Category: Pakistan

Pakistan reported its lowest number of deaths in the last 24 hours after hitting a peak on June 20, said Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health Dr Zafar Mirza. “Today, we have the lowest number of deaths in Pakistan due to COVID-19 in last three months,” tweeted Dr Zafar Mirza, adding that the […]

LAHORE: The chief of Punjab’s books and curriculum regulatory authority said Sunday there was an “obvious attempt at character assassination” after inappropriate online activity on his Twitter account was pointed out by social media users, days after he banned almost a 100 books for being “anti-Islam” and “anti-Pakistan”. In a statement on Twitter, Punjab Curriculum […]

ISLAMABAD: Science and Technology Minister Fawad Chaudhry said Sunday Islam in Pakistan was not under threat from either TikTok or books, a few days after the Tahaffuz-e-Bunyad-e-Islam Bill 2020 was passed by the Punjab Assembly. In a series of tweets, Chaudhry underlined how “at present, an atmosphere has been created in the parliament, especially in […]

United Nations General Assembly’s President-designate Volkan Bozkir announced on Sunday that he would visit Pakistan soon after his scheduled trip got cancelled due to “some technical flight problems”. “We had to postpone my visit to Pakistan, originally scheduled for 26-27 July, upon invitation by HE Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan, due […]

LAHORE: At least nine people were killed in Punjab in two separate road accidents on Sunday, reported Geo News. Four members of a family were killed after a trawler collided with a motorcycle in Lahore’s Sundar area on Sunday. According to rescue sources, the motorcycle collided with the trawler near Maraka, killing the four riders on […]

RAWALPINDI: The Inter-Services Public Relations said  Saturday the Frontier Corps (FC) Balochistan, in an intelligence-based operation, thwarted a “major terrorist activity” in the province. “FC Balochistan conducted an IBO on a suspected terrorist hideout in Buleda, Turbat, Balochistan,” the military’s media wing said. The security forces, according to ISPR, killed “a key terrorist of the […]

ISLAMABAD: A teenager is thought to have drowned on Friday while making a TikTok video in Bahawalnagar’s Minchinabad, a private news channel reported. Mohammad Sufyan Sheikh was recording a video with his friends when he slipped from edge of the Sadiqia Canal and fell into it. His body has not been found yet. Rescue officials […]

Employees Old-Age Benefits Institution (EOBI) on Thursday said it was starting IBFT (inter-bank funds transfer) for its registered employers to ease transactions. In a statement, the EOBI said: “EOBI aims to ease the process of contribution collection and pension disbursement by all possible means.” “This recent initiative will definitely reduce collection and recovery lead times […]

Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Friday predicted the third spell of monsoon in Karachi where thunderstorms and gusts of winds before heavy rainfall are expected in the metropolis between July 26 and July 27. According to the met department chief Sardar Sarfaraz, a low-pressure area is expected in India’s Gujrat on July 24 that would […]

ISLAMABAD: Senator Farogh Naseem of MQM-P took oath as the federal minister for the third time on Friday.  President Dr Arif Alvi administered the oath to Farogh Naseem in a ceremony held at the Aiwan-e-Sadr also attended by federal cabinet members and senior officers. He has been allocated the portfolio of “Law and Justice” by […]