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 […]
Actor Yasir Hussain’s Wikipedia page has “locked” for editing after it “vandalized heavily” in the last week; during which prominent Turkish actress Esra Bilgic mentioned as his parent; a Pakistan-based editor of the popular online encyclopedia told. Not only this, but Yasir’s birthdate and birthplace also changed. Pakistani internet users surprised recently to see Google […]
The Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Muhammad Amjad Khan Niazi on Monday; conferred renowned cricketer Fakhar Zaman the rank of Honorary Lieutenant in Pakistan Navy. A special epaulet award ceremony held at Naval Headquarters to mark the event. Fakhar Zaman is a former Pakistan Navy serviceman. He joined the Pakistan Navy in 2007 as […]
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, […]
China will overtake the United States to become the world’s biggest economy in 2028, five years earlier than previously estimated due to the contrasting recoveries of the two countries from the COVID-19 pandemic, a think-tank said. “For some time, an overarching theme of global economics has been the economic and soft power struggle between the […]
The EU is launching a co-ordinated vaccine rollout to fight Covid-19, in what the bloc’s top official says is a “touching moment of unity”. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Saturday the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine had been delivered to all 27 member states. Some countries started administering the jabs on Saturday, saying they […]
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 […]
