FTTH subscriptions expand to 2.8m
ISLAMABAD: As Pakistan’s digital development momentum gains pace, the fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) subscriptions have grown steadily…
FTTH subscriptions expand to 2.8m
ISLAMABAD: As Pakistan’s digital development momentum gains pace, the fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) subscriptions have grown steadily to 2.8 million, supported by a robust fibre footprint spread over 234,000 kilometres, 5.1 million homes passed and six operational submarine cables. Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Ahad Cheema chaired a meeting on the National Connectivity Plan, joined by Minister…
Arshad Nadeem crashes out of CWG
Nadeem looked completely off-colour as he bowed out early in the 12-man final, leaving fans shell-shocked KARACHI: In a shocking turn of events, Pakistan’s Olympic gold medalist Arshad Nadeem failed miserably to defend his Commonwealth Games crown, delivering a dismal performance at the Scotstoun Stadium in Glasgow on Friday night. The javelin superstar, who shattered…
Yemen’s Houthis deny plans to impose fees on ships sailing through Red Sea
HOCC says its ‘safe transit service was a voluntary and cost-free service’ Container ships sail across the Gulf of Suez towards the Red Sea before entering the Suez Canal, in El Ain El Sokhna in Suez, east of Cairo, Egypt, March 17, 2018. Picture taken March 17, 2018. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh/File Photo Yemen’s Houthi-run maritime…
Rawalpindi braces for AJK polls amid street protests
Over 4k cops will secure 175 polling stations; 31 polling stations declared sensitive RAWALPINDI: Election campaigning for the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Legislative Assembly refugee constituencies in the Rawalpindi Division concluded on Friday, with the police finalising extensive security for the elections on Sunday amid protests in Rawalkot. Authorities announced that the election code…
Three killed in six ‘encounters’
. GUJRANWALA: Three alleged criminals were killed and three others injured in six separate encounters involving Gujranwala Police and the Crime Control Department (CCD), while more than 12 kilogrammes of narcotics, stolen property and illegal weapons were recovered during the operations, police said on Friday. According to police, the operations were carried out under the…
Post-Article 370 IIOJK: seven years on
. Despite the passage of seven years since the abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A, India’s narrative framing the move as a historic achievement of peace and integration is utterly unmasked by severe economic distress, rising unemployment, relentless political unrest, heavy militarization, and demographic engineering. According to defence and foreign policy analysts, mere economic statistics…
Monsoon downpour swamps Pindi
RAWALPINDI: The first torrential monsoon rainfall of the season, which lashed the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad on Friday, brought Rawalpindi to a standstill on Friday, inundating roads, markets and residential neighbourhoods, disrupting transport and utilities, and exposing significant shortcomings in the city’s drainage and flood management infrastructure. The district administration declared a rain…
Naqvi’s reform push fuels political debate
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi’s blunt assessment that Pakistan’s governance system has “collapsed” and can no longer meet the country’s administrative challenges has triggered a sharp political debate, with opposition parties calling it an admission of systemic failure, coalition partners urging caution. Speaking at the first Pakistan Economic Summit in Islamabad on Thursday, Naqvi urged…
Strong El Nino to intensify from August
Prolonged dry spells since mid-2014, linked to the El Niño weather phenomenon, have battered subsistence farmers in Central America’s "dry corridor" running through Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras. PHOTO: AFP GENEVA: The United Nations weather agency warned on Friday that the current strong El Nino is expected to intensify from August, raising the likelihood of…
Good governance quintessential for Pakistan: DG ISPR
Says if reset is needed, it should happen Accuses a defeated India of funding terror proxies Distances army from DG ISPR Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry addresses press conference. Photo: Screengrab ISLAMABAD: Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Lt-Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry on Friday said an administrative reset should take place if it was required…
