KARACHI, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 17th Aug, 2026) The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has announced the result of the by-election in PS-30 Khairpur-V and issued Form-47. According to Form-47 issued by the Returning Officer, Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) candidate Barrister Asfandyar Khan Kharl has won the by-election by securing…
RIO DE JANEIRO, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM – 17th Aug, 2026) At least 10 people were killed after a tourist bus overturned early Sunday near the city of Petropolis in Brazil’s southeastern state of Rio de Janeiro, the state fire department said. According to a fire department bulletin, the crash occurred at…
WORLD CAPITALS, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM – 17th Aug, 2026) Gold drifted higher on Monday, supported by a weaker Dollar and recent soft economic data that reduced expectations for a US interest rate hike next month. Spot gold rose 0.4 percent to $4,391.07 per ounce by 0248 GMT. prices hit a more…
KARACHI, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 17th 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,17, 2026 FOR FOREIGN Currency FOR FORWARD COVER FOR DEPOSITS (EXCLUDING FE-25 DEPOSITS) SBP SETTLEMENT VALUE date August, 19, 2026. USD…
TOKYO, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM – 17th Aug, 2026) Japan’s economy expanded at an annualised real 1.1 percent in the second quarter of 2026, falling short of market expectations, government data showed Monday. Quarter-on-quarter, inflation-adjusted GDP rose 0. 3 percent in the April-June period, the Cabinet Office said in its preliminary report….
KATHMANDU, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM – 17th Aug, 2026) Four people were killed, and eight others sustained injuries in landslides triggered by continuous monsoon rains in Nepal’s western Jajarkot district on Sunday. The landslides swept away two houses and damaged three others on Saturday night. Around 300 residents have been evacuated from…
QUETTA, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 16th Aug, 2026) A heart-wrenching tragedy struck Kali Mengal in Noshki, where terrorists of Fitna al-Hindustan stormed a home and brutally killed a mother and daughter, said Advisor to the Chief Minister on sports and Youth Affairs, Meena Majeed. Addressing a press conference accompanied by Raheela…
ISLAMABAD, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 16th Aug, 2026) Both houses of the Parliament will meet here on Monday to deliberate on crucial legislative and public interest matters. A comprehensive 111-point agenda has been issued for the concurrent sessions of the National Assembly and the Senate. Prior to these important sessions, a…
LAHORE, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 16th Aug, 2026) Punjab Minister for Higher Education Rana Sikandar Hayat on Sunday inaugurated the two-day Interdisciplinary Research Conference on One Health (IRCOH 2026) at the University of Education (UE), Lahore, bringing together 32 vice chancellors, international researchers and experts to promote interdisciplinary collaboration on human,…
