.ÏVIENNA: A mass shooting at several locations in the Austrian capital Vienna left at least two people dead and more than a dozen injured, shattering the city’s calm atmosphere and sending everyone into a panic. As music lovers enjoyed an opera and young people in bars raised a final glass together before a new coronavirus […]
Prime Minister Imran Khan said Tuesday Pakistan could not afford to go for another coronavirus lockdown despite officials monitoring the pandemic warning that the second wave of COVID-19 has already hit the country. Addressing a Cabinet meeting here in the federal capital, PM Imran Khan said the provincial governments needed to ensure the implementation of […]
0Rescuers in Izmir pull the girl out alive from the rubble, as the death toll in the earthquake crossed 100. A three-year-old girl was pulled from the rubble of a collapsed building 91 hours after a powerful earthquake hit western Turkey, as the death toll rose to 100 on Tuesday, said the local mayor. “We […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday summoned a National Coordination Committee meeting tomorrow to discuss the growing trend of COVID-19 infections in the country. According to sources the premier will be briefed by the National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC) on the coronavirus situation. The development comes hours after Federal Minister for Planning and […]
Afghanistan’s interior ministry said Monday that at least 19 people were killed and 22 injured after a six-hour-long gun battle between Afghan security forces and armed assailants at Kabul University came to an end. The ministry said that three people were involved in the attack, among them, two were killed during an exchange of fire, […]
Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mahmood on Monday clarified that schools and educational institutions across Pakistan are not closing despite a surge in coronavirus cases across the country. “Rumours again afloat regarding school closures. It is again clarified that educational institutions are NOT being closed,” he announced via a tweet. He stated that the government […]
Court sets date for the indictment of Shehbaz, family. A Lahore accountability court on Monday set November 11 for the indictment of PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif, his son Hamza Shehbaz and other members of his family in a money laundering and assets beyond means case. Court sets date for the indictment of Shehbaz, family. Shehbaz […]
Two men allegedly subjected a teenage girl to gang-rape for four months near a Badin village, police said, with the incident coming to light after the victim got pregnant. According to the police, the incident took place in the Goth Mohib Dal area near Badin. The 17-year-old girl was unable to tell her parents as […]
Pakistan on Saturday categorically rejected Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s insinuation of Pakistan’s involvement in Pulwama attack by alluding to recent remarks made by Science and Technology Minister Fawad Chaudhry in the National Assembly. “This is a brazen attempt to twist the remarks of the federal minister, who was referring to the befitting response given […]
The federal government has received several requests seeking charges under Article 6 of the Constitution against former National Assembly speaker Ayaz Sadiq, Interior Minister Ijaz Ahmed Shah said on Saturday. Addressing a ceremony in Nankana Sahab, Shah said the petitions, received in Islamabad and Lahore, have been sent for legal review. Meanwhile Shah’s statement comes […]