29-06-2020 By SJA Jafri KARACHI: At least seven people have been killed after gunmen stormed the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) in the southern city of Karachi, firing indiscriminately as they entered the building complex, rescue officials say. Four attackers stormed the building at 10am (05:00 GMT) Monday morning as trading began, carrying …

29-06-2020 By SJA Jafri (Bureau Chief Australia) SYDNEY/ MELBOURNE/ CANBERRA: An Australian clean-energy lobby group outlined a road map to the sector creating one million jobs, in response to calls from the country’s powerful fossil fuel industry for a gas-powered economic revival from coronavirus. The plan by Beyond Zero Emissions …

29-06-2020 NEW YORK/ NEW DELHI/ LONDON: More than 500,000 people worldwide have now lost their lives as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, according to Johns Hopkins University in the US. Since the virus emerged in China late last year, there have been more than 10 million cases, Johns Hopkins …

28-06-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies ISLAMABAD: Construction of the first Hindu temple in the Pakistani capital Islamabad began on Tuesday, as a long-standing demand of the minority community was fulfilled by the government of Prime Minister Imran Khan. The site of the Shri Krishna Mandir (temple) complex, will …

29-06-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies HOUSTON/ AUSTIN/ NEW YORK: The spread of coronavirus infections has taken a “swift and very dangerous turn” in the US state of Texas, Governor Greg Abbott has warned. “Over just the past few weeks, the daily number of cases have gone …

Hyderabad Jun 28 (Newslines): On the advice of President of Markazi Anjuman Matami Gurohaan Hyderabad TS Janab Syed Najaf Ali Shoukat, a meeting was held on 5th Zeequadah 1441 (H) correspondence to 27th June 2020 regarding an important discursion on upcoming month of Muharram-ul-haram 1442 (H) correspondence to (2020 AD) …

Hyderabad, June 28 (PMI): The Chief Minister of the State K. Chandrasekhar Rao today launched the year long   centenary birthday celebrations of former Prime Minister of the country PV Narasimha Rao at PV Gyana Bhoomi on Necklace  here on Sunday. He paid rich tributes to the former PM on the occasion. …

Hyderabad, June 28 (PMI): In the wake of increasing COVID-19 cases in GHMC , Chief Minister  K Chandrashekhar Rao has decided to finalise a strategy to contain spreading of the disease in  next three to four days. He will take a decision on various  proposals that lock down should be …

28-06-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies MOSCOW/ KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Russia has rejected as “baseless” accusations that it offered Taliban-linked militants rewards to kill US and other NATO troops in Afghanistan. The New York Times and Washington Post cited US officials as saying a Russian military intelligence unit …

28-06-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KARTARPUR/ NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD: India has rejected an offer made by Pakistan on Saturday for the reopening of the Kartarpur Corridor for Sikh pilgrims on June 29, saying that cross-border travel has been suspended due to the coronavirus outbreak, India media reported. The …