Day: July 15, 2021

FAISALABAD: As many as 30 people were tested positive for COVID-19 in the district during the last 24 hours. According to health department spokesperson, 1,338 coronavirus tests were conducted in public and private sector labs during the same period. He said that total active cases in Faisalabad were 157 while 20,481 patients had so far […]

ISLAMABAD:Five hundred health volunteers will help look after pilgrims during this year’s Hajj, Saudi health authorities said. The Saudi Arabia health ministry’s health volunteer center said the volunteers would provide medical assistance and health precaution guidance to those performing the annual pilgrimage, which starts this weekend. The volunteers will operate in four locations: Makkah, Madinah, […]

ISLAMABAD:The National Assembly on Wednesday offered Fateha for the departed soul of former Olympian Naveed Alam who passed away on Tuesday. Moulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali led the Fateha on the request of Deputy Speaker Qasim Khan Suri.

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday issued bailable arrests warrants for assistant commissioner Shalimar Town over non-appearance in a case. The court summoned assistant commissioner Shalimar Town and deputy commissioner Lahore in personal capacity for July 15. Justice Shahid Waheed passed the orders while hearing a petition filed by Muhammad Munir and others […]

ISLAMABAD:As local wheat production for season 2020-21 revised upward, domestic strategic grains reserves further strengthened and crossed 6.549 million tons marks, which would be sufficient to tackle with the requirements of staple grains, besides ensuring smooth demand and supply across the country. The Wheat Review Committee of the Ministry of National Food Security and Research […]

ISLAMABAD:Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Wednesday said the media was an important tool of narrative building and warfare at the international level. Addressing a seminar on “Lawfare and Pakistan”, organized by the Centre for Law and Security (CLAS) here, he said the capacity building of institutions was vital to counter […]

ISLAMABAD:Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Poverty Alleviation and Social Protection, Dr Sania Nishtar Wednesday said the digital payment mechanism and availability of the socioeconomic data of households helped in timely and transparent cash disbursement among the disadvantaged segments under Ehsaas Emergency Cash Program (EECP). She was addressing at an event “COVID-19 pandemic and […]

ISLAMABAD:Chairman Institute of Research and Reforms (IRR) Senator A. Rehman Malik Wednesday urged the government to call a grand moot in Pakistan on Afghan peace inviting representatives of Afghan government, Taliban, and all other factions to set up an agreed interim government. In a statement, he said that Afghanistan had now landed in the worst […]