ISLAMABAD: The Senate was informed on Thursday that Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist convicted by a US court on the charge of shooting at army and FBI officers while in custody in Afghanistan, has finally signed a mercy petition. Adviser to the Prime Minister on Parliamentary Affairs Babar Awan said during the question hour […]
Special Assistant to Prime Minister Dr. Sania Nishtar has announced an extension in the last date to submit Ehsaas undergraduate scholarship applications for the year 2020-21. The new deadline is November 30, 2020. Earlier, October 30 was the last date for the submission of online scholarship applications. However, given the COVID-19 fronted delays in the […]
Prime Minister Imran Khan has urged masses to take precautionary measures and declared the next two months critical, as the second wave of the novel coronavirus hits the country. Addressing the Insaaf Doctors Forum convention in Lahore on Wednesday, he lauded the services of doctors and paramedics who are at the forefront in the country’s […]
The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Wednesday, after continuous warnings of rising Covid-19 cases across the country, made it compulsory for all citizens to wear a face mask when stepping out of their homes. The directive comes a day after Pakistan’s active cases surpassed the 11,000 marks and Special Assistant to the Prime […]
Be it India economy, it’s handling of the Coronavirus pandemic, its socio-political landscape, its foreign policy, its handling of security, and its democratic institutions and instincts — all are in a varying degree of crisis today, endangering the nation’s rise as a credible and stable global player. Indian economy is passing through a historic low […]
The World Health Organization WHO has called for united efforts to eliminate Poliomyelitis (polio) from the surface of the earth. Addressing a seminar on ‘One Day, One Focus: Endling Polio’ at the University of Health Sciences (UHS) on Friday; WHO National Surveillance Coordinator for Polio Eradication Initiative Dr Shafiqur Rehman said 79 cases of polio […]
More than 85,000 new cases of the virus were reported across the country on Friday, shattering an earlier single-day record and stirring new fears about the months ahead. A testing site in The Villages, Fla., on July 16, when the United States set a record of 75,687 new coronavirus cases in a single day. That […]
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 […]
Islamabad PIMS hospital has decided to shut down several wards after it noted a rise in coronavirus cases. Entry to and emergency services at the nephrology (kidney disease) ward has been stopped after seven doctors working in the ward tested positive for the virus. The nephrology department also handles dialysis patients. The PIMS hospital administration […]
The final presidential debate between the two rivals takes on a more civilized tone than the first meeting with 12 days to Election Day. After last month’s chaotic debate, United States President Donald Trump and his Democratic rival, Joe Biden, took the stage again on Thursday night. The two rivals sparred on coronavirus strategies, leadership […]
