The US Electoral College decisively confirmed Joe Biden win on Monday as the nation’s next president and Trump defeat, ratifying his November victory in an authoritative state-by-state repudiation of President Donald Trump’s refusal to concede he had lost. The presidential electors gave Biden a solid majority of 306 electoral votes to Trump’s 232, the same […]
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 […]
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani defended the execution of a prominent dissident journalist based in France and captured by Iran last year, saying the death sentence passed on Ruhollah Zam was carried out lawfully. European countries “have the right to comment, but Zam was executed upon a court’s ruling,” Rouhani told a televised news conference, noting […]
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 […]
NEW DELHI: Leaders of protesting Indian farmers began a one-day hunger strike on Monday against agricultural reforms they say threaten their livelihoods, stepping up pressure on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to withdraw the legislation. Farmers have been demonstrating for nearly three weeks against the deregulation of the agriculture sector that will allow them to […]
Journalist Iqrar ul Hassan Syed allegedly attacked by unknown assailants in Lahore’s DHA area. Moreover, the attackers later fled away while firing gunshots. Therefore, he sustained injuries in the attack. However, the journalist took to Twitter to tell his followers about the incident. Lahore main K Block DHA police station k bilkul samnay na-maloom afraad […]
The United States green-lighted the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine late on Friday, paving the way for millions of vulnerable people to receive their shots in the world’s hardest-hit country. President Donald Trump immediately released a video on Twitter; where he hailed the news as a “medical miracle” and said the first immunizations would take place “in […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan, during a telephone conversation with Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation co-chair Bill Gates, discussed the Covid-19 situation and polio eradication efforts in Pakistan. According to an official press release, the prime minister informed Mr. Gates about Pakistan’s policy to contain the pandemic and mitigate its deleterious impact on health and […]
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 […]
The premier is on a day-long visit to Sialkot where he will be performing groundbreaking of various development projects worth Rs17 billion under the Punjab Intermediate Cities Improvement Investment Program. Addressing an event organized by the Sialkot business community following the inauguration of Air Sial – the third private airline of Pakistan – the premier […]
