KARACHI:As many as four more patients of coronavirus died overnight lifting the death toll to 7,658 and 183 new cases emerged when 13,387 tests were conducted. This was stated by Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah in a statement issued here on Tuesday. He said that four more patients of COVID-19 lost their lives […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:China has launched more than 1.3 million 5G base stations so far amid the country’s efforts at expanding its 5G network coverage, according to the China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). To date, the number of 5G users in China has reached 497 million, MIIT Minister Xiao Yaqing said. Xiao said, the country […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Tuesday examined audit paras of National Highway Authority (NHA), Ministry of Communications for the year 2019-20. The committee met here at Parliament House in the chairmanship of Member National Assembly (MNA) Rana Tanveer Hussain. The committee examined three highlighted audit paras in order of highest amount involved therein and […]
Read MoreKARACHI:Sindh Minister for Information and Labour Saeed Ghani has said that no new local government system has been introduced in the province. Talking to media persons here at the Sindh Assembly on Tuesday, he said that merely few amendments have been made to improve the Sindh Local Government Act-2013 under which the previous municipal polls […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST) Tuesday took a giant leap into the fold of top 200 world universities, as per University of Indonesia (UI) Green Metric global university ranking 2021. According to the NUST, these rankings are based on universities’ contributions to reducing the ecological footprint, sustainability education and research. As many as […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The Central Power Purchasing Agency (CPPA-G) has sought Rs 4.33 per unit increase in power tariff for November under monthly Fuel Cost Adjustment (FCA) mechanism. According to the petition submitted to National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA), the CPPA-G maintained that actual cost remained Rs.8.0710 per unit against the reference fuel charges of Rs 3.7381 […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition seeking disqualification of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader and former Finance Minister Ishaq Dar’s Senate membership. A three-member SC bench comprising Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed, Justice Ijaz Ul Ahsan and Justice Munib Akhtar heard the case filed by Nawazish Pirzada seeking disqualification of Ishaq Dar. During the course […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday said Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf had made mistakes in the first phase of local government elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and paid the price. Selection of wrong candidate, he tweeted, was a major cause, however, he expressed resolve that in the second phase of LG polls, PTI would bounce back with strength. […]
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