ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday decided to declare former prime minister Nawaz Sharif a proclaimed offender in the Al-Azizia and Avenfield references. Justice Aamer Farooq said the court will pass a short order regarding the proclamation of the convicted former premier and will also issue show-cause notices to the sureties. Nawaz, who […]
LONDON: The United Kingdom on Wednesday approved the emergency use of coronavirus vaccine produced by the US drugmakers raising the hopes of curbing the pandemic that has infected millions across the world. According to a British newspaper, the vaccine has been approved for emergency use by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Authority (MHRA). The […]
South Korea’s parliament on Tuesday passed a bill. To allow globally recognized K-pop artists such as BTS to postpone their mandatory military service to age 30. All able-bodied South Korean men aged between 18 and 28; must serve in the military for about two years as part of the country’s efforts. To guard against North […]
The government hopes to procure the Covid-19 vaccine in the first quarter of 2021, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister Dr. Faisal Sultan told the media on Tuesday. Dr. Sultan was responding to a question during a press conference alongside Information Minister Shibli Faraz after a federal cabinet meeting. He further said that the federal […]
The pandemic has gained momentum across the country. 67 more people succumbed to coronavirus on November 30. It is the highest death toll in nearly five months. According to the data provided by the National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC), the virus claimed 67 lives in the past 24 hours. Taking the death toll to […]
Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood wants students to realize that the closure of schools doesn’t mean it is a holiday. He said the decision to close schools was done with a heavy heart. “I request all students to use this time. Not as a holiday, but to revise their courses. Do homework,” he tweeted Tuesday […]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced a new round of tight restrictions in a bid to stem a surge in coronavirus infections; extending curfews to weeknights and imposing a full lockdown during the weekend. After only reporting symptomatic cases for four months, Turkey last week resumed reporting all positive COVID-19 cases that saw logged […]
GILGIT: The Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly on Monday elected Khalid Khurshid Khan of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf as chief minister and Pakistan Peoples Party’s Amjad Hussain as leader of the opposition. Speaker Amjad Hussain Zaidi chaired the assembly session held to elect the chief minister of Gilgit-Baltistan. Mr. Khan, who was fielded by the PTI-Majlis Wahdat-i-Muslimeen alliance, and […]
PML-N Vice-President Maryam Nawaz on Monday said that she is not afraid of being arrested. As she has imprisoned twice before without committing any crime. She was speaking to journalists before leaving Lahore for Multan to attend the Pakistan Democratic Movement’s (PDM) rally. Despite the PTI-led government’s efforts to stop public gatherings because of the […]
As the second wave of COVID-19 sends countries around the world back into lockdown, scientists worry what impact more isolation will have. More than half the world’s population was under some form of lockdown last April, and most have been subject to stay-at-home orders off and on since then. In the United States, more than […]
