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 […]
Pakistan offered India on Saturday its “relief support” in the fight against the coronavirus, the country’s foreign office (FO) said. “Pakistan has offered to provide relief support to India, including ventilators, Bi PAP, digital X-ray machines, PPEs and related items,” FO said in a statement. The offer, according to the FO spokesperson, made “as a […]
The Edhi Foundation, in a magnanimous gesture offered a fleet of 50 ambulances and its staff to help manage the crisis brought about by the coronavirus pandemic in India. India’s health system is staggering owing to the rising number of coronavirus cases in the country; with several hospitals running out of oxygen to supply coronavirus […]
The government borrowings from the banking sector increased to Rs. 1.821 trillion in over nine months of the current fiscal year, as shown by data released by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP). This is 1.78 percent higher than the recorded borrowed amount in July to April of FY 2020, Rs. 1.789 trillion, the SBP […]
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 […]
ISLAMABAD/LAHORE/KARACHI: On Friday, the high courts dismissed separate petitions challenging holding in-person Cambridge examinations and seeking a switch to school-assessed grades. Students had filed pleas in the Islamabad High Court, the Sindh High Court, and the Lahore High Court against the Cambridge Assessment International Education’s (CAIE) decision and the government’s approval to hold physical examinations the […]
MURREE: Prime Minister Imran Khan said that tourism alone could help repay Pakistan’s debts if the sector is properly focused upon. The premier’s remarks came while addressing a ceremony after inaugurating the Kohsar University. He would also inaugurate the upgraded TB Sanatorium Hospital in Murree today. “The establishment of Kohsar University is an important step, forward in […]
Pakistan has garnered the dubious honor of having the fourth weakest passport in the world behind only war-torn Syria, Afghanistan, and Iraq, according to the Henley Passport Index. The index assesses the travel documents based on how many countries citizens can access without a visa, as well as, using information from the International Air Transport […]
WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday it’s “time to end” America’s longest war with the unconditional withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan. Where they have spent two decades in a bloody, largely fruitless battle against the Taliban. Dubbed the “forever war,” the US military onslaught in Afghanistan began in response to September 11, 2001. Terrorist attacks against […]
ISLAMABAD: Former premier Yousaf Raza Gilani filed an intra-court appeal against the Islamabad High Court’s (IHC) decision regarding the Senate chairman’s election. On March 12, the ruling PTI-backed candidates grabbed the Senate’s top slots in a “controversial contest” marred by the discovery of “spy cameras” in the polling booths. The former premier moved the IHC against the rejection […]
