Author Archives: Dunya

Bilawal blasts Govt. on CPEC

Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari conveyed his party’s grievances over the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and the federal government’s biased strategy of prioritising Punjab over other provinces. Bilawal said his party will not play politics on Kashmir issue, adding that “we all are united over the issue of Kashmir”. The PPP chairman also told reporters the ...

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Respond forcefully if threatened

Pakistan had no aggressive designs against any country, however it would forcefully respond if its national security was in danger, Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif said on Wednesday. He said the supreme sacrifice rendered by Kashmiri freedom fighter Burhan Wani highlighted the struggle of the Kashmiris and brought it to a decisive juncture. “Distorting faces of Kashmiris and firing bullet shots at them ...

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Israeli warplanes hit Gaza

Israeli aircraft attacked Palestinian in Gaza Strip on Wednesday, wounding at least one person, witnesses said, after a rocket fired from the enclave hit an Israeli border town.   Israeli police said there were no casualties in the rocket strike on Sderot, but Israel has a declared policy of responding militarily to any attack from the Hamas-run Gaza Strip.   ...

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Yahoo secretly scanned customer emails for US intelligence

Yahoo Inc last year secretly built a custom software program to search all of its customers’ incoming emails for specific information provided by U.S. intelligence officials, according to people familiar with the matter.   The company complied with a classified U.S. government demand, scanning hundreds of millions of Yahoo Mail accounts at the behest of the National Security Agency or ...

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Mazher Mahmood now in Jail

LONDON, Oct 5- Mazher Mahmood, one of Britain’s best known undercover reporters renowned for his “fake sheikh” sting operations, was facing jail on Wednesday after being convicted of plotting to alter evidence in a high-profile court case where he was the main witness.   Mahmood, whose elaborate disguises have duped criminals, celebrities, sporting figures and even royalty, conspired to alter ...

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UK PM Theresa May is embraced by her husband

British Prime Minister Theresa May unveiled on Wednesday what she called a new “vision” for the ruling Conservatives, to serve the country by spreading wealth more evenly and becoming the party for “ordinary working class people”. May, speaking on the final day of the Conservative Party’s annual conference, told members the government must tackle the problems which spurred millions of ...

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PAKISTAN, BELARUS SIGN SEVERAL AGREEMENTS, MoUs

Pakistan And Belarus Have Signed 14 Agreements And Memoranda Of Understanding Speaking at a joint press conference after the delegation level talks, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif termed the meeting as productive. He said the second visit by Belarusian President is a sign of increasing cooperation between the two countries. The prime minister also announced to issue post stamp to commemorate ...

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Tissue leftover from facelift can help plump lips

Women getting cosmetic surgery to lift up sagging cheeks and jowls may be able to use some of the tissue removed during the procedure to plump up their lips, a small U.S. study suggests. Five years after getting a facelift followed by lip augmentation using leftover tissue, patients still had significantly fuller lips than they did prior to the procedure, ...

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AT&T signs Taylor Swift

AT&T Inc has signed pop star Taylor Swift to an exclusive, multiyear partnership. The partnership includes exclusive performances and other content, AT&T said in a statement. Financial terms were not disclosed. Swift will headline the AT&T DirecTV Super Saturday Night concert in Houston on Feb. 4, the night before the 2017 Super Bowl. The National Football League has said that ...

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PSX-100 Index Ends High To Close At 41123.97 Points

Pakistan Stock Exchange witnessed bullish trend as its Benchmark PSX-100 index ended high and closed with 41123.97 points at the end of trading day. PSX-100 index gained 137.66 points during the regular trade. The highest index of the day remained at 41197.34 points while the lowest index of the day remained at 40986.31 points.

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