پاک چین دوستی کی یادگار کے طور پر 20 روپے کا سکہ جاری

اسلام آباد: حکومت پاکستان نے پاک چین دوستی کی یادگار کے طور پر 20 روپے کا سکہ جاری کر دیا۔ سکے کے فرنٹ پر اسلامی جمہوریہ پاکستان  لکھا گیا ہے جبکہ درمیان میں چاند تارا بنایا گیا ہے جبکہ پشت پر پاکستان اور چین کے جھنڈے بنائے گئے ہیں، یہ سکہ آج سے ملک بھر میں استعمال ہوسکے گا۔ واضح رہے کہ پاکستان اور چین کی دوستی لازوال تصور کی جاتی ہے اور آرمی چیف جنرل راحیل شریف کے حالیہ دورہ چین کے موقع پر چینی حکام نے پاکستان کی تشویش کو اپنی تشویش قرار دیا تھا جب کہ مارچ میں چین کے صدر پاکستان کا دورہ بھی کریں گے...

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Misbah needs more time for retirement decision; Shahryar won’t let him go

j SHARJAH: Pakistan’s Test captain Misbah-ul-Haq looked forward to his team’s bigger challenges ahead after thumping England 2-0 in the three-match series in Sharjah on Thursday, saying wins on away tours matter. The series win lifted Pakistan to number two in the Test rankings but Misbah said it will be how they perform on away tours which will make his team greater. "I think our biggest challenge is to play abroad so we have to get ready for that and prepare for that," said Misbah of Pakistan’s tours to England in July next year followed by visits to New Zealand and Australia. Misbah said his team needed to prepare for the four Test tour...

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Oil prices advance

London: The oil market rose on Friday but gains were limited by the global supply glut and after the US Federal Reserve hinted at a December interest rate hike. In midday deals in London, Brent North Sea crude for December won 44 cents to stand at $48.42 per barrel. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate for delivery in December rose 26 cents to $45.46 per barrel compared with Thursday´s close. Despite the slender gains, prices are lower compared with the previous week as the market struggles with a crude oversupply and weak demand owing to sluggish global growth led by top energy guzzler China. Increasing talk of an interest rate hike...

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Indian nursing assistant raped on bus in Bangalore

j Bangalore: A bus driver allegedly raped a 19-year-old nursing assistant in his vehicle on the outskirts of India´s southern technology hub Bangalore before dumping her on a roadside, police said Friday. The attack is alleged to have occurred on Thursday when the woman boarded the bus to commute to her job at a nursing home in Hoskote, 30 kilometres (19 miles) from the city centre. The driver allegedly asked the vehicle´s cleaner to drive the bus while he carried out the attack. "We have arrested accused Ravi, 26, with bus cleaner Manjunath, 23, under section 376 of the Indian Penal Code on a complaint by the victim that she was raped...

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Bollywood actors stand with SRK after ‘Pakistani agent’ rant

k Indian actor Shah Rukh Khan has received support from several quarters of Bollywood after being called a ‘Pakistani agent’ and compared to Hafiz Saeed by the ruling BJP leaders. Khan had spoken out strongly on the importance of keeping India secular, telling the Indian media, “religious intolerance is the worst thing and will take India to the dark ages.” A Hindutva leader Sadhvi Prachi had painted Shah Rukh Khan as a ‘Pakistani agent’ and called for him to be sent to Pakistan. BJP’s VIjayvargiya had remarked that, “Shah Rukh lives in India but his heart is in Pakistan” but later retracted it. Senior party leader Venkaiah Naidu also rushed...

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Rescuers search for survivors of Lahore factory collapse

LAHORE: A four-storeyed factory producing plastic bags collapsed on Wednesday evening, killing at least 23 labourers and trapping dozens of workers under the rubble at the Sundar Industrial Estate near Lahore. Rescue efforts were underway on Thursday to recover dozens of workers still trapped under the debris of the collapsed factory, which also claimed the life of the owner. According to latest reports, the bodies of four more victims were found during the ongoing rescue operation, raising the death toll to 23. "We can see the bodies of four more victims under the rubble," said the district coordination officer (DCO) in Lahore, confirming...

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Obama says bomb may have caused Egypt plane crash

With concerns over security mounting, a number of European airlines readied to bring home thousands of tourists from the Sinai peninsula resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, where the crashed Russian plane took off from last Saturday. The Islamic State (IS) jihadist group has claimed responsibility for the disaster, in which the Saint Petersburg-bound jet crashed minutes after taking off, killing all 224 mainly Russian tourists on board. Cairo and Moscow have sought to downplay the suggestion of an attack. But Obama told a US radio station: “I think there is a possibility that there was a bomb on board and we are taking that very seriously,” while...

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Thomas Drew appointed British High Commissioner to Pakistan

Mr. Drew has been appointed British High Commissioner to the Pakistan in succession to Mr. Barton, who will be transferring to another diplomatic service appointment, said a statement of UK Foreign Office. Mr Drew will assume his responsibilities next year. He was also a UK’s political counsellor in Islamabad from 2006 to 2008...

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Court rejects Ayyan Ali’s petition for acquittal in currency smuggling case

The supermodel was arrested at Islamabad’s Benazir Bhutto International Airport on March 14 this year on charges of money laundering after being caught with over half a million dollars by customs officials. The supermodel was released on bail from Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail after 122 days in the prison. Her lawyers had filed an acquittal petition of the supermodel in the court which was rejected by the judge today. Ayyan’s counsel Sardar Latif Khosa has said that the court’s decision will be challenged in the high court...

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