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  ISLAMABAD:The government of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has decided to set up a new company named Sarmaya-e-Pakistan Limited with a capital of Rs500 billion in a bid to take over management control and have better oversight of all public sector companies, which will likely lead to a turnaround in loss-making firms.The new company will be incorporated with 100% federal government shareholding. Gov nike air force 1 femme ernment shares in the existing public sector companies will be gradually transferred to the new fi air max 3 rm.Nominations of board members of all these state-owned companies will be made by the board of directors of Sarmaya-e-Pakistan for final approval of the government.The performance of the public sector compa adidas forum bold nies has deteriorated over the past many years because of a host of factors, particularly the lack of relevant skills and expertise in the administrative ministries and divisions for guiding and helping these firms perform in a professional and competitive way.Moreover, the uniform applicatio Wpzw Brazil to move embassy to Jerusalem Netanyahu
 The first ever celebration of the United Nations World Food Safety Day, to be marked globally today, on June 7, aims to strengthen efforts to ensure that the food we eat is safe.Every year, nearly one in ten people in the world (an estimated 600 million people) fall ill and 420,000 die after eating food contaminated by bacteria, viruses, parasites or chemical substances. Unsafe food also hinders development in many low- and middle-income economies, which lose around US$ 95 billion in productivity associated with illness, disability, and premature death suffered by workers.World Food Safety Day 2019 s theme is that food safety is everyone s business. Food safety contributes to food security, human health, economic prosperity, agri nike airmax 270 damen culture, market access, tourism and sustainable development.The UN has desi stan smith femmes gnated two of its air force 1  agencies, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) to lead efforts in promoting food safety around the world.FAO and WHO are

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  ISLAMABAD:Consumers are likely to face hike in oil prices by up to Rs13 per litre in November 2018 following the significant depreciation of rupee against the dollar.Officials in the Petroleum Division told The Express Tribune that the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) had recommended increasing the prices of petroleum products by Rs13 per litre in a monthly revision for October.Price disparity: Tax cut on LPG imports turns locally produced gas expensiveThe regulator proposed an increase of Rs9 per litre in the prices of petrol and Rs13 per litre in high speed diesel (HSD). The prices of kerosene oil and light diesel oi nike force 1 donna l (LDO) were proposed to be raised by Rs6 per litre.The Pak adidas samba womens istan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government had decided to keep oil prices unchanged for October 2018 in a bid to provide relief to the consum samba adv ers. However, Ogra had recommended an upward revision of Rs4.41 per litre in the prices of petroleum products for October.The regulator has suggested a massive increase in Wyfq Hong Kong leader tells US not to  interfere  after fresh protests
 LAHORE:The post production of upcoming film Project Ghazi has been completed. The film will be presented for its censor screening before the Centr nike air max95 al Board of Film Censors (CBFC) tomorrow, after which it will receive a censor certificate for release in cinema houses all around Pakistan. Project Ghazi is scheduled to release March 29 while the CBFC censor meeting is to be held on March 27.Promotiona adidas campus green l campaigns for the film are in full sw adidas adidas originals ing all across the country. The cast, which includes Humayun Saeed, Syra Shehroz, Sheheryar Munawar and others are currently in Lahore in this connection. Distributors and cinema owners who believe it will be a super hit film聽 are preparing for its release. PHOTO: PUBLICITY

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  KARACHI:Hamdard University conferred on Saturday degrees on 1,400 students graduating from its seven faculties. A total of eight students were presented Hakim Mohammed Said gold medals and 34 were awarded Hamdard University gold medals.A total of 190 students were awarded M Phil degrees and 10 were awarded PhD degrees.The chief g adidas original uest, President Dr Arif Alvi, said,  Knowledge-based economy is the key to progress in today's world and if we want to bring our nation out of poverty we  af1 have to promote education, knowledge and reduce poverty as has been done by China .While addressing the students at the 23rd convocation, Dr Alvi said that the varsity's founder, Shaheed Hakim Mohammed Said, chose to travel in economy class even dur air force 1 ing the time he held the position of Sindh governor. Nations are built by such icons, said Dr Alvi.He told the students to work hard with honesty and integrity like the founder of their varsity. Pakistan is a great country and you should make it greater, he said.Ham Poxa Will rain affect Pakistan s match against New Zealand
 JAKARTA:Indonesia has banned the controversial but politically influential hardline group the Islamic Defender  rsquo s Front, the country  rsquo s chief security minister ann nike air force ounced on Wednesday.Mahfud MD said the group, widely known by its acronym FPI, had been officially outlawed, e air max95 ffective imm superstar adidas schwarz ediately. FPI is led by firebrand Islamic cleric Rizieq, a controversial figure in Indonesian politics, who was arrested earlier this month.  ldquo The government has banned FPI activities and will stop any activities carried out by FPI,  rdquo  Mahfud said.   ldquo FPI no longer has legal standing,  rdquo  he added.

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  Hilary Duff ha dunk low womens s announced the birth of her fourth child, daughter Townes Meadow Bair.The actor took to Instagram on Tuesday to announce the arrival of her fourth child, daughter Townes Meadow Bair.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Hilary Duff (@hilaryduff)Duff shared a series of black-and-white photos showcasing candid moments from her water birth experience.   ldquo Townes Meadow Bair, now we know why she made us wait so long  hellip  S adidas samba ladies he was perfec jordan 1 ting those cheeks!  rdquo  she wrote in the caption.The post also features pictures of the actor  rsquo s husband, Matthew Koma, cradling their newborn daughter.  ldquo We all love you like you  rsquo ve been here all along beauty,  rdquo  the   ldquo Lizzie McGuire  rdquo  actor wrote, expressing her love for her newborn.This is the third child for Duff and Koma, who are already parents to daughters Banks Violet Bair, 5, and Mae James Bair, 3. The   ldquo How I Met Your Father  rdquo  actor also shares a 12-year-old son, Luca, with her ex-h Styb Punjab govt proposes data processing sharing protocols
 BEIJING:The first Franco-Chinese satellite was launched into orbit on Monday to study ocean surface winds and waves around the clock, better predict cyclones and improve scientists' understanding of climate change.Translating policies into practice: Numerous climate change challenges await new govtA Long March 2C carrier rocket blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China's Gobi Desert at 0043 GMT to enter orbit 520 kilometres above the Earth, according to China's State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence.Climate change is real, peopleThe 650-kilogram machine is the first satellite jointly built by China and France and will allow climate scientists to better und nike force 1 erstand interactions between oceans and the atmosphere.The satellite is fitted with t newbalance 530 wo radars: the French-made SWIM, which will measure the direction and the wavelength of waves, and China's SCAT, which will analyse the force and direct adidas spezial blu ion of winds.The data will be

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  BHAKKAR:The colorful three-day Satti Sahib Mela, orga nike air force hombre nised in Dullewala on the outskirts of Bhakkar district, ended on Friday.The highlight of the festival was the buying and selling of camels. The highly-bred camels were bought and sold at the event in high numbers. Some other events, including camel and horse dances, kabaddi, and other local games, were part of the festival. The event has been organised in the region for the last 50 years. Each year, lo airmaxplus cals take part in the festivities with great enthusiasm.Thousands from different areas attend and adorn their camels with colorful accessories. The camel fair is so famous that locals wait for it all year long as it is an opportunity to sell their animals.Children s art festival kicks off at Governor s House SindhA local named Malik Inayatullah Nadeem said that as the camel fair continues for three days,  nike air force 1 donna people get a chance to enjoy free entertainment at their doorstep.  People are very enthusiastic about the camels and travel from rem Kwtz Am I going to get shot   kids ask as brands try to explain racism violence to children
 RAWALPINDI:A special court established under the Official Secrets Act (OSA) on Tuesday completed recording statements of the prosecution witnesses in the cipher case against former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan and ex-foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi.During the hearing, presided  adidas sambarose over by special court Judge Abual Hasnat Zulqarnain, six witnesses, including Faisal Tirmizi, Farrukh Abbas, Akbar Durrani and Asad Majeed, who as the then Pakistani ambassador to the United States orginated the cipher, gave their statements.The court, while conducting the hearing inside the Adiala Jail, completed recording statements of all the 25 prosecution witnesses in the case.Now, the cross-examination of these witnesses would  superstar adidas damen begin from the next hearing of the case. Both Imran and Qureshi were present i air max 96 n the courtroom.Majeed, who retired as the foreign secretary last year, apprised the court that there was no reference to the words   ldquo threat  rdquo  or   ldqu

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  KARACHI:Power adidas samba original  tariff in Pakistan has remained exorbitantly high despite pulling the plugs on plants producing expensive electricity and going for cheaper supplies over the past five years.The major reason behind the high tariff has been a sharp increase in capacity payments to power houses in case they were not asked to add power to the national grid, according to the State Bank o jordan bajos f Pakistan s (SBP) Third Quarterly Report on The State of Pakistan s Economy. In absolute terms, capacity payments are estimated to be around Rs664 billion for FY19, representing an increase of around 60% over the preceding year,  the SBP stated in the report issued earlier this week.Karachi Electric says it can t meet city s power d adidas spezial handball emand. Numbers suggest otherwiseThe rise partially stemmed from an increase of approximately 729-megawatt capacity to the system during the year, modest growth in power supply, increase in payment of net hydel profit (NHP) to provincial governments and associated arrears, the centr Vpbn Communication error SHO expresses ignorance over traffic cop killers  arrests
 CANBERRA:Football teams will be allowed to use five substitutes when play resumes after the coronavirus pandemic, the sport's law-making body announced on Friday.The International Footba adidas marathon tr original ll Association Board (IFAB) said nike air force 1 hombres  in a statement that it had agreed to a proposal by world governing body FIFA for a temporary change to the rules  to protect player welfare .Teams face likely fixture congestion in a packed calendar as they attempt to make up for lost time when play can resume.The lay-off  adidas campus grey is expected to have an impact on player fitness levels too.It also said that competitions which were using video assistant referee (VAR) would be allowed to drop it for the time being.The change will apply to competitions scheduled to be completed by 31 December of this year, although FIFA and IFAB left open the possibility that the period could be extended.While teams will be able to make five substitutions,  to avoid disruption to the game, each team will only have three opportunities to make substitu

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  QUETTA:Nine terrorists were killed during a search operation conducted by the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) in the Kabo Koh Mehran area of Mastun air max 1 g district, Balochistan on Thursday.Four security personnel also sustained injuries in the exchange of fire during the operation launched to bust terrorist hideouts in Balochistan. On a tip-off, the CTD conducted a raid in the Kabo Koh Mehran area of Mastung district. However, terrorists hiding in the area opened fire on the security forces,  said CTD sources, confirming that nine hardcore terrorists had been killed in the exchange of fire.The terrorists, belonging to various armed groups, were involved in carrying out attacks on security forces and citizens of Balochistan, said the sources. A heavy cache of arms and exp jordan losive material, meant for  adidas gazelle hellblau committing acts of terror in Balochistan, have been seized in the operation,  they added.The four CTD personnel injured during the exchange of fire with terrorists were shifted to a nearby hospit Hekv Rupee stable against dollar
 ISLAMABAD:PPPChairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said on Tuesday that his party was standing firmly on its stance regarding the formation of the new government and was only answerable for its own position on the matter.Talkin af1 g to the media outside the Supreme Court (SC) following the hearing of the Zulfikar Ali Bhutto presidential reference, the PPP leader said he was aware that the current political instability was negatively impacting Pakistan. He added that the PPP however, wa jordan bebe nted to wrap up the process of government formation as soon as possible.Bilawal said the presidential reference was a   lsquo test  rsquo  for the judiciary, as he said the chief justice himself admitted. Terming his 1979 death sent 1 jordan 1 ence a   quot judicial murder  quot , he hoped all these years later the apex court would do justice in the case.  ldquo We cannot call it a bygone and say that we did not receive justice,  rdquo  he said, adding that he hoped the judiciary would   quot wash itself off this stain, and overwrite

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  WASHINGTON:The US Defense Department said on Thursday the estimated number of sexual assaults in the military climbed nearly 38 percent in 2018 compared with a survey two years earlier, data that critics say laid bare broken Pentagon promises of a crackdown.The Pentagon said there were 6,053 reports of sexual assaults last year, according to an anonymous, bi-annual survey. It is the highest since the US military began collecting this kind of survey data in 2004.Taking into consideration unreported cases as well, the  adidas classic military survey estimated 20,500 male and female service members experienced some kind of sexual assault last year. The estimated number in 2016 was 14,900.US military stops tracking key metric on Afghan war as situat air max thea ion deteriora air jordan tesThe campaign against sexual assault in the military again gained momentum in March when Republican Senator Martha McSally, the first female combat pilot in the US Air Force, said she had been raped by a superior officer. She said she did not rep Ctrz Unemployment causing anguish among students
 WASHINGTON:A senior US jordan4 general responsible for bringing down a Chinese spy balloon said on Monday the military had not detected previous spy balloons before the one that appeared on January28 over the United States and called it an   quot awareness gap.  quot The Pentagon said over the weekendthat Chinese s air force usa py balloons had briefly flown over the United States at least three times during President Donald Trump   39 s administration and one previously under President Joe Biden.Air Force General Glen VanHerck, head of USNorth American Aerospace Defense Command and Northern Command, said the latest balloon was 200 feet (60 meters)tall and the payload under it weighed a couple thousand pounds.He did not provide details on previous balloons, including where over the United States they flew.  quot I will tell you that we did not detect those threats, and that   39 s a domain aw nike sb force areness gap,  quot  VanHerck said.VanHerck added that USintelligence determined the previous flights after the fact based on

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  WELLINGTON:A burglar stole 11 guns from a police station in New Zealand, some of which  adidas campus black were surrendered to authorities in the aftermath of the mass shooting in Christchurch, police said on Friday.Police are looking for the suspect, who escaped after he was spotted by an officer in the station yard in Palmerston North, a city on North Island. His getaway vehicle was recovered later. Eleven firearms which were in an exhibit storage area are currently unaccounted for,  acting Central District Commander Inspector Sarah Stewart said in a statement on the Thursday s robbery.New Zealand PM says no in air force nocta telligence linking Sri Lanka attacks to Christchurch I should be clear that these were not police firearms, but were a range of weapons being held as exhibits or handed in for destruction. I am very concerned about what has occurred 鈥?it is absolutely unacceptable,  Stewart said.Gun owners across New Zealand are handing  af1 nocta their guns to the police after the government passed tough new firearm laws ba Nxdg Do not take SC for granted CJP to Musharraf
 LAHORE:After the restoration of roads underneath the elevated track of the Orange Line Metro Tr nike air force ain (OLMT), the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) started installing traffic signals along the route at an estimated cost of Rs90 million. The project is now nearing the completion stage.The authority has invited bids for installation of traffic signals from Dera Gujjran on Grand Trunk (GT) Road to Fawara Chowk on McLeod Road at an estimated cost of Rs22.6 million. The signals will also be installed from Lahor samba rose e Hotel on McLeod Road to Jain Mandir on Lytton Road at a cost of Rs24 million, from Kha jordan4 n Baba Restaurant on Lake Road to Scheme Morr on Multan Road at Rs20.8 million and Subzazar on Multan Road to Ali Town on Raiwind Road at a cost of Rs17.38 million.The Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) is also working diligently to complete work underneath and around the metro train track. In most areas, the authority has already planted grass and plants underneath the track.Import of 27 bogeys

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  LAHORE:The Lahore H dunk high igh Court (LHC) on Thursday suspended the ban imposedby the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) on broadcasting live or recorded speeches of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on satellite TV channels.Justice Shams Mehmood Mirza presided over the petition filed by the former premier challenging PEMRA   39 s ban and announced the reserved verdict. He also proposed the formation of a full bench to hear the case.The prohibition order stated that Imran was   quot levelling baseless  nike air force 1 hombre allegations and spreading hate speech through his provocative statements against state institutions and officers w jordan bajos hich is prejudicial to the maintenance of law and order and is likely to disturb public peace and tranquillity  rdquo .Read Imran, others charged with terrorism after clashes at PTI rallyPEMRA had said the airing of hateful, slanderous and unwarranted statements against state institutions is   ldquo in sheer violation of Article 19 of the Constitution an Okas Freak coincidence Sridevi s death bares striking similarity to singer Whitney Houston s
 RAWALPINDI/ISLAMABAD:Nine more people have died from the no nike dunk nike vel coronavirus air max95  in Rawalpindi while another 598 positive cases have  adidas og been reported in the twin cities during the last 24 hours.

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  MULTAN:Police have registered a case against Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) lawmaker Haji Attaur Rehman, who has been allegedly sexually assaulting and blackmailing a university student for over 11 months.The petition filed by the victim's lawyer, Chaudhry Iftikhar Gul on the application given to CPO Multan. On the other hand, along with the cancellation  new balance damen of the registration of the NGO of the PML-N MPA named PHDF, Multan Deputy Commissioner Abdul Amir Khattak has ordered an audit of the billions of rupees aid which his NGO got from foreign donors.Succumbing to the political influence of the provincial assembly s member, hospital authorities refused to conduct the medical test of the victim despite repeated  air max 1 requests. The victim went to the emergency ward of Nishtar Hospital for treatment on June 30 but the doctor asked her to present there said she her to come outdoor at 8:00 am instead of tr adidas samba adv eating and admitting her.The victim took two receipts from the emergency counter, one for t Fuzs Explainer What Google Facebook could face in US antitrust probe
 LAHORE nike air jordan :Partridge hunting has been give air force panda n the green light in specific areas of Punjab, with the hunting season set to extend from Decembe nike air 1 r 1 to January 31 next year, as declared by the Punjab Wildlife Department.

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  ISLAMABAD:There has been a spike in the crime rate in the federal capital since the new government took over with over 550 incidents of street crimes,  af1 mid thefts and armed robberies reported in the city over the past four months.The rural and industrial zones have been hotbeds of crime, witnessing 180 and 150 incidents of street crimes respectively.In the Saddar Zone, around 120 incidents of street crimes have taken place, making it the third-most crime affected place in the city.The City Zone is at four with 100 reported incidents.In the rural zone, six police stations including Lohi Bher, Kahna, Nilor, Sihala and Shahzad Town displayed poor performance compared to all other police stations in the dist airmaxplus rict over the past four months.Due to weak police patrolling in these areas, there has been an extraordinary increase in the incidence of street crime. In the most recent incident, a seventh-grade student was gunned down by armed men during an attempted robb jordan aura ery within the limits of the Sihal Nfqk Oil prices slip despite big US inventory fall
 KARACHI:Soldier Bazaar Police claimed to have arrested four accused, including a woman, over their alleged involvement in the murder of traffic co adidas originals samba nstable Ahtesham Ahmed.According to po adidas spezial pink lice sources, the arrested woman was a relative of the assassinated policeman and their ancestral roots belong to Khapro, an area in rural Sindh. The murder was allegedly connected to a conflict involving a girl.Soldier Bazaar Police SHO, when asked, expressed ignorance of the arrests, while the duty officer said that the SHO had himself brought all four accused to the police station a air max schwarz nd instructed that no one be allowed to meet them because the deputy inspector-general or senior superintendent of police were to reveal the arrest in a press conference.The traffic police constable was shot dead while he was on way to his duty on Monday morning by the accused riding a motorcycle near Nishtar Road.Published in The Express Tribune, January 23rd, 2019.

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  RAWALPINDI:A day after his conviction in the diplomatic cipher case, former prime minister Imran Khan was dealt another blow on Wednesday as an accountability court judge found him and his spouse, Bushra Bibi, guilty of misusing states  rsquo  gift repository and sentenced them to 14 years in prison.The court also slapped a fin air force donna e of Rs787 million each on the accused individuals in  air max 95 noir what is being described as the most swiftly concluded trial in accountability courts  rsquo  history.In the reference filed last month  mdash on December 19, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had accused the former PM and his wife of retaining precious gifts received during Imran  rsquo s terms as the country  rsquo s chief executive in violation of the prescribed pr air max90 otocol.Interestingly, another trial court on August 5, 2023, disqualified Imran Khan and sentenced him to three years in prison for not disclosing the gifts he received as the prime minister in his statements of assets and liabilities submitted t Aena Meghan Markle s waxwork unveiled prior to the wedding
 KARACHI:The rupee strengthened against the dollar at Rs138.45/Rs138.95 in the inter-bank market on Thursday compared with Wednesday s close of Rs138.7/Rs139.2, according to forex.pk. Last year in November, the rupee fell to an all-time low at Rs144 against the dollar in intra-day trading before recovering to Rs139.05 in the sixth round of devaluation since December 2017. Cumulatively, the rupee has lost 31 superstar adidas damen .8% of its value in the last 1 adidas campus 00s 3 months. In October 2018, a slump in the value of the rupee came after the government decided to knock at the IMF door to avoid default on import payments and debt repayments. The central bank said economic data showed that the positive impact of recent stabilisation measures had started to emerge gradually.  Particularly, the current account deficit is showing early signs of improvement,  said the SBP.聽聽Published in The Express Tribune, February 22nd, 2019.Like聽B nike air max 1 usiness on Facebook, follow @TribuneBiz聽on Twitter to stay informed and join in the conversa

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  QUETTA:Provincial Minister for Food and Social Welfare Sardar Abdul Rehman Khetran has urged the authorities to ensure implementation of new balance damen  directives on the lockdown to stem the tide of novel coronavirus. No leniency would be tolerated in this regard,  he stressed.  All tea stalls and cattle markets across the district [Barkhan] should remain open from 5am till 7pm, while grocery and pharmacy shops are exempted from this restriction. Restricted access would be given to the public transport during the lockdown  he said while addressing a meeting of Barkhan Task Force.Barkhan DC Gul Muhammad Khilji, District Health Officer Dr Niaz Bugti, munic nike jordan femme ipal committee and district council chief officers, local government assistant director and other district officers were present on the occasion.Published in The Express T air force one ribune, March 26th, 2020. Rgcz 859 suspects arrested by Lahore NAB since 2017
 I recently attended a think-tank symposium designed to provide perspectives on Pakistan s opportunities for change in the country and with regional partners on the path to peace and progress. Questions included how can the US and Pakistan have a realisti dunk purple c and workable relationship  How can Islamabad, Kabul and Washington work towards a relationship that is beneficial for all Michael Kugelman, deputy assistant director of the Asia Program at the Woodrow Wilson Institute in Washington, DC, as air force mid ked: What can be done to improve the environment for women and entrepreneurs  How can the militancy ideology be eliminated One point that was brought up is how frequently US-Pakistan relations are compared to that of a contentious marriage. I w orange dunks ould describe watching US-Pakistan relations as akin to watching two bipolar, schizophrenics stumbling around in the dark 鈥?one holding a tumbler of whisky, the other holding a chars ka cigarette.In any case, both Pakistan s and America s perspectives differ gr

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  ISLAMABAD:The Asian Development Bank adidas originals hamburg  (ADB) has inked $235 million loan agreement with the federal government for the development聽 of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system in Karachi.The loan was聽initially approved by the bank in July last year.The Economic Affairs Division secretary Noor Ahmed and ADB country director Xiaohong Yang signed the agreement which was witnessed by 聽Federal Minister for Economic Affairs K airforce husro Bakhtyar, according to an official statement issued on Friday.The聽pact will help deliver the 26.6 kilometres Red Line BRT corridor and feature innovative energy and climate resilience characteristics  that will enhance access to quality public transport for the city s inhabita new balance 373 nts . The loan signed today will enable a safe, reliable and environmentally friendly mode of transport in Pakistan s most populous city,  Yang said, adding,聽 On behalf of ADB, I am pleased to sign this agreement and would like to thank the Government of Sindh for the strong collaboration and continued su Leof 14-year-old Hamza wins inaugural U16 national snooker championship
 LAHORE:The Higher Education Commission (HEC) website has listed 70 scholars including Dr Safwan Akram, the son of the former vice chancellor of Sargodha University Dr Akram Chaudhary, as a defaulter of foreign scholarship bond, with his father as the guarantor.Dr Akram Chaudha nike air max 1 ry is facing a reference by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on various charges of abuse of authority, unlawful appointments and corruption in civil works.Dr Safwan has been listed as a defaulter by the HEC for violating the terms of PhD scholarship at Cambridge University, the UK. The scholarship was awarded in January 2007 for the University of Cambridge, UK under the project titled  Overseas Scholarship for MS/MPhil Leading to PhD in selected field Phase-II . After the completion of his PhD degree, he started the Post-Doc at the same university and did not return to Pakistan,  the notice issued by the HEC on its new balance 9060  website read.The HEC website has named 70 such scholars as defaulters u air max tn nder the Phase-II of