Author Archives: Dunya

Finance Minister Of The Year 2016 For South Asia

Emerging Markets, the newspaper of the IMF and World Bank annual meeting, has declared Ishaq Dar as “Finance Minister of the year 2016 for South Asia”. The award is a recognition of pakIstan’s economic performance at the imf and world bank annual meeting which is one of the major gatherings of international financial and economic leaders and experts. Since Finance ...

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South Africa wind fourth ODI win over Australia

South Africa secured a fourth successive one-day international victory over Australia as captain Faf du Plessis top scored with 69 runs in a six-wicket win on Sunday.   South Africa had already clinched the five-match series with one encounter left to play in Cape Town on Wednesday.   Kyle Abbott took four wickets as Australia were bowled out for 167 ...

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Radwanska beats Konto to take China Open troph

Agnieszka Radwanska collected her 20th career WTA title after a dominant 6-4 6-2 victory over Britain’s Johanna Konta in the China Open final on Sunday. Third seed Radwanska, the 2011 champion, did not drop a set on her run to the title and closed out her win over Konta in an hour an 36 minutes. Konta, who is guaranteed a ...

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Raped Voices and the foil of Religion

A 17 years old christian girl was gang-raped in Kasur for not converting to Islam, according to a statement issued by a renowned Christian NGO. The accused had 20 years old brother of the raped victim sitting in the next room during the rape, The British Pakistani Christian Association of Pakistan added. “They forced him to listen to the cries ...

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Blast In Turkey

At least Six Turkish soldiers are killed and seven people, including civilians, wounded when a car bomb exploded near a police station in a border region of the country’s Southeast.

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COAS Visits Front-Line Troops In Haji Pir Sector

Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif visited frontlines troops deployed along the line of control in Haji Pir sector today. The Army Chief was given detailed briefing by the local formation commander on operational preparedness of the units and formation. Speaking on the occasion , COAS showed his complete satisfaction over high state of morale, operational preparedness and vigil ...

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India Policy To Isolate Pakistan Failed

Pakistan is an important member of the international community and indian policy to isolate Islamabad has not succeeded. This was stated by Pakistan’s High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit in an interview with an Indian newspaper. He said Pakistan is contributing to international peace and it remained one of the largest contributors to the un peace keeping missions. Abdul Basit ...

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Rock Star Memorabilia Going To Auction In Los Angeles

Memorabilia belonging to some of the greatest and most iconic rock n’ roll figures of all time will be going up for auction in Los Angeles next month in a sale that will give collectors and music fans the opportunity to get their hands on items used and worn by their musical heroes. The auction, which features sought-after items that ...

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PM To Chair Meeting Of Central Executive Committee On Monday

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is to preside over the central executive committee of PML (N) on Monday. This was stated by special assistant to the Prime Minister Dr. Asif Kirmani. He said the Prime Minister is to take the members of this committee into confidence as far as important national affairs and question of Jammu and Kashmir is concerned.

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Novartis challenges Pfizer with strong breast cancer drug data

  An experimental Novartis pill given with an older drug kept advanced breast cancer in check far longer than standard treatment alone, putting it on track to challenge Pfizer’s blockbuster Ibrance, data showed on Saturday. Patients taking ribociclib with letrozole were 44 percent less likely to see their disease progress or to die, a keenly awaited clinical trial found.

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