ACE Punjab launches three inquiries against PTI’s Farrukh Habib
- 11-Mar-2023
LAHORE: The Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) Punjab on Friday launched three inquiries against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Farrukh Habib, ARY News reported. Sources said that ACE Punjab summoned Farrukh Habib to investigate his alleged involvement in three corruption cases. Habib has been summoned to Faisalabad on March 11, 13 and 14. The ACE Punjab officials claimed […]
“Cat Man” Starts Rare Animal Clinic in disrupted Syria
- 04-Jun-2018
KAFR NAHA, SYRIA: At an unlikely cat shelter in rebel-held northern Syria, Mohammed Alaa al-Jaleel gently holds a feline patient on her back as an ultrasound probe is rolled across her pregnant belly. In a time of war, she is one of the hundreds to have received medical attention at the makeshift animal clinic in Kafr […]
Russia starts blocking Telegram messenger
- 16-Apr-2018
MOSCOW: Russia’s state telecommunications regulator said on Monday it had begun blocking access to Telegram messenger after the company refused to comply with an order to give Russian state security access to its users’ secret messages. The watchdog, Roskomnadzor, said in a statement on its website that it had sent telecoms operators a notification about […]
China starts $21.8 billion offshore fund amid currency concerns
- 07-Dec-2016
BEIJING: China’s central government has launched a 150 billion yuan ($21.79 billion) fund designed to support investments offshore by Chinese companies as well as the country’s new Silk Road initiative. The first phase of the Guotong Fund, capitalized at 70 billion yuan, was registered on Nov. 25 in Hangzhou, according to a statement posted Wednesday […]
Yemen aid starts to flow as truce mostly holds
- 14-May-2015
RIYADH: Relief agencies on Thursday used a five-day humanitarian truce in Yemen to expand aid distribution to some of the millions deprived of food, fuel and medicine by weeks of fighting and air strikes.