Author Archives: Dunya

Pakistan Declared Best Infrastructure Development Country

International Organization ‘Emerging Markets has declared Pakistan the best Infrastructure Development Country. ‘Emerging Markets’ is a representative research and publication organization of I.M.F. And World Bank. The organization has declared Pakistan the most Attractive Country for Infrastructure Development. The award has been given to Pakistan for China-Pakistan Economic Corridor project, L.N.G. Pipeline, Lahore to Karachi Railway, and effective planning to ...

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Alibaba Pictures, Amblin to co-produce films for global, Chinese audiences

Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Partners and Alibaba Pictures Group Ltd, the film studio unit of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, said on Sunday they will co-produce and finance films for global and Chinese audiences. They will also collaborate on the marketing, distribution and merchandising of Amblin Partner films in China, the companies said in a joint statement.

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Andy Murry Win China Open men’s singles final

Andy Murray outgunned Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov 6-4 7-6(2) in the final of the China Open on Sunday to claim his 40th career title.   Murray closed out the match in an hour and 57 minutes to draw closer in the rankings to world number one Novak Djokovic in the battle for the year-end top spot.   The Briton is now ...

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ARY’s money-laundering, London reporter arrested

London: ARY news executive and reporter from London Farid Qureshi has been arrested by Scotland yard anti money-laundering unit, British Police said here on Sunday. £0.125 million were recovered from the car of Mr. Farid Qureshi, another £30 thousand were recovered when his house was raided, Police said. Immediately after the arrest of Farid Qureshi, ARY’s London bureau Chief Fayyaz ...

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Retro games make a comeback in Indonesia

  An increasing number of Indonesians are taking a stand against digital games like Pokemon Go that they say erode values, and encouraging children to play traditional toys like wooden spinning tops and bamboo pinwheels. Tens of thousands of Indonesians were hooked on Nintendo’s augmented reality app, in which players hunt virtual characters in real-life places, months before the smash-hit ...

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Roche lung cancer drug success adds to pressure on Bristol

Lung cancer patients on Roche’s immune system-boosting drug Tecentriq lived on average 4.2 months longer than those taking chemotherapy in a pivotal study, pressuring Bristol-Myers Squibb’s dominant position in the field. The trial involved second-line patients, who have already used chemotherapy, and it found the Roche drug worked even in people with low or no levels of a protein called ...

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Afridi sold matches, he’s a fixer: Miandad

Former Pakistan legend Javed Miandad has on Sunday said that he could testify that former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi had sold matches.   In response to Afridi’s statement that Miandad had always been hungry for money, Miandad said that Afridi was a fixer.   During a press conference, a reporter asked Shahid Afridi if he had anything to say about ...

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Russia, Turkey resume gas price talks

  Moscow and Ankara have resumed talks on the price of Russian gas for Ankara, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said in an interview with Turkey’s Hurriyet newspaper.   A gas price dispute between Turkish pipeline operator Botas and Russia’s state gas producer Gazprom led to Botas launching international arbitration proceedings against Gazprom in October 2015.   The row had ...

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More Than 140 Killed In Air Strikes On Yemen Funeral

More than 140 people were killed and more than 525 wounded when air strikes hit a funeral ceremony in Yemen. Hundreds of mourners had gathered in the hall to take part in a funeral ceremony. The United Nations released a statement saying the UN humanitarian coordinator and the NGO community in Yemen were outraged and shocked by the air strikes. ...

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Street Artist Given Free Rein To Play With Paris Castle

A French street artist was given carte blanche to exhibit at the historic Chateau De Vincennes, a royal castle on the eastern edge of Paris, displaying his urban installations, graffiti, videos paintings, sculptures and photographs. Artist “Zevs”, whose pseudonym is the same as the name of a train which almost crushed him in 1992 while he was graffiti painting, plays ...

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