ABU DHABI, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM – 31st Aug, 2026) H.H. Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, the “Mother of the Nation”, Chairwoman of the General Women’s Union, President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, and Supreme Chairwoman of the Family Development Foundation, said that the start of a new academic year…
ABU DHABI, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM – 31st Aug, 2026) The Ministry of Defence announced that the UAE Air Force responded to a UAV detected over the country’s territorial waters, approaching from Iran. The Ministry affirmed that the Armed Forces remain on a high state of readiness to address any potential threats,…
ISLAMABAD, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 31st Aug, 2026) President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday conveyed his warm felicitations to President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Zhaparov and the brotherly people of Kyrgyzstan as they celebrate their Independence Day, annually observed on August 31. In his letter to President Zhaparov, the president…
KARACHI, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 31st Aug, 2026) The Exchange Rates Committee of Financial Markets Association of Pakistan issued the following Exchange rates bulletin, here on Monday. CONVERSION RATES FOR August,31, 2026 FOR FOREIGN Currency FOR FORWARD COVER FOR DEPOSITS (EXCLUDING FE-25 DEPOSITS) SBP SETTLEMENT VALUE date SEPTEMBER, 02, 2026. USD…
TOKYO, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM – 31st Aug, 2026) Japan’s Nikkei share gauge fell nearly 2 percent on Monday on rising expectations for central bank rate hikes to tame inflation. The benchmark Nikkei 225 fell 1.97 percent to 65,096.63 in early trading. The broader Topix slipped 0.84 percent to 4,111.71. Yields on…
WASHINGTON, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM – 31st Aug, 2026) Karina rapidly intensified into a major hurricane in the Pacific Ocean but posed no immediate threat to land, according to meteorologists. The US National Hurricane Centre said Karina gained hurricane strength on Sunday before intensifying within hours into a dangerous Category 3 hurricane,…
NICOSIA, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM – 31st Aug, 2026) At least eight people died and 18 were missing after a ferry carrying around 270 passengers and crew capsized off North Cyprus on Sunday, leaving survivors clinging to its overturned hull. The privately owned ferry left the port of Kyrenia at 12:30 pm…
PESHAWAR, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 31st Aug, 2026) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs Aftab Alam has inaugurated newly completed Rustamabad-Siab Road in district Kohat and inspected ongoing asphalt work on the Dhodha Road. In a statement issued here Sunday, former Gumbat Tehsil Chairman Sajid Iqbal and large number…
ABU DHABI, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM – 31st Aug, 2026) H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chairman of the Education, Human Resources and Community Development Council, has congratulated students and education professionals today on the start of the new academic year. In a…
SEJONG, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM – 31st Aug, 2026) The Republic of Korea’s industrial output remained flat in July from a month earlier due to a base effect and a strike in the automobile industry, data showed Monday, while retail sales lost ground and facility investment advanced. Industrial production remained unchanged in…
