ISLAMABAD: The country’s nerve center for Covid-19 response on Wednesday suggested multiple measures to stem the rising number of coronavirus cases in Pakistan including limiting large public gathering and enhancing restrictions in high-risk areas. The latest recommendations come days after the government ordered a work-from-home policy for half of the staff in both public and […]
ISLAMABAD: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has invited Prime Minister Imran Khan to participate in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). Heads of government meetings being organized in New Delhi on November 30. He gave the invitation to all the eight members and four observer countries on Tuesday during the online summit of the organization held […]
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) released a detailed report on the financial assets of National Assembly members, including Prime Minister Imran Khan. According to the report, the total value of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s assets stands at Rs80.6 million. The prime minister owns 10 immovable properties in Pakistan, while he has inherited a seven-Kanal […]
Pakistani rupee became the third best-performing currency in Asia. After the currency hit an almost eight-month high at Rs158.91 against the US dollar in the interbank market on Monday, experts said. The development may help to tackle high inflation. Pakistan has turned a net importer of wheat, sugar, and cotton this year to improve supplies. […]
KARACHI: Famed Pakistani scientist and Prime Minister Imran Khan’s aide on Science and Technology Dr. Atta-ur-Rehman on Tuesday said that the coronavirus vaccine developed by a Chinese pharmaceutical firm is “better suited for Pakistan and other developed countries”. Talking to reporters in Pakistan regarding Phyizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, Dr. Atta said that “it is too early […]
LAHORE: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif was declared an absconder and had non-bailable arrest warrants issued against him on Tuesday in the illegal plot allotment case that also includes Jang group Editor-in-chief Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman and others as accused. Accountability Court judge Asad Ali while presiding over the hearing of the case also ordered the confiscation […]
Military officials will brief lawmakers of both upper and lower houses of parliament on matters related to national security in Islamabad on Wednesday. The official statement issued by the National Assembly on Monday said NA Speaker. Asad Qaisar has convened a meeting of parliamentary leaders. For a briefing on the prevailing national security situation in […]
The Board of Governors of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) held their 59th meeting at the National High-Performance Centre in Lahore on Monday. The BoG approved the audited financial statements 2019-20, which included an after-tax-profit of Rs.3.8 billion. The PCB reserves now stand at Rs.17.08 billion as compared to PKR13.28billion in the 2018-19 financial year. […]
Police on Monday said that four of the seven men accused of involvement in the reported honor-killing of a 17-year-old girl in Mirpurkahs’ Goth Rawat Banglani have been arrested. According to an initial investigation, the 17-year-old girl from Mirpurkhas murdered for ‘honor’. Police said the teenager buried shortly. After she killed in what may have […]
Prime Minister Imran Khan, while paying tribute to the national poet on his 143rd birth anniversary. He has emphasized the need of seeking guidance from Allama Iqbal’s thoughts. To find solutions to the issues faced by the nation. The premier, in a statement, said that now it was their individual and collective responsibility. To play […]
