KARACHI, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 28th Aug, 2026) The Governor of Sindh Syed Muhammad Nehal Hashmi met a delegation of newly appointed officers of the Election Commission at Governor House. The delegation was led by Provincial Election Commissioner Ijaz Anwar Chauhan and included Director General Gender and Social Inclusion Nighat Siddiqui,…
NEW YORK, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM – 29th Aug, 2026) Major US stock indices closed lower at the end of Friday’s trading session. The S&P 500 index fell by approximately 19.94 points, or 0.26%, to 7,711.05 points, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped 140.79 points, or 0.53%, to 26,400.56 points. The Dow Jones…
WASHINGTON, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM – 29th Aug, 2026) Anthropic has opened a research preview of a system that allows artificial intelligence (AI) assistants such as Claude to control scientific and engineering equipment and conduct experiments, marking the company’s first tool designed to operate in the physical world. Called the Model Hardware…
GUIYANG, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM – 29th Aug, 2026) China’s data industry continued to expand rapidly in 2025, supporting the development of the fast-growing artificial intelligence (AI) sector, according to official data. Acoording to Xinhua news Agency, the scale of China’s data industry reached 6.78 trillion Yuan (about 1 trillion US Dollars)…
RAWALPINDI, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 29th Aug, 2026) Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and Chief of Defence Forces ( CDF) Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir NI (M) HJ, visited Pakistan’s largest defence industrial complex, Pakistan Ordinance Factory (POF) in Wah. The visit focused on reviewing POF’s production capabilities, export potential and…
WASHINGTON, CARACAS, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM – 29th Aug, 2026) The US and Venezuela have agreed terms on a huge oil deal that could see Washington take control of more than 65 billion barrels Venezuela’s oil reserves, Euronews reported. US President Donald Trump had announced the agreement on Friday in a post…
MULTAN, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 29th Aug, 2026) In a bid to curb gas theft and illegal activities,the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) UFG control task force intensified its operation and disconnected four more gas meters in various areas of the city,here on Saturday. According to details,two meters which were…
KATHMANDU, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM – 29th Aug, 2026) UNICEF has launched an urgent humanitarian appeal, warning that at least 17,000 children are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance while 18 schools have been destroyed and another 20 damaged. Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority said that the number of…
MUZAFFARGARH, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 29th Aug, 2026) Police claimed to have arrested a suspected robber in an injured condition following an encounter in the Shah Sultan police jurisdiction,here on Wednesday. According to a police spokesperson,Station House Officer Officer(SHO) Shah Sultan Police Station,Sajid Fayaz and his team were conducting snap checking…
UNITED NATIONS, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 29th Aug, 2026) Pakistan urged the UN Security Council on Friday to rapidly deploy international support to Haiti following a brutal gang massacre of at least 47 people—including children hiding in a church—near Port-au-Prince, the strife-torn Caribbean country’s capital. “Regrettably, the situation in Haiti has…
