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29/08/2022

The PKR remained under pressure on Monday, depreciating by Rs1.26 against the dollar in the interbank market.

Data shared by the State Bank of Pakistan showed the local currency closed at Rs221.92 per dollar, down 0.57 per cent.

28/08/2022

By Austin Ramzy
Two guided-missile cruisers were the first to visit since China began extensive military drills after Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan.
HONG KONG — The U.S. Navy said that two of its warships were sailing through the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, the first such passage by American ships since China began large-scale military exercises in response to a visit to Taiwan by Speaker Nancy Pelosi early this month.

28/08/2022

28/08/2022

Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa
QUETTA: The deluge continues to leave a trail of misery, suffering and distress across the country as on Saturday it consumed the lives of 43 more people and left 113 injured. Thus the overall death toll rose to 982 since mid-June when the unprecedentedly disastrous rains and flood season began. As many as 33 people lost their lives in Sindh, seven in Balochistan and two in Punjab, while the PDMA Punjab warned of a threat of flood at Mianwali, Bhakkar, DG Khan, Layyah, Muzaffargarh, Rajanpur and Rahim Yar Khan.

28/08/2022

ANKARA: The Israeli charge d’affaires in Turkey said on Friday the re-appointment of an ambassador to Ankara could happen within weeks, while repeating Israel’s expectation that the Hamas office in Istanbul be closed down
Israel will hold a general election on Nov. 1.

27/08/2022

As floods triggered by historic monsoon rains wreaked havoc across the country, Muslim countries on Saturday stepped up efforts for the provision of humanitarian aid.

27/08/2022

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) Saturday issued a statement regarding the schedule of the Medical and Dental Colleges Admission Test (MDCAT) 2022 and advised the candidates to follow the website for updates
The MDCAT exam is scheduled from 7th to 30th September 2022.

27/08/2022

ISLAMABAD: The Onsite Inspection Team of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is all set to visit Pakistan in the first week of September to assess rules, regulations, and strengthening of institutional mechanism in order to decide on removing the country from the grey list.

27/08/2022

The back-to-back spells of heavy rains in Sindh have displaced 1.67 million people in the province’s lower and upper regions, according to a report released by the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) on Friday.

27/08/2022

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) witnessed another day of deaths and devastation on Saturday as three more people were killed as a result of landslides and floods in Swat while authorities in Nowshera renewed their call for evacuations amid a “very high flood” in the Kabul River.

27/08/2022

The United States, the single largest donor of Pfizer and Moderna Covid vaccines, has — in partnership with Covax — donated another batch of nine million pediatric and adult doses to Pakistan on Friday.

In a press release issued on Saturday, the US Embassy expressed appreciation for the strong bilateral health cooperation that the two countries share during the last 75 years of bilateral relations.

27/08/2022

Cricket lovers may be invested in all matches that make up a tournament but even casual viewers feel an electric sort of excitement when the two competitors in the game are Pakistan and India. With such a match on the horizon, team Images is gearing up for what is to come and we’re open to all possibilities.

27/08/2022

Forex Association chairperson says pressure on rupee will ease after IMF approves release of loan tranche next week.
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