Fawad rules out change in PMDA draft on workers rights, fake news

ISLAMABAD:Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Saturday said that the government was ready to make amendments in Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA) draft law, except the clauses about the right of media workers to approach media tribunals to enforce the agreement with their respective organizations and impose penalties on fake news. In […]

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KP administers over 1,658 covid-vaccine dose

PESHAWAR:A total of 1,658,405 people had been administered in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa while 1.53 million people were administered the first dose of Sinopharm, said an official of Health Department Khyber Pakhtunkhwa here on Saturday. The official reported that 456,760 people were also given a second dose of Sinopharm and 27, 77, 693 people were given the […]

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Senator Buppi asks opposition to sit with govt on EVMs issue

ISLAMABAD:Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Senator Aon Abbas Buppi Saturday asked opposition parties to set aside their political differences, sit with the government for development of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) to ensure transparency in general elections. “The use of Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) is the only way to reclaiming the credibility of any elections”, he said while […]

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Fesco striving hard to ensure safety of staff

FAISALABAD: The Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (Fesco) is striving hard to ensure safety of its line staff. This was stated by Superintending Engineer First Circle Muhammad Saeed while addressing a meeting of executive engineers and sub-divisional officers on Saturday. He said the Fesco had not only introduced safety training programmes for its officials but it […]

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Taliban co-founder Baradar in Kabul for talks to set up government

Kabul:Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar arrived in Kabul on Saturday for talks on establishing a new “inclusive” government in Afghanistan, a senior official said. It comes after other senior Taliban leaders were seen in the capital in recent days, including Khalil Haqqani — one of America’s most wanted terrorists with a $5 million bounty […]

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203 Corona patients under treatment in Peshawar’s LRH, KTH

PESHAWAR:A total of 203 corona patients are being treated in two major hospitals of Peshawar including Lady Reading and Khyber Teaching Hospitals, a spokesman of the hospital Muhammad Asim told media men here on Saturday. He said that in Lady Reading Hospital, they have 130 corona patients under treatment with a total of 68 ventilators […]

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COVID-19: 1.589mln people vaccinated in Faisalabad

FAISALABAD:As many as 1,589,545 people have so far been vaccinated against COVID-19 in the district. District Health Officer Dr. Ataul Mun’im said on Saturday that 1,281,311 citizens had been given the first dose while 260,434 were administered the second dose of vaccine. He further said that 28,573 health workers were also given the first dose […]

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