Day: August 5, 2021

BEIJING: Wahid Abdul, a Pakistani student at Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University has hoped to conduct in-depth research on cardiac interventional therapy skills in China and make contributions to his country in the future. “Since I was a child, I have heard ‘long live the Sino-Pakistani friendship’ countless times. From then on, I […]

Washington, Aug 4 (AFP/APP): As vaccines help quell Covid-19 cases, millions of Americans have gone back to work — but fewer Black and Hispanic workers are being rehired, entrenching persistent inequalities in the United States. The divides are fuelled by long-running employment discrimination, experts say, worsened by unique, virus-related disruptions that have left many jobseekers […]

The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has called for an immediate end to fighting in urban areas, as the Taliban continues a ground assault in the south of the country. UNAMA said civilians are bearing the brunt of the violence as fighting enters cities, according to a post on its official Twitter account. Afghan […]

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood on Wednesday paid tribute to the personnel of police, who laid their lives in the line of duty to ensure peace in the country. “The nation is proud of the eternal sacrifices of the martyrs, ” he said in his statement on Police Martyrs’ Day. He said the martyred policemen […]

ISLAMABAD: Parliamentarians on Wednesday said that Indian brutalities would not stop people of Kashmir from carrying forward their just struggle for securing their right to self-determination. Talking to APP in connection with “Youm-e-Istehsal, ” the parliamentarians said that on August 5, India had revoked constitutional status of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) by […]

ISLAMABAD: Legend Lollywood playback singer ‘Akhlaq Ahmed’ was remembered on his 22nd death anniversary on Wednesday (today). He was born in May 8, 1940. Akhlaq Ahmed debuted as a singer in the 1973 film ‘Pazaib’ and remained a successful singer in late 1970s and 1980s. Akhlaq Ahmad had sung 140 songs in 90 Urdu films. […]

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Political Communication Dr Shahbaz Gill has said Pakistan is hopeful of winning a medal in Olympics after 29 years owing to javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem. Athlete Arshad Nadeem made his way to the final after promising performance in Javelin Throw in Tokyo Olympics 2021, he tweeted on […]

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib in a tweet on Wednesday extended his best wishes to the newly elected Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Abdul Qayyum Niazi on his nomination as the Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir.