Prime Minister Imran Khan said Tuesday Pakistan could not afford to go for another coronavirus lockdown despite officials monitoring the pandemic warning that the second wave of COVID-19 has already hit the country. Addressing a Cabinet meeting here in the federal capital, PM Imran Khan said the provincial governments needed to ensure the implementation of […]
Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mahmood on Monday clarified that schools and educational institutions across Pakistan are not closing despite a surge in coronavirus cases across the country. “Rumours again afloat regarding school closures. It is again clarified that educational institutions are NOT being closed,” he announced via a tweet. He stated that the government […]
Prime Minister Imran Khan urged the US to adopt an “evenhanded” treatment as the Pakistani leader warned that the region could “flare up at any time” due to India’s actions in Indian occupied Kashmir. In an interview with German magazine Spiegel, PM Imran reflected the US was under the impression that India could limit China’s […]
A powerful earthquake has struck off Turkey’s Aegean coast, north of the Greek island of Samos, officials said. The 7.0 magnitude tremor was centered off Turkey’s Izmir province, the US Geological Survey said, and was felt as far away as Athens and Istanbul. Turkey put the magnitude of the quake at 6.6, saying 20 buildings […]
The Pakistani military has dismissed as nothing more than an “attempt to distort history.” A recent political statement about the release of an Indian pilot captured by Pakistani troops. After downing his warplane during last year’s military confrontation; that took the two countries to the brink of an all-out war. Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman arrested […]
PM calls for Muslim unity to end attacks on Islam, Prophet PBUH. Prime Minister Imran Khan has raised the issue of the publication of blasphemous caricatures on the international level and asked the leaders of the Muslim states to act collectively for countering the Islamophobia; attacks on Islam and Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) […]
At least seven killed, over 90 injured in blast at Peshawar madrassah. At least seven people kill and more than 90 others injured; most of them children – in a powerful blast at a madrassah in Peshawar’s Dir Colony on Tuesday morning; police and rescue officials said. At least seven killed, over 90 injured in […]
Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said in a statement that Macron’s remarks have fueled the already tense situation. Qureshi said Islamabad, through a resolution, would suggest at the forthcoming Foreign Ministers’ meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to observe March 15 as an annual day against Islamophobia. “Nobody has the right to hurt the […]
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has found that Pakistan has completed action. It has successfully complied with 21 out of 27 points of action. They decided to keep the country on its ‘grey list’ until February 2021, the watchdog’s president said on Friday. FATF President Marcus Pleyer announced the decision at a virtual press […]
Leveraging their existing expertise in telemedicine solutions. It comprises e-health clinics in low-income communities and a mobile application for the masses. Sehat Kahani has now introduced Tele-ICU technology to its platform. Together with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP); the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA); the Health Services Academy, and the Ministry of Health; Sehat […]
