Author Archives: Dunya

Pakistan To Face Ireland In 1st Odi On Thursday

Pakistan will face Ireland tomorrow in the first one day International of the two match series in Dublin. PTV sports will telecast the match live from 2.45 pm. The short-series precedes the Pakistan-England five-match ODI series. Captained by Azhar Ali, the 15-man squad includes six of the players who featured in the recently concluded test series against England. Sami Aslam, ...

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PM To Attend Ceremony Of Pak Navy Fleet Tanker

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will be visiting Karachi on Friday where he is to attend the launching ceremony of Pakistan Navy warship Fleet Tanker. Fleet Tanker has been built in collaboration with Turkey and manufactured at Karachi Shipyard. Pak Navy fleet tanker will play an important role in catering needs of Pak Navy in meeting logistic needs. Building of fleet ...

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PSX-100 Index Ends High To Close At 40057.52 Points

Pakistan Stock Exchange continued with witnessing bullish and brilliant rising trend as its Benchmark PSX-100 index ended high and closed with 40057.52 points at the end of trading day. PSX-100 index gained 7.35 points during the regular trade. The highest index of the day remained at 40205.07 points while the lowest index of the day remained at 40018.36 points.

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Pakistan Wins World Junior Team Squash Championship

Pakistan clinch the title of world junior team squash championship 2016 in Poland. In the final Pakistan junior squash team defeated Egypt by 2-1. In the first match Pakistan Israr Ahmed outplayed Saad-ud-din of Egypt by 11-9, 11-9 and 11-9. Egypt leveled the final 1-all after Yousaf Ibrahim outplayed Ayaz Ahsan of Pakistan 3-1 in the second match. In the ...

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Australia To Close Manus Island Asylum Centre

Australia and Papua New Guinea said they have agreed to close a controversial Australian-Funded Asylum seeker detention centre on Manus Island, although the ultimate fate of 800 refugees held in the camp remained unclear. Under Australian Law, anyone intercepted trying to reach the country by boat is sent for processing to camps on the tiny pacific Island of Nauru or ...

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India Expresses Willingness To Engage With Pak: Sources

In response to the invitation by Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry to his Indian counterpart for talks on Jammu and Kashmir, the Indian side has expressed its willingness to engage with Pakistan on this subject. According to sources the Indian foreign secretary’s reply is being considered and an appropriate response consistent with Pakistan’s historic position on Jammu and Kashmir and ...

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PM Convenes Federal Cabinet Meeting On Thursday

The Federal Cabinet will meet in Islamabad on Thursday. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will chair the meeting.

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Jacqueline wants to try out something ‘daring

Actress Jacqueline Fernandez says she wants to break the “girl-next-door image” soon, adding that she is venturing into “more daring” space with her next film. Jacqueline, who made her debut in 2009 with “Aladin”, is mostly seen playing the role of a girl-next-door on the silver screen. She is best known for films like “Housefull”, “Race 2” and “Kick”. Asked ...

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The Medal Table At The Rio Olympics 2016

With 26 gold, 22 silver, 24 bronze medals, the United States is leading the medal table at the Rio Olympics 2016. The Great Britain is holding second place with 16 gold medals, 17 silver and eight bronze. China is at number three with 15 gold, fourteen silver and 17 bronze. Russia and Italy are holding fourth and fifth places respectively ...

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At Least 11 Killed In Coalition Air Raid On Yemen Hospital

An air strike has hit a hospital run by Medecins sans Frontieres in northern Yemen, killing at least 11 people And another 19 people were injured in the attack in abs, in Hajjah province. Local people said the hit follows days of air raids in the area. The first rescue workers to arrive at the scene had to move cautiously, ...

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