Shares at the Pakistan Stock Trade (PSX) made another untouched high in intraday exchange on Wednesday as the exceptionally expected Shanghai Collaboration Association (SCO) culmination closed. From its previous close of 85,840.34 points at 12 p.m., the benchmark KSE-100 index gained 510.10 points, or 0.59%, to reach 86,350.44 points. The index ended the day at 86,205.66 points, up 365.32 points, or 0.43 percent, from its previous close. “Investors are optimistic about positive outcomes from Pakistan’s hosting of the ongoing Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit and additional investment commitments from [the] Chinese Premier visit,” stated Awais Ashraf, director of research at…
Author: Raja Zahid Khanzada
During the second Test in Multan on Wednesday, Pakistan spinner Sajid Khan took three wickets, including centurion Ben Duckett, in ten deliveries. England finished the match on 239-6. The hosts won an exciting second day of play on a changing surface, taking a 127-run lead after their 366-run first innings. Britain had been cruising pleasantly at 211-2 when Sajid eliminated Joe Root (34), Duckett (114) and Harry Creek (nine) in the last meeting. Ben Stokes, the captain of England, was bowled by fellow spinner Noman Ali for one at the other end, resulting in England’s sudden loss of four wickets…
lick. Death. Click. Blast. Click. Crash. Click. Motaz Azaiza’s fingers were too busy taking pictures of death and destruction in Gaza to allow his brain to consider the impact he was having. This does not imply that he simply wonged it; rather, he was aware that he had to act on behalf of his people because the Western world would not. Like all of the other journalists in Gaza, he was aware of what he was getting into, but despite the fact that it was not in line with his plan for himself, he continued. He has over 17 million…
Lufthansa has consented to suffer a $4 million consequence for purportedly oppressing Jewish travelers who were attempting to load up a corresponding flight in Frankfurt in May 2022, the US Transportation Division said on Tuesday. Lufthansa denied 128 Jewish travelers, virtually every one of whom wore pieces of clothing commonly worn by Universal Jewish men, from loading up a corresponding flight in Germany based on supposed trouble making by certain travelers, the Transportation Division (Speck) said. Despite the fact that many of the passengers did not know each other or were not traveling together, DOT said that passengers who were…
The International Energy Agency stated on Wednesday that while low-emission sources will generate more than half of the world’s electricity before 2030, the global deployment of clean energy is “far from uniform.” According to the IEA’s annual World Energy Outlook, demand for oil, gas, and coal is still expected to reach its peak by the end of the decade, possibly leading to a surplus of fossil fuels. Fatih Birol, the IEA’s executive director, stated, “We have witnessed the Age of Coal and the Age of Oil in energy history.” He stated, “We’re now moving at a rapid pace into the…
On Wednesday, Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz called “rumors spread on social media” regarding the alleged on-campus rape of a Lahore student a “fabricated story.” A security guard at the college who was allegedly involved in the incident was arrested last week after news of the student’s alleged rape went viral on social media. Students mobilized on social media in response to the alleged incident and staged protests outside several city colleges. During one of the fights, conflicts broke out between the dissenters and the security group of a school. Later on, students and police got into a fight, which…
The US, in a proclamation on Tuesday, clarified that Pakistan has the independence to line up with any local groupings yet exhorted that such affiliations must “stringently comply to worldwide regulation and not disregard the sway of different countries.” The US strategy articulation comes as Pakistan has the high-stakes Shanghai Participation Association (SCO) culmination in Islamabad, including key part like Russia, China, India, Iran, and key Focal Asian states. During a press preparation, US State Division Representative Matthew Mill operator stressed the significance of consistence with worldwide standards, expressing, “The US regards every country’s sovereign right to partner groupings fitting…
Amnesty International stated on Wednesday that “as human rights violations and abuses remain rampant,” Pakistan is scheduled for its second review by the UN Human Rights Committee in Geneva on October 17 and 18. The rights group said in a statement that the review falls under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), to which the nation is a party. According to Babu Ram Pant, the Deputy Regional Director for South Asia of Amnesty International, “Pakistan’s review comes at a crucial time for the country, as human rights violations and abuses remain rampant.” “In the past month alone,…
As part of an Israeli plan to eliminate Hezbollah, weaponized pager batteries arrived in Lebanon at the beginning of the year. They contained powerfully deceptive features and an Achilles’ heel. According to a Lebanese source with first-hand knowledge of the pagers and teardown photos of the battery pack seen by Reuters, the agents who built the pagers designed a battery that concealed a small but potent charge of plastic explosive and a novel detonator that was invisible to X-ray. According to a Reuters review of web archives, they created fake online stores, pages, and posts that could deceive Hezbollah due…
odel and cosmetics craftsman Nadia Hussain has settled on a public decision for data with respect to the supposed assault of an understudy at a Lahore school a week ago. The incident at a Punjab Group of Colleges campus in Lahore went viral on social media, resulting in the arrest and investigation of a campus security guard. Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has since described the incident as a “fabricated story” after it sparked widespread student protests at PGC campuses. After the girl’s father also denied reports of sexual assault, ASP Shehrbano Naqvi posted a video on Tuesday that Hussain shared,…
