Govt decides to cancel agreements with six more IPPs
- 13-Dec-2024
ISLAMABAD: The federal government of Pakistan has decided to terminate agreements with six more Independent Power Producers (IPPs) to reduce electricity prices, ARY News reported, citing sources. Aiming to provide relief to consumers burdened by high electricity costs, the government has decided to end expensive contracts with six more IPPs having a total capacity of […]
PIA cancels 8 flights, delays 35 in Karachi due to inclement weather
- 29-Aug-2024
KARACHI: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has canceled eight flights and delayed 35 others due to inclement weather conditions, ARY News reported on Thursday. According to the flight schedule, PIA’s flights PK 301 and 368 from Karachi to Islamabad and 455 and 456 from Karachi to Skardu have been canceled. Additionally, four flights from Islamabad to […]
British MP demands immediate cancellation of Pakistan’s int’l debt
- 02-Sep-2022
LONDON: British MP Claudia Webbe has demanded of the international community immediately cancel Pakistan’s debt as Islamabad is facing hazards of climate change due to wrongs done by rich countries. In her tweet, Claudia Webbe said inflation in Pakistan has reached an all-time high at 27%. “Pakistan’s international debt should be immediately canceled – they […]
Shanghai to cancel COVID restrictions to resume work
- 29-May-2022
SHANGHAI: Shanghai authorities will cancel many conditions for businesses to resume work from Wednesday, a city official said on Sunday, easing a city-wide lockdown that began some two months ago, and will also introduce policies to support its battered economy. China’s commercial hub of Shanghai reported a broad decline in its economy last month as […]
Sri Lanka cancels school exams over paper shortage
- 19-Mar-2022
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka cancelled exams for millions of school students as the country ran out of printing paper with Colombo short on dollars to finance imports, officials said Saturday. Education authorities said the term tests, scheduled a week from Monday, were postponed indefinitely due to an acute paper shortage as Sri Lanka contends with its […]
Airlines cancel over 2,700 U.S. flights as winter storm hits U.S. East Coast
- 17-Jan-2022
Airlines canceled over 2,700 U.S. flights on Sunday as a winter storm combining high winds and ice was poised to hit the U.S. East Coast over the holiday weekend. The flights canceled by 12:30 p.m. ET (1730 GMT) on Sunday included over 2,700 entering, departing from or within the United States, according to flight tracking […]
More than 100 Japan flights cancelled due to heavy snow
- 26-Dec-2021
TOKYO: More than 100 domestic flights in Japan were grounded on Sunday due to heavy snow in the northern and western parts of the country, Japan’s two biggest airlines said. ANA Holdings had halted 79 flights as of 4 p.m. (0700 GMT), affecting about 5,100 passengers, said Hiroaki Hayakawa, an operations director for the airline. […]
Turkey searches Saudi Arabian consulate again
- 18-Oct-2018
ISTANBUL: Turkey searched the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul for a second time overnight as part of a probe into the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, while the French and Dutch finance ministers pulled out of a Riyadh investment summit amid global criticism of the kingdom. US President Donald Trump said he was awaiting a […]
Dutch govt announces to cancel blasphemous caricatures contest: foreign minister
- 31-Aug-2018
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Thursday said the Dutch government has announced to call off the competition of blasphemous caricatures planned by far-right politician Geert Wilders, an avowed anti-Islamist, ARY News reported. Wilders’ plan to hold the blasphemous event at his PVV party’s offices in parliament stirred extreme anger among Muslims, particularly in […]
Trump says ‘we’ll see’ as North Korea threatens to cancel summit
- 17-May-2018
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump sounded a note of caution Wednesday about his much-vaunted summit with Kim Jong Un, saying “we’ll see” after Pyongyang threatened to cancel. Trump said the US government had not received any official word of a change in plans for the June 12 meeting in Singapore. “We haven’t been notified at […]