Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Overseas Citizens and Human Resource Development Zulfikar Bukhari on Saturday said the government has brought back 8,700 Pakistanis imprisoned abroad. “I can assure you that our government will not forsake Pakistanis imprisoned abroad and we will work to bring all destitute and vulnerable Pakistanis whether they have committed […]
ADB, IMF launch first joint report on financing SDGs
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) joined 11 multilateral development banks (MDBs) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in launching the first-ever joint report on financing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The report is released at the end of a critical year, in which the coronavirus pandemic threatens to reverse progress on the SDGs. In response, […]
PM to address the UN-hosted Climate Ambition Summit today
Prime Minister Imran Khan will address the Climate Ambition Summit 2020 being held virtually today by the United Nations in connection with the fifth anniversary of Paris Agreement. The prime minister will apprise the world about the efforts being made by Pakistan to mitigate the effects of climate change in the country. At the summit, […]
SU lays out a two-month compendious plan to indemnify academic loss occurring due to COVID-19
The University of Sindh on Saturday chalked out a two-month comprehensive plan in a bid to compensate the academic loss persisting due to the second wave of COVID-19. This compendious plan was laid out in a high level online meeting of deans of various faculties and members of admissions’ technical committee which was chaired by […]
Hundreds march in Ohio capital over police shooting of Black man
Hundreds of protesters rallied on Friday evening in downtown Columbus, Ohio, demanding justice and transparency from investigations into the killing last week of a young Black man shot by a sheriff’s deputy outside his home. The crowd, shown in footage broadcast by local news outlets and on social media, marched downtown toward the Ohio statehouse […]
Iran executes dissident journalist Ruhollah Zam
Iranian dissident journalist Ruhollah Zam, who was convicted of fomenting violence during the 2017 anti-government protests, was executed on Saturday, Iran’s semi-official Nour news agency reported. Iran’s Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the death sentence of Zam, who was captured in 2019 after years in exile. His Amadnews feed had more than one million followers.
Joe Biden, Kamala Harris named Time ‘Person of the Year’
United States President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris have been chosen as Time magazine’s 2020 “Person of the Year”. The Democratic pair were chosen ahead of three other finalists – frontline health care workers and Anthony Fauci, the racial justice movement, and President Donald Trump who Biden defeated in November’s election. Time’s magazine […]
Karachi’s Burns Road to become official traffic-free food street
In a major development, the District Municipal Corporation (DMC) South has decided to turn Karachi’s famous street Burns Road, known for its food variety, into a traffic-free food street. According to details, the deputy commissioner (DC) for South district has constituted a team of nine members in this regard, which will oversee the transformation of […]
Ambassador of Afghanistan calls on the Foreign Minister
Ambassador of Afghanistan Najibullah Alikhil paid a courtesy call on Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Thursday. The Foreign Minister congratulated the Ambassador on his appointment stating that Afghanistan and Pakistan had deep-rooted historic ties based on common religion, geography and culture. Referring to the Prime Minister’s landmark visit to Afghanistan, the Foreign Minister […]
CM Sindh attends training programmes of Qualified ASIs from SPSC at Police training School Larkana
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah attends training program of Qualified ASIs from Sindh Public Service Commission at Police Training School. IG Sindh Mushtaq Mehr, Advisor to Chief Minister Nisar Khorro, Jamil Soomro, Provinicial minister Sohail Anwar Siyal,Ranges SSPs and others also attended. On the arrival of Sindh Chief Minister at PTS, police personnel […]