American retail giant Amazon has officially added Pakistan to its approved list of sellers; opening a major window of opportunity for e-commerce in the country. Pakistani sellers will now officially be able to create Amazon IDs and sell their products on the global platform. Adviser to the Prime Minister Abdul Razak Dawood said that […]
In a press conference held in Lahore Special Assistant to the Chief Minister Punjab (SACM) Dr. Firdous Ashiq Awan offered her point clarifying the misconception that arouse after she held Assistant Commissioner Sialkot Sonia Sadaf accountable for the poor quality of fruit on her visit to Ramazan Bazar. She said she had visited the Bazaar […]
Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar said on Friday that Pakistan has so far managed to cope with the increase in critical care Covid-19 patients by proactively building the capacity of the entire system. In a series of tweets, the federal minister said that the total number of critical care patients […]
Students and social activists have begun an online campaign; demanding the resignation of Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mehmood for his failure; to get the Cambridge Assessment International Education (CAIE) examination postponed. O and A level students took to Twitter running a #ResignShafqatMahmood trend. They seek grades on the basis of teachers’ assessment and complete cancellation […]
Federal education minister Shafqat Mahmood on Tuesday announced that no exams will take place in the country until June 15; amid a surge in coronavirus cases and deaths. A2 exams will keep running Addressing a press conference in Islamabad after a special National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) meeting; he said O and A level […]
The Punjab government has closed all public and private schools and colleges in 25 districts till further notice. A notification in this regard issued on Sunday and will be effective from Monday till further notice. Provincial Education Minister, Murad Raas, confirmed the development on his Twitter handle. “NOTIFICATION: All Public & Private Schools will be […]
Another child succumbed to the coronavirus, said the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC); making it the third one in a week. As per an NCOC report one more child who, falling in the 1-10 years age bracket, passed away from coronavirus. The latest casualty is alarming as this makes it the 10th child, aged […]
Pakistan is consuming at least 90% of the oxygen it is producing, Prime Minister Imran Khan’s special assistant on national health services said. “We are utilizing 90% of the oxygen,” Dr. Faisal Sultan, PM Khan’s special assistant. “We need to take it very seriously.” 800 metric tonnes of oxygen Dr Sultan said the government had […]
Prime Minister Imran Khan said he had asked the Pakistan Army to assist the police and law enforcement agencies in enforcing SOPs for curbing the spread of the coronavirus, warning that Pakistan may soon be facing a situation similar to India if the current trend continues. Addressing the nation after a meeting of the National […]
Selfitis, a new term has been given to people who take too many ‘selfie’ photos. Although it may seem funny, there are some serious concerns about this obsessive trend. If you suspect that people who incessantly post “selfie” photos on social media are vain and self-absorbed, you could be right. And you might have some […]
