Thursday, October 8th, 2020
Taylor Swift will ‘proudly’ vote for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in November
Taylor Swift’s endless criticism against US President Donald Trump had already indicated that her support was leaning towards his rival, Joe Biden. Now, the Folklore signer has officially endorsed the former vice president as she appeared as one of the cover stars in V magazine’s Thought Leaders issue. Talking to the outlet, the Lover hit maker said: “The change we need most is to elect a president who recognizes that people of color deserve to feel safe and represented, that women deserve the right to choose what happens to theirRead More
October 8: Today’s gold rates in Pakistan — market opening update
KARACHI: A single tola of 24-karat gold in Pakistan was priced at Rs113,00 at the opening of trading on Thursday, after the price of the precious metal decreased by Rs300 over last night’s trading. Likewise, the price of 10 grammes of 24k gold also decreased overnight by Rs256 with the precious metal being traded at Rs96,880 at the opening of trading on Thursday. Likewise, 22k gold opened trading at Rs103,582 per tola on Thursday.
Another cricket team to visit Pakistan in February 2021
Karachi: South Africa men’s team tour of Pakistan is scheduled to take place in January 2021. One more cricket team from South Africa has agreed to tour Pakistan. South Africa blind cricket team will come to Pakistan early next year to play four T20s and two ODI matches against the national blind team. According to Pakistan Blind Cricket Council (PBCC), Blind cricket South Africa (SA) has agreed to send their team in February 2021. “We’ve received an email from Blind Cricket SA today. They’ve agreed to tour us from FebruaryRead More
15th anniversary of October 8 quake being observed today
ISLAMABAD, Oct 8 (DNA) : The 15th anniversary of devastating earthquake on October 8, 2005 in the north-east regions of the country is being observed today. Fifteen years back on this day, at 8:50 a.m. local time, an earthquake of magnitude 7.6 struck the Himalayan region of northern Pakistan and Kashmir. Its epicenter was located approximately 9 km north northeast of the city of Muzaffarabad in Azad Jammu Kashmir (AJK), leaving 100,000 dead and 38,000 besides rendering over 3.5 million homeless. According to government figures, 19,000 children died in theRead More
Iqama case: Khawaja Asif likely to appear before NAB investigators
LAHORE : Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) senior leader Khawaja Asif is likely to appear before the investigation of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in Iqama case today. The NAB investigators summoned Khawaja Asif on 11:00 am today at the bureau’s office in Lahore in Iqama case. Moreover, Ilyas Salman was also summoned by the joint investigation team along with managing director (MD) of the company. The NAB call-up notice stated that Asif was asked to submit its income records including salary besides the submission of job application and Iqama agreement.Read More
FM Qureshi holds telephonic conversation with UAE counterpart
ISLAMABAD : Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi held a telephonic conversation with his United Arab Emirates (UAE) counterpart Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Thursday. The issues of mutual interest, including bilateral relations and the overall situation in the region, came under discussion. They agreed to promote bilateral cooperation in the economic and trade sectors. FM Qureshi said Pakistan and the UAE enjoy deep, historic and fraternal ties. He said millions of Pakistanis living in the UAE have been contributing to the development of the UAE for the last manyRead More