Author: INP - Independent News Pakistan (INP - Independent News Pakistan)

ISLAMABAD: Radio Pakistan has planned special programmes to mark World Radio Day being observed Saturday to highlight the role of this medium, says a press release. The objective of the World Radio Day observed on February 13 is to raise greater awareness among the public about the importance of radio, encourage decision makers to establish...

KARACHI: Target killer Javed Punjabi has revealed to the investigators that he was paid Rs 2,000 for a killing by his commander. The culprit, who was arrested from Purana Golimar around a month ago, used to target the people who had refused to pay extortion money. He was provided with names of his targets by...

DOHA: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said Pakistan offers most attractive incentives for foreign direct investment in different sectors. He was talking to CEO Qatar Investment Authority Sheikh Abdullah Bin Muhammad Al Thani in Doha on Thursday. The Prime Minister invited Qatar to explore investment opportunities in Pakistan particularly in the field of energy related...

BRUSSELS: The European Union (EU) has launched a public consultation concerning whether to grant China the market economy status (MES), seeking inputs for its in-depth assessment of the status-changing on the bloc’s economy. Open for 10 weeks, the online consultation, which started on Wednesday, was about the methods used in the EU’s “anti-dumping” procedures on...

WASHINGTON: China’s military has begun retrofitting single-warhead DF-5 intercontinental ballistic missiles with multiple, independently targetable re-entry vehicles, according to US defense officials. The upgrading of the DF-5 missiles with multiple warheads, known as MIRVs, was detected by US intelligence agencies within the past several months. The addition of three warheads on the long-range missiles marks...

ISLAMABAD: Patron Islamabad Chamber of Small Traders Shahid Rasheed Butt on Thursday urged the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) to take action unilateral hike in the prices of drugs by some multinational companies. It was an illegal move by the multinationals to earn additional profit on the cost of poor patients and traders would...

ISLAMABAD: Margalla Hills in the Federal Capital on Thursday morning received light snowfall after 10 years turning the weather chilly. The picnic point of Pir Suhawa and surrounding hills wore a white snow cover for a few hours which with the shining of sun later melted. The light snowfall along with intermittent rain spell which...

QUETTA: Assistant Professor Para Din of Balochistan University was injured when unidentified assailants opened fire on his vehicle in the Almo Chowk area on Thursday. According to police, the teacher was on his way to home after attending the university when the gunmen riding a motorcycle fired at his vehicle. The injured Para Din was...

ISLAMABAD: Widespread rain with thunderstorm and snowfall crippled life in northwestern upper parts of the country on Thursday. According to Met Office, heavy snowfall was recorded in hilly areas of Malakand Division, Hazara Division, Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Kashmir. Popular tourist destinations of Naran, Kaghan, Shogran and Murree also received heavy snowfall, with many roads blocked,...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum (PBIF) on Thursday said low cotton output was hurting millions of families in the farming communities, which would ultimately affect exports and gross domestic product (GDP). The country would miss the target of cotton production by 4.6 million bales necessitating imports worth $4 billion to keep textile industry running...