Day: June 23, 2021

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to Masood ur Rehman General Secretary of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) in PS-114 over objectionable and inappropriate utterances against Chief Justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmed. A four-member larger bench of the apex court headed by Justice Umar Ata Bandial heard the contempt of court case. During the […]

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Poverty Alleviation and Social Protection, Dr. Sania Nishtar Tuesday visited Quaid-e-Azam University (QAU) to hold a policy consultation on Ehsaas Undergraduate Scholarships with the brilliant and deserving students. Dr. Sania sat with Ehsaas Undergraduate Scholarship awards of 2020-21 in the grounds of the university. “I am delighted […]

ISLAMABAD: Indus River System Authority (IRSA) on Tuesday released 274, 900 cusecs water from various rim stations with inflow of 226, 500 cusecs. According to the data released by IRSA, water level in the Indus River at Tarbela Dam was 1452.35 feet, which was 68.35 feet higher than its dead level 1386 feet. Water inflow […]

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has announced the resumption of its direct flights operation to Toronto, Canada. A PIA spokesman, in a statement , said the Canadian authorities had given permission to the PIA to restart its direct flight operations to Toronto. Earlier, flight operation was stopped due to the increase in cases of corona […]

ISLAMABAD: The Director General Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Tuesday informed the Islamabad High Court (IHC) that it had written to interior ministry to raise the matter at international forums to permanently stop the practice of uploading blasphemous contents on social media. The DG PTA adopted the stance that social media platforms like Facebook, Youtube […]

ISLAMABAD: Administering convalescent plasma from recovered Covid-19 patients can dramatically improve the likelihood of survival among blood cancer patients hospitalised with the deadly virus, according to a study. The study led by researchers from the Washington University in the US indicates a 48 per cent reduced risk of death for Covid patients who had blood […]

ISLAMABAD: The government has promoted three Pakistan Air Force (PAF) officers to the rank of Air Vice Marshal. The promoted Air officers included Air Vice Marshal Imran Saif, Air Vice Marshal Hussain Ahmed Siddiqui and Air Vice Marshal Zaeem Afzal, said a Pakistan Navy media release received here. Air Vice Marshal Imran Saif was commissioned […]

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain Tuesday said the opposition parties had the right to criticize the government policies but they should also give their long due ‘positive contribution’ towards the betterment of Pakistan. “Opposition should come up with their suggestions, we (the government) are ready to consider them, ” he said […]