Moderna Inc’s coronavirus vaccine on Friday became the second to receive emergency use authorization from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), welcome news to a nation with a staggering Covid-19 death toll of over 307,000 lives lost. Millions of doses of the Moderna vaccine are expected to be added to the US rollout; which […]
The Single National Curriculum (SNC), which generated a national debate earlier in the year, is all set to implement in the coming academic session. The government has ordered the publication of textbooks for the purpose. New curriculum “The SNC has prepared and now provincial governments have requested to get the books published as per their […]
The opposition’s Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) demanded the PTI-led government quit by January 31 or face an intensified opposition movement, including a long march to the capital. The demand was made by PDM president Maulana Fazlur Rehman while speaking to the media in Lahore alongside PML-N’s Maryam Nawaz, PPP chief Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and other opposition […]
The Ministry of National Health Services refuted media reports that it had allowed the private sector to purchase Covid-19 vaccines for those individuals that can afford to pay for them. Earlier today, a report published, quoted a statement issued by the health ministry as stating that the government had given permission to the private sector […]
LAHORE: An adamant opposition kicked off its final showdown at Lahore’s Minar-i-Pakistan today (Sunday) as the ‘first phase’ of its anti-government campaign, under the 11-party alliance named the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), came to a close. The alliance is expected to announce the second phase of its campaign at today’s rally. The public meeting came […]
ISLAMABAD: British airline Virgin Atlantic commenced its operations in Pakistan on Friday, becoming the latest international airline to start serving passengers in the country. The first flight arrived in Islamabad earlier today and was received on the tarmac by Prime Minister’s Special Assistant for Overseas Pakistanis Zulfikar Bukhari and British High Commissioner Christian Turner. Speaking […]
Prime Minister Imran Khan appointed Hafeez Shaikh as the federal minister for finance, while Sheikh Rashid was handed the interior ministry portfolio in yet another cabinet shakeup. Rashid has been replaced by Azam Swati as the railway’s minister while retired Brig Ijaz Ahmed Shah; who earlier held the interior ministry portfolio; has been appointed as […]
Prime Minister Imran Khan asks Opposition to put rallies for another 2-3 months in view of rising coronavirus cases. Says people do not wear masks when they participate in gatherings. Following the rally in Multan, hospitals have a 64% bed occupancy rate. Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday urged the Opposition to put off political […]
ISLAMABAD: India is once again preparing to destroy peace in the region by starting a false flag operation against Pakistan in a bid to divert attention from internal and external pressures that it faced following its embarrassing defeat in Ladakh and Do Kalam. According to credible sources, India is preparing for an attack on the […]
The Pakistan Democratic Movement on Wednesday accused the government of flooding Lahore’s Minar-e-Pakistan ground and declared that despite the move, it will not be stopped from holding a rally there on December 13. Lahore Rally PDM chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman, flanked by PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and PML-N vice president Maryam Nawaz, addressed a […]