Category: Pakistan

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health Dr Zafar Mirza on Wednesday said that the World Health Organisation is viewing the Covid-19 situation in the country through a “health lens” whereas the government has to look at the “holistic picture”. He was referring to a letter from the world health body in which it […]

KARACHI: Scores of people suffered injuries and many were feared trapped inside after a five-storey residential building collapsed in Lyari’s Khadda Market area on Sunday evening, officials said. Police said around eight families were living in the flats of the building. A rescue operation was under way in the affected area till late into the […]

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday spent a busy day as besides presiding over a meeting to review wheat situation in the country, he also chaired a meeting to discuss the proposed budgets for Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the two provinces ruled by Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI). According to an official announcement made by the […]

ISLAMABAD: The Senate is set to take up a heavy agenda, including debates on key national issues and some resolutions on sensitive matters when it meets after a two-day recess on Monday. Besides this, the 49-point agenda issued by the Senate Secretariat for the private member’s day sitting also includes introduction of 10 bills and […]

RAWALPINDI: Airbus, the manufacturer of A320 aircraft, has said that the AIT (accident information transmission) on Pakistan International Airlines flight PK-8303, which crashed in Karachi on May 22, has been approved for release by the Pakistan Aircraft Accident Investigation Board (AAIB) and the French Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis (BEA) for Civil Aviation Safety. Airbus […]

Former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and incumbent Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Monday, joining a growing list of politicians who have contracted the disease. Earlier today, PML-N spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb confirmed Khaqan had been diagnosed with the virus, adding that he had quarantined himself at home. Shehbaz Sharif […]

ISLAMABAD: The cabinet committee on outsourcing of major airports of the country on Thursday held its first meeting and directed stakeholders to come up with viable options in a week. The committee, headed by its chairman Razak Dawood, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Commerce and Investment, asked the members to finalise proposals to be […]

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Friday reversed its decision to terminate 55 employees as a downsizing measure, days after it handed them a one-month notice period ending on June 30. PCB Chief Executive Wasim Khan in a statement today said “making changes is about timing and, on reflection, the process and communication needed to […]

ISLAMABAD: The budget sessions of both the houses of parliament — National Assembly and Senate — are set to begin on Friday (today) as the staff of the two secretariats are geared up to ensure strict adherence to the SOPs (standard operating procedures) to prevent the spread of coronavirus. The Senate is scheduled to meet […]

With Covid-19 cancelling a lot of events – or as we say, cancelling 2020 – Frieha Altaf announced a virtual fashion show. Called Catwalk Cares, the three day event is ready to kick off tonight. Shared Frieha Altaf in a press release, “We were all prepared to proudly present Pakistan’s first ever virtual fashion week […]