Day: August 16, 2019
Colourful 15-day Dir Upper Sports & Culture Festival beings amidst great enthusiasm
DIR UPPER, Aug 16 (APP)::The 15-day Dir Upper Sports and Culture Festival in connection with 72nd Independence Day celebrations got under way ...NGO stages Kashmir rally
BAHAWALPUR, Aug 16 (APP):Youth Development Forum, a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) staged a protest rally here in favor of people of Kashmir. The ...Aggressive designs of India endangering peace in region: Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan
ISLAMABAD, Aug 16 (APP):Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan Friday said the aggressive designs of ...Cathay Pacific says CEO Rupert Hogg has resigned
Hong Kong, Aug 16 (AFP/APP):Cathay Pacific announced the shock resignation on Friday of its CEO Rupert Hogg, days after the Hong Kong ...Eurozone stocks rebound; London open delayed
London, Aug 16 (AFP/APP):Eurozone stock markets recovered at the start of trading Friday, but the opening of London’s benchmark FTSE 100 index ...Former Indian cricketer VB Chandrasekhar commits suicide
Chennai, India, Aug 16 (AFP/APP):Former Indian national cricketer VB Chandrasekhar has died in what investigators suspect was suicide prompted by worries about ...Tokyo stocks end marginally higher
Tokyo, Aug 16 (AFP/APP):Tokyo stocks closed slightly higher on Friday, supported by gains in Chinese shares, but trade was sluggish with investors ...Detained Nigerian cleric leaves Indian hospital
New Delhi, Aug 16 (AFP/APP):Nigerian Shiite leader Ibrahim Zakzaky — whose poor health in detention fuelled a wave of violent protests in ...Sri Lanka v New Zealand first Test scoreboard
Galle, Sri Lanka, Aug 16 (AFP/APP):Scoreboard at the end of Sri Lanka’s first innings on day three of the first Test against ...N. Korea fires projectiles, rejects further talks with South
Seoul, Aug 16 (AFP/APP):North Korea fired two unidentified projectiles into the sea on Friday and launched a scathing attack on “foolish” calls ...