ISLAMABAD: 1,594 more people tested positive for COVID-19, 48 patients died in a single day and the average positivity ratio remained at 3.96 percent on Sunday. Punjab reported most deaths i.e. 24. However, Sindh reported 13 deaths, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) reported 6, while Islamabad and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) reported 2 deaths in each, […]
The government has allowed another vaccine against Covid-19 under “emergency use authorization” and given a go-ahead to a local pharmaceutical company for the import and distribution of the Russian-developed Sputnik V, an official confirmed on Saturday. With the fresh decision, the official said, Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine; became the third to be approved for […]
KARACHI: Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari’s fiancé Mahmood Chaudhry arrived in Pakistan ahead of wedding festivities slated for later this month. Engagement On November 27, 2020, Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari, the eldest daughter of Pakistan’s first female prime minister Benazir Bhutto engaged Mehmood Chaudhry at the Bilawal House in Karachi. Bakhtawar also tweeted on her official twitter: 🙏🤲 […]
The Minister of Education, Shafqat Mehmood recently announced the reopening of schools, colleges and universities. Shafqat Mehmood declared that classes 9th to 12th would start from January 18 while students of primary classes to 8th would head back to schools on January 25. In addition, all exams will be on campuses. As secondary students return […]
Typhoons have been reported in coastal areas of Balochistan, including Gwadar, following which fishermen have been instructed to remain cautious. The fisheries department instructed the Balochistan fishermen in Gwadar and Pasni to refrain from venturing into the deep sea from today till Monday. According to a directive issued by the Balochistan fisheries assistant director, the […]
Islamabad: In a recent video message Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi announced that China has assured Pakistan the provision of 500,000 doses of a coronavirus vaccine by January 31. After a phone call with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, Qureshi declared that China has offered Islamabad to send an airplane and airlift the vaccines. In […]
The Senate Standing Committee on Law and Justice has approved; the Enforcement of Women’s Property Rights Amendment Bill 2020 with a majority vote. The meeting, which was presided over by Muhammad Javed Abbasi; attended by the officials of the Ministry of Law and Justice and Ministry of Religious Affairs. Commenting on Farooq Naek’s bill, Abbasi […]
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister Shafqat Mehmood addressed a press conference on measures taken by the incumbent government on civil service reforms. Earlier in the day, the minister said he will be briefing the media as “head of the Cabinet Committee on Institutional Reforms”, adding that the topic in focus would be “measures taken by Prime Minister […]
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday said purported WhatsApp conversations of an Indian anchor published in Indian media prove that the Modi government used the Balakot incident for electoral gains; a point he had already revealed to the world in the 2019 UNGA session. The premier was referring to recently emerged transcripts of purported WhatsApp […]
Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar said on Saturday that the federal government would not hold a monopoly on the import of coronavirus vaccines; adding that provinces and the private sector were free to import vaccines; subject to the approval of the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (Drap). Umar — who […]
