Bank of Punjab Junior National Ranking Tennis Championship

LAHORE:Abubakar Talha (Wapda), Omer Jawad, Nabeel Ali Qayum and Hamza Ali Rizwan (LGS Paragon) have qualified for the boys/girls U-12 semifinals after winning their respective quarterfinals of the Bank of Punjab Junior National Ranking Tennis Championship 2021 here at the PLTA Courts on Wednesday. In the boys/girls U-12 first quarterfinal, Abubakar Talha of Wapda was […]

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NA Body on Cabinet Secretariat seeks audit reports of funds released for SDGs from 2015-17

ISLAMABAD:The Standing Committee on Cabinet Secretariat on Wednesday sought audit reports of the funds allocated and released to the provinces through Sustainable Development Goals Achievement plan (SDGs) during the years 2015 to 2017. The committee gave these directions after a briefing by the Cabinet Division on SDGs Schemes carried out during last five years. The […]

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Ghulam Sarwar visits CAA Headquarters

ISLAMABAD:Federal Minister for Aviation, Ghulam Sarwar Khan on Wednesday visited Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Headquarters Karachi. Director General (DG) CAA, Khaqan Murtaza, Additional DG, CAA (Air Vice Marshal) Jamal Arshad, senior officers from the Aviation Division and the Civil Aviation Authority were present on the occasion. Ghulam Sarwar Khan also visited the Airport Security Force […]

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CPJ asks Indian authorities in India and in Kashmir not to harass journalists

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), an independent watchdog body, Tuesday called on the authorities in Indian Occupied Kashmir to cease harassing journalist Siddharth Varadarajan, Editor-in-Chief of The Wire, a news website, and allow journalists to report freely. According to media reports, the occupied Kashmir police headquarters issued a legal notice on July 3 to […]

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LHC issues detailed verdict of bail granted to Khawaja Asif

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court ((LHC) on Wednesday issued its detailed verdict on bail granted to Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Khawaja Muhammad Asif in money laundering and assets beyond means case. The 18-page verdict was authored by Justice Aalia Neelum and Justice Syed Shabaz Ali Rizvi. The bench said in its detailed verdict that the […]

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Series of sleep loss impacts mental, physical wellbeing

ISLAMABAD:All it takes is three consecutive nights of sleep loss to cause your mental and physical well-being to greatly deteriorate, new study found. A new study, published in Annals of Behavioral Medicine, looked at the consequences of sleeping fewer than six hours for eight consecutive nights – the minimum duration of sleep that experts say […]

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Training held to monitor COVID-19 immunization effects

ISLAMABAD:Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Federal Expanded Programme on Immunization, has arranged a day-long national training for monitoring of adverse event following immunisation (AEFI) of COVID-19 vaccine. Addressing the session, experts said that the vaccination drive in Pakistan is being carried out through the […]

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China glad to see new progress in development of Gwadar Port: Zhao Lijian

BEIJING:Expressing happiness over the new progress made in the development of Gwadar, Chinese Foreign Ministry’s Spokesperson Zhao Lijian has said that with concerted efforts, the Gwadar Port will achieve further progress, become a regional trading hub and industrial cooperation base and play a greater role in promoting regional development and prosperity. “We are pleased to […]

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