Pneumonia claimed 13 more lives of children during the past 24 hours in Punjab. According to the Punjab Health Department, a total of 304 new cases of pneumonia were reported during the last 24 hours. The health authorities said two children lost their lives during the last 24 hours in Lahore. Furthermore, Punjab has reported 25073 cases of pneumonia including …

LAHORE: 14-year-old housemaid, Rizwana, has again been admitted to General Hospital Lahore for expected surgery of her arms. According to General Hospital Lahore’s Principal Faridal Zafar, the medical panel will examine the alignment of Rizwana’s arms, head and face injuries. It may be recalled, that Rizwana was again brought to the hospital after getting discharged on December 5, last year, …

For biofuels to compete with petroleum, biorefinery operations must be designed to better utilize lignin. Lignin is one of the main components of plant cell walls. It provides plants with greater structural integrity and resiliency from microbial attacks. However, these natural properties of lignin also make it difficult to extract and utilize from the plant matter, also known as biomass. …

ISLAMABAD: Follo­wing recent issues bet­ween the Pakistan Cricket Board and the Ministry of Inter-Provincial Coordination, caretaker Prime Minister Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar on Monday transferred the affairs of the country’s cricket governing body to the Cabinet Division. “Prime Minster in terms of rule 3 of the rules of Business 1973, has been pleased to transfer the administrative control of PCB to from …

AMSTERDAM: Two-time world champion Femke Bol lowered her own world record in the indoor 400 metres at the Dutch national championships in Apeldoorn on Sunday. The 23-year-old, who raced to gold in the 400m hurdles and 4×400 relay at the world championships last year in Budapest, clocked 49.24 seconds, shaving two-hundredths of a second off her previous record set on the same …

LONDON: England’s hyper-attacking “Bazball” approach is coming under intense scrutiny after a crushing Test defeat in India but captain Ben Stokes appears determined to stick to his guns. The visitors slumped to a humiliating 434-run loss in the third match of the series in Rajkot — England’s biggest defeat in terms of runs since 1934. But it was the manner …

LAHORE: The occasion hardly overwhelmed Kha­waja Nafay. Playing only his second HBL Pakistan Super League match, the 22-year-old youngster from Karachi showed immense composure and calculated aggression to help Quetta Gladiators fly past Lahore Qalandars here at the Gaddafi Stadium on Monday. The right-hander crui­sed to an unbeaten 61 off 31 balls with the help of four fours and three …

ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) registered 2,651 new companies in January, showing an increase of 10 per cent compared to the corresponding period last year. The total number of registered companies now stands at 212,108, while the total paid-up capital of newly incorporated companies is Rs5.2 billion. In January, around 58pc of new incorporations were registered …

KARACHI: The net outflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) hit a six-year high at $173 million in January reflecting the uncertain political situation in Pakistan. The State Bank’s latest data on Monday showed that January noted a net outflow of $173.2m against a net inflow of $237m in the same month of 2023. Since the caretaker government took charge in …