizens under one roof. He issued the…
'Closed-door decisions' bleeding K-P: CM
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Muhammad Sohail Afridi has said that "closed-door decisions" and flawed security policies have left the province bloodied, despite 22 major military operations and nearly 14,000 intelligence-based operations being conducted over the years. Addressing the groundbreaking ceremony of the Jameel Chowk Underpass on Thursday, the chief minister said the province continued to face…
‘Improved governance helping fight poverty’
BUSINESS PROSPECTS: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz is being briefed during a visit to the headquarters of the Chinese Tyren Wisdom Dairy Company. PHOTO: EXPRESS LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif met Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Committee and Communist Party Secretary and Political Commissar of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC), He Zhongyou…
