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Listen to article NEW YORK, US: A gunman opened fire on Monday inside a Midtown Manhattan skyscraper housing NFL headquarters and offices of several financial firms, including Blackstone, killing four people before fatally shooting himself, New York City officials said. One of the four victims slain in the gun violence was a 36-year-old New York Police Department … Read more

[ KARACHI: The Chairman of the Pakistan Vanaspati Manufacturers Association (PVMA), Sheikh Umer Rehan, has called on the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to cut the policy interest rate to 6%, citing improving economic indicators. In a statement on Monday, Rehan said the current 11% interest rate is among the highest in the region and … Read more

LONDON: British researchers have discovered a rare handprint on a 4,000-year-old Egyptian artefact, a Cambridge museum said on Monday. The ancient handprint was found by museum conservators on the base of an Egyptian soul house — a clay offering tray in the shape of a building which may have been used in tombs for laying … Read more

ISLAMABAD: Information and Broadcasting Minister Attaullah Tarar, reaffirming diplomatic and legal support to Aafia Siddiqui, on Monday said the remarks of Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar about her were taken out of context. The government has been continuously providing diplomatic and legal support in Aafia Siddiqui case, the minister said, while talking … Read more

[ ISLAMABAD: Henny de Vries, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, on Monday paid a farewell call on Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb, at the Finance Division. The finance minister commended Ambassador de Vries for her efforts in furthering and strengthening the longstanding bilateral relations between Pakistan and the Netherlands, … Read more

[ ISLAMABAD: Two days before the interest rate-setting meeting, the federal government on Monday predicted the inflation rate to stay in the current range of 3.5–4.5% in July, putting the spotlight on the central bank to substantially cut the rates to single digits. “Inflation is projected to remain within 3.5 to 4.5%, though risks from … Read more