Tag: bid

PM Imran met Mohmand Dam bid winner representatives, claims Dr Saleem

ISLAMABAD: Dr Farrukh Saleem, who was supposed to be appointed as the government’s spokesperson on the economy in October 2018, revealed that economic adviser...

Malta court rejects bid to stop FBI testimony in journalist murder...

VALLETTA: A Maltese court on Monday dismissed an attempt by one of the suspects in the murder of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia to...

Horse owner rejects Salman Khan’s Rs 2 crore bid

Who says that Bollywood's bhai does not face rejection? Salman Khan’s offer of a whopping Rs 2 crore for a rare-breed horse has been...

Bid to smuggle antiques to Doha foiled

  RAWALPINDI: The Airport Security Force (ASF) foiled a bid to smuggle antiques abroad and arrested an accused at Islamabad Airport on Friday. The ASF sources...

US lawmakers to launch bid for ending shutdown stalemate

WASHINGTON: US lawmakers will launch a last-ditch bid Sunday to end a budget impasse before hundreds of thousands of federal workers are forced to...

Customs thwart bid to smuggle 230 tolas gold at Peshawar airport

PESHAWAR: Pakistan Customs thwarted a bid to smuggle 230 tolas of gold on Friday at Bacha Khan International Airport, Peshawar. Peshawar Customs Public Relations Officer Naeem...

Britain refuses Assange’s bid for diplomatic status

LONDON: The British Foreign Office rejected an Ecuadorian government request to grant the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange diplomatic status in a bid to bring...

US State Dept expresses concern over alleged bid to abduct journalist

The US State Department has said that it would "continue to monitor developments" after journalist Taha Siddiqui escaped an abduction bid in Islamabad on...

Controversial bid to shutter stores on Shabbat in Isreal

TEL AVIV: A controversial law granting the interior minister the power to shutter stores on Shabbat passed in the Knesset by a razor-thin majority...

JuD activists blocked in bid to deliver aid to IHK

Hundreds of supporters of Jammatud Dawa tried to cross into the Indian-held Kashmir region on Wednesday to deliver aid after weeks of violent protests...