Punjab Education Minister Murad Raas on Tuesday hinted that schools across the province may be closed for an extended period of time. Its said by the minister while he was addressing a ceremony on the teacher’s retirement system in Lahore. “I want to open schools,” he said. “However, we may have to go with the […]
Tehran: Iran has launched human trials of its coronavirus vaccine; health officials are optimistic about tackling the pandemic in the Middle East’s hardest-hit country. The start of the trials on Tuesday comes as Iran has managed to bring its COVID-19 fatalities down to a three-month low and as the country continues to face difficulties in […]
Pakistan on Tuesday reported its first confirmed cases of a new coronavirus strain detected in the United Kingdom earlier this year. According to the Sindh health department, 12 samples of UK returnees were taken for genotyping out of which six were positive and three showed the new variant of the Covid virus in the first […]
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has imposed an extreme cold weather emergency due to the “extraordinary cold wave” that has gripped the province. “This extraordinary cold wave is taking the form of a disaster which is likely to threaten lives of needy people who are without shelter, food, and warm bedding”; said a notification issued by […]
US President Donald Trump, on holiday in Florida, has finally signed a $2.3 trillion financial package that is crucial to millions of jobless Americans, after coming under pressure from legislators. The White House confirmed the outgoing president had signed the bill shortly after he tweeted: “Good news on Covid Relief Bill. Information to follow.” Trump, […]
Seven rare deer mysteriously died in the Bahawalpur zoo on Saturday. The zoo management said 12 other deer are in critical condition; 22 have “treated” after dozens of deer suddenly started getting sick. It suspected that the deer died after eating poisonous fodder; however, the management of the zoo is saying it cannot comment on […]
The rupee weakened on Monday, as the dollar demand from importers and corporates, looking to meet month-end commitments, weighed on the domestic currency, dealers said. In the interbank market, the rupee lost 0.38 percent, or 62 paisas, against the dollar, as it closed at 160.71/dollar, compared with 160.09 on Friday. The rupee ended weaker at […]
Police on Saturday claimed to have arrested four members of a gang believed to involve in robbing houses in Karachi’s Clifton and Defence Housing Authority (DHA) neighborhoods. The Karachi South police said that the gang involved in robbing houses in the city over the weekend. The suspects identified as Nasir Shah alias Haji, Asif Khan, […]
Prime Minister Imran Khan said that the language being used by the opposition was similar to the propaganda being peddled by India to discredit Pakistan as a nation. Addressing an event in Chakwal, where the premier laid the foundation stone for several development projects earlier today, he said: “The way the political opposition of Pakistan […]
The nation is celebrating the 144th birth anniversary of the founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, on Friday with traditional zeal and fervor. Mr. Jinnah was born on December 25, 1876, in Karachi. The birth anniversary is a public holiday and the national flag was hoisted on principal government buildings throughout the country. The […]
