Tag: 2019
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NAB clears Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, others in LNG reference
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has cleared former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi in the Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) reference on Tuesday. The court declared all other suspects innocent in the same reference. Abbasi was arrested by NAB in 2019 for allegedly causing a loss of 21 billion rupees to the national exchequer me The…
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Global tourism won’t return to pre-covid levels until 2024
With the highly contagious Omicron variant in the picture, global tourism arrivals have further been affected, and will not return to the pre-pandemic levels until 2024, the World Tourism Organization (WTO) said on Tuesday. The highly contagious Omicron variant, though mild, will “disrupt recovery” for 2022. Last year in 2021, tourism saw a four percent…
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Asim Azhar ready to give away his jacket to one of his fans
Asim Azhar has many fans in Pakistan as well as in other countries. Recently, the singer responded generously to one of his fans on Twitter. A fan took to Twitter to express that she likes Asim’s green jacket and if she can get it before 2019 ends. “Yaar mujy Asim Azhar ki green colour wali…
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2019: Blunders & Pakistan Cricket
The year 2019 has seen many questionable calls by Pakistan cricket managemnet, including several mistakes and blunders, Geo News reported, The departing year had the Pakistan Super League (PSL), the World Cup and a home Test series after a long drought of ten years. The year saw a plenty of action but at the same…
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Memes that broke the internet in 2019
Who doesn’t like memes? Memes not only make us LOL but also lighten our mood for a few seconds. The year is about to end and the meme game this year was pretty lit. The Current has compiled a list of the most trending memes of 2019. Gear up for a laughing riot. The disappointed…
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10 must-read books from 2019
With the winter chills settling in, all we want to do is snuggle in front of the heater and possibly read a good book. Kamila Habib of My Bookshelf Pk rounds up this year’s must-read books: 10. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens What a brilliant debut novel. A heart-warming yet disturbing story of…
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PIA suffered losses worth Rs32.7bn in first half of 2019: report
Pakistan International Airline (PIA) and its subsidiary, PIA Investments Limited, continue to bleed massively due to a variety of reasons, ranging from mismanagement to lack of transparency and weak audit controls by independent auditors as well as the auditor general of pakistan, Profit reported. According to reports, PIA’s before tax unaudited six-month loss for the…