The President again declares his vote of confidence for China and Russia vaccines, saying he prefers them to US vaccines. Stepping up his populist messaging during the pandemic; Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said his goal is for his government to shoulder COVID-19 vaccination for each Filipino. He declared this during a “message to the people” aired […]
Lahore High Court Chief Justice Muhammad Qasim Khan on Wednesday expressed strong displeasure over the offering of rewards to police officials by the government for arresting Abid Malhi, one of the primary suspects in the Lahore motorway gang-rape. During the hearing of a case pertaining to land grabbing by police, Justice Khan questioned why police […]
The case of a man in the United States infected twice with Covid-19 shows there is much yet to learn about immune responses and also raises questions over vaccination, scientists said on Tuesday. The 25-year old from Reno, Nevada, tested positive in April after showing mild symptoms, then got sick again in late May with […]
Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie a club Juventus and captains the Portugal national team has tested positive for Covid-19, Portugal’s Football Federation said in a statement on its website. According to the statement, Ronaldo is “well, without symptoms, and in isolation.” The 35-year-old Juventus forward […]
Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Monday defended the government’s foreign policy performance under his watch, saying the world was no longer “blindly” buying the Indian narrative due to Islamabad’s successful efforts to counter negative perceptions. Addressing an event tiled ‘Vision FO’ in Islamabad, he said a Strategic Communications Division was set up at the […]
Amid rising positivity rate in the country which has now crossed 2%, the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) has warned the authorities and the general public about the foreseeable second spike of coronavirus, which is likely to start from educational institutions as it happened in the US, India, and Iran. “Unfortunately, the government’s response so far […]
The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced the United Nations‘ World Food Programme as the recipient of its coveted Peace Prize on Friday for its “efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war”. “For its effort to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas and for acting […]
Pakistan on Friday reminded India of its “defense limitations”, lest the country’s eastern neighbor is once again “embarrassingly exposed to the world” as it was after its Balakot and the more recent misadventure in Ladakh. The warning by Islamabad comes days after the chief of India’s air force claimed that the military was ready for […]
The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Friday issued new guidelines for marriage halls, saying that it was officially restricting the number of guests and limiting functions till 10 pm. What are the new rules for marriage halls? Events can only last for as long as 2 hours All events must end by 10 […]
Bundal Island project will “surpass Dubai” after it will be developed into a city with an investment of around $50 billion, Sindh Governor Imran Ismail said on Thursday. He was addressing a news conference in Islamabad after meeting Prime Minister Imran Khan to discuss the matters related to the development of islands off Karachi’s coast. […]
