Web archive - April 8, 2021

Business

Foreign exchange: SBP reserves surge past $16-billion mark

Increase comes on back of proceeds received from Eurobonds issuance

Pakistan, Rawalpindi, Punjab

American woman ties the knot with Pakistani TikToker

Pakistan is a beautiful country where people are very simple and hospitable, says Daniel

World

US blacklists alleged Pakistan-based human smuggling organisation

US Treasury Department says it blacklisted Pakistani national Abid Ali Khan

World

Indian PM rejects calls to widen vaccine access as infections hit record

Inoculations in India are currently limited to those aged over 45 and health and frontline workers

Pakistan, Islamabad

Can't even think of causing harm to PM Imran, says Jahangir Tareen

FIA summons minister Bakhtiar’s brother in connection with sugar probe

Business

Pakistani startup raises $320,000 in pre-seed funding

It will provide learning solutions mostly to students unable to find teachers

World

India's top court paves way for Rohingya deportations to Myanmar

Hundreds of people have been killed in Myanmar since the army seized power in a coup on February 1

Pakistan, World

British MPs question PM Johnson over singling out Pakistan in travel ban

Ministers say many other countries not on 'red list' have more positive Covid tests per 100,000 people than Pakistan

World

Rivalry between China and Western nations likely to intensify: US report

Rich-poor gap, climate change, conflicts will pose greater challenges in coming decades, concludes Global Trends 2040

Punjab

Cops cautioned against fake CCPO calls

Fake magistrate held for hoodwinking traders