Tag: Years

Aum cult fugitive surrenders after 17 years on the run

A former member of Japan’s Aum Supreme Truth doomsday cult, which was responsible for the 1995 nerve-gas attack on the Tokyo subway, was arrested...

Mel Gibson, wife Robyn officially end marriage after 30 years

Mel Gibson and his wife Robyn have officially split, after their divorce was finalised ending their three-decade marriage. The former Mrs Gibson, whose name...

USSR collapse: 20 years on

The cataclysmic collapse 20 years ago of the Soviet Union, an empire which bound republics from Europe to Asia for seven decades, unleashed conflict,...

Michael Jackson doctor jailed for four years

Michael Jackson’s doctor Conrad Murray was jailed for the maximum four years Tuesday over the star’s 2009 death, as a judge lashed the medic’s...

America’s locust years

It is hard right now to write about American political economy. Nobody knows whether the debt-ceiling tripwire will be evaded; if so, how; or...

Govt obtains $23.7b loans in last three years

The incumbent Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) government has set a record by imprudently obtaining loans amounting to $23.7 billion from various international financial institutions...

Commemorative postage stamp on 50 years of SUPARCO

Pakistan Post has issued a commemorative Rs 8 denomination postage stamp on 16th September to commemorate Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO)’s...

Is the world better off 3 years after the Lehman Brothers...

Three years after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the global financial services system has changed forever. Regulators have grown more watchful and their powers...

9/11 haunts New York fire chief 10 years on

New York City’s fire chief on September 11, 2001 is still haunted by the terrorist attacks that killed hundreds of his men, and says...

Govt earns Rs32.877b through visa fee in 3 years

Department of Immigration and Passports has contributed Rs32.877 billion to national kitty, earned through visa fee and issuance of passports during last three years....

1,579 industrial units shut down during last five years

A total number of 1,579 industrial units have been closed down during the last five years across the country for various reasons including financial...

Six years on, Zoo remains dug up

The renovation and development work started six years ago at the Lahore Zoo is still far from completion — thanks to the apathy of...

Islamabad to have modern jail within two years

The Islamabad chief commissioner told a high-level meeting on Monday that 700 kanals of land had been earmarked for the construction of a jail...

Singapore gets first presidential vote in 18 years

Four candidates were certified on Thursday for Singapore's presidential election on August 27, setting the stage for the country's first contested polls for its...

Six years and counting: Sector I-15 awaits development

Though the Capital Development Authority (CDA) has started the development work on the recently-launched Park Enclave housing project to earn Rs 10 billion, it...

Inflation rose by 76pc during the last four years

Inflation remained in double-digits in the four year term of the present government eroding the purchasing power of the country’s poverty-hit masses. Analysts have...

Love letter delivered 53 years late

A love letter written to a U.S. college student in the state of Pennsylvania and delivered 53 years late will be mailed to its...