Month: June 2021

ISLAMABAD: The national tally on Sunday of total active COVID-19 cases was recorded 32, 241 with 901 more people testing positive for the deadly virus and 1, 347 people recovering from the disease during the last 24 hours. Twenty-three corona patients have died during past 24 hours, 19 of whom were under treatment in the […]

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court will take up a contempt matter on Monday relating to a video clip showing objectionable and inappropriate utterances by PPP representative Masoodur Rehman Abbasi against Chief Justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmed. A four-member SC bench headed by Justice Umar Ata Bandial and comprising Justice Ijaz-ul-Ahsan, Justice Munib Akhtar and Justice Sayyed […]

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations, and Coordination has said that the percentage of births attended by skilled health personnel has increased in the country from 58 percent in 2015 to 68 percent in 2020. According to an official of the ministry, Pakistan’s Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) has declined from 62.1 deaths per […]

ISLAMABAD: Senior-Superintendent of Police (SSP) (Operations) Islamabad, Dr. Syed Mustafa Tanweer has said that the force was determined to eliminate land mafia in the city. He said as envisioned by the incumbent government, the police would fight out the land-grabbers and in this regard, a grand operation was already in progress. He said the police […]

ISLAMABAD: A total of seven matches were decided on the opening day of the 20th National Netball Championship being played here at the Hameedi Hall of Pakistan Sports Complex. Chairman, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Standing Committee (Accountability and Discipline), Suleman Aftab inaugurated the Championship. President, Pakistan Netball Federation (PNF), Mudassar Arain, Vice President, Sameen Malik, Secretary […]

ISLAMABAD: President, Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI), Sardar Yasir Ilyas Khan leading a delegation Sunday visited Pakistan Institute of Medical Science (PIMS) to enquire after the two injured policemen. Constables Mohammad Arshad and Mohammad Saqlain, were got injured during an encounter with gunmen in G-11/1, Islamabad while saving a family from robbery. ICCI […]

ISLAMABAD: Inspector-General Police Islamabad Qazi Jamil ur Rehman has rewarded the two injured policemen with Rs 100, 000 cash for their valour with which they countered the outlaws few days back. On the special directions of IGP, SSP Operations Dr Syed Mustafa Tanweer, SSP Headquarters, Muhammad Umar Khan and other senior officers inquired after the […]

ISLAMABAD: The MET department Sunday forecast hot weather in most parts of the country during next 24 hours. Very hot weather is expected in plain areas however, rain-wind-thunderstorm is expected at isolated places in upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit Baltistan. Continental air is prevailing over most parts of the country. Weak moist currents from Arabian […]