Pakistan on Tuesday reported 33 deaths due to the coronavirus in the last 24 hours, according to the data issued by the National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC). The country’s COVID-19 death toll stands at 7,193 — with the last 193 deaths being reported in just eight days. The NCOC data shows Pakistan recorded 14,606 […]
Pakistan approached two coronavirus vaccine manufacturers after Prime Minister Imran Khan greenlighting authorities to pre-book the vaccine. Parliamentary Secretary for Health Dr. Nausheen Hamid said the federal government has shortlisted two major pharmaceutical companies for this purpose. The government has not revealed the names of the vaccine manufacturers yet. In the first phase, 10 million […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has announced the introduction of an electronic voting system to ensure utmost transparency in the election process. Talking to media in Islamabad, the premier said a mechanism will also be brought in for overseas Pakistanis so that they, too, can participate in the polling to elect their representatives. NADRA’s data […]
Former Pakistani skipper Afridi on Monday heaped praise on Lahore Qalandars pace sensation Rauf after his yorker had shattered the former Pakistan cricket captain’s stumps. A day earlier, Rauf had clean bowled Shahid Afridi by doing his stumps in with a fast-paced yorker. Haris Rauf did not resort to his usual aggressive celebration but joined […]
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday urged citizens to strictly follow standard operating procedures (SOPs). To prevent the second wave of the coronavirus from wreaking havoc in the country. Saying it was time for everyone to “act as a nation”. Addressing the nation after a meeting of the National Coordination Committee (NCC). The premier announced […]
India has denied allegations by its arch-foe Pakistan that the Indian government had helped fund terrorist groups on Pakistani soil, with a foreign ministry spokesman dismissing them as “fabricated” and “figments of imagination”. Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Saturday accused India of sponsoring “terrorism” aimed at destabilizing the country and undermining its economic […]
For the second time in as many weeks, there is promising news from the race for a COVID-19 vaccine as infections surge across the United States and Europe. US biotech firm Moderna Inc on Monday said preliminary data from an ongoing phase three study of its experimental COVID-19 vaccine showed it to be 94.5 percent […]
Punjab Education Minister Murad Raas on Sunday said that instead of closing all schools; following the government’s recommended ‘smart lockdowns’ is a better option; the local news channel reported. In a Twitter update, the minister said that a meeting of all provincial education ministers; will be held on Monday, November 16, to discuss the prevailing […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is planning to start local manufacturing of SIMs and smart cards, amid a brewing cyberwar, in a bid to shield the country from the serious threat of cyber attacks. Earlier, the government had introduced a smartphone manufacturing policy. Pakistan had faced security threats due to Indian-manufactured smartphones using other countries’ Type Allocation Code […]
LAHORE: Smog levels reached hazardous levels on Friday as Faisalabad and Lahore topped the world’s most polluted cities index, followed by New Delhi. The overall air quality of Lahore was recorded as 321 with a high concentration of PM2.5 of 270 microgrammes per cubic meter, which is the most damaging of the particulate matter in […]
