According to a notification issued on May 29, 2025, the department banned the unauthorized collection of hides, permitting only registered welfare organizations to collect them with prior approval from the deputy commissioner. Unauthorized hide collection will be considered a punishable offense. The notification also imposes a ban on using loudspeakers and banners to announce hide […]
The Chinese Embassy in Islamabad sent a letter to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan. The embassy stated that China and Pakistan will resume regulated border trade through a designated activity area at Khunjerab Pass. Additionally, Passengers will not deny entry into the country. Tourists will prohibit from entering the border port city. Ministry […]
On opposite ends of the cancel exams debate; activist Jibran Nasir and Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood have engaged in a social media war; against one another with the end result of Mahmood blocking Nasir on Twitter. Mahmood, who had probably had enough of Nasir calling him out; decided it was time to block him. […]
Actor and director Marina Khan has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The Tanhaiyaan star made the announcement via her social media. “It’s real. It’s out there.” Said the actor in a video she uploaded to her Instagram. Khan spoke freely and wholeheartedly about her diagnosis and on Covid from her room where she is […]
Cambridge examinations have started on (Monday) with strict coronavirus standard operating procedures in place across Pakistan. However, the exams conducted with caution as the country reports soaring coronavirus infections amid the third wave of the virus. Desk spacing inside examination halls has done according to the recommended SOPs. In addition, the examination halls sanitized after […]
Pakistan is consuming at least 90% of the oxygen it is producing, Prime Minister Imran Khan’s special assistant on national health services said. “We are utilizing 90% of the oxygen,” Dr. Faisal Sultan, PM Khan’s special assistant. “We need to take it very seriously.” 800 metric tonnes of oxygen Dr Sultan said the government had […]
Prime Minister Imran Khan said he had asked the Pakistan Army to assist the police and law enforcement agencies in enforcing SOPs for curbing the spread of the coronavirus, warning that Pakistan may soon be facing a situation similar to India if the current trend continues. Addressing the nation after a meeting of the National […]
Prime Minister Imran Khan Wednesday; directed authorities to strictly ensure the implementation of COVID-19 SOPs and highlighted that the third-wave is more lethal in comparison to the earlier two. According to the details, a meeting of the National Coordination Committee (NCC) for COVID-19; was held in Islamabad. Prime Minister Imran Khan chaired the meeting via […]
Years of condemnation on social media and chanting against the nonsensical two-finger test (TFT) at the Aurat March has finally given the women of Pakistan something to celebrate. The Lahore High Court’s (LHC’s) Justice Ayesha A Malik on January 4, 2021 passed a 30-page detailed judgment against the TFT. Declaring it an old practice of […]
The Lahore High Court ruled on Monday that the two-finger and hymen tests of rape survivors were “illegal and unconstitutional”. The verdict announced by LHC judge Justice Ayesha A Malik in a petition challenging the virginity tests of rape survivors. The 30-page verdict stated that the testing methods were “unscientific having no medical basis; therefore […]
