President urges young generation to take part in reversing global warming By: APP on July 31, 2021ISLAMABAD: President Dr. Arif Alvi Saturday urged the young generation to play their dynamic role in the government’s ongoing massive Ten Billion Tree Tsunami campaign and reverse the degenerating effects of global warming and environmental pollution. Addressing a ceremony of monsoon tree plantation drive held here at the green area adjacent to Aiwan e Sadr, […]
Punjab reports 728 cases of Coronavirus By: webdesk on July 31, 2021LAHORE: Punjab’s health department reports 728 new cases of the novel coronavirus have been reported in the last 24 hours. During this time, eight more people in Lahore died of coronavirus, according to the Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department. The test positivity rate in the province was 3.9 percent, with 6.8 percent in Lahore, the […]
Physical remand of Zahir Jaffer extended in Noor Mukadam case By: Web Desk on July 31, 2021ISLAMABAD: The physical remand of of Zahir Jaffer has been extended by two days by a court in Islamabad, who has been accused of murdering Noor Mukadam, daughter of a former Pakistani diplomat Noor Mukadam. This is the fourth time Zahir Jaffer has been remanded into police custody. Judicial Magistrate Shoaib Akhter conducted the hearing of the […]
Policeman arrested for exposing body parts to woman while arresting her sons in Lahore By: Web Desk on July 31, 2021LAHORE: A Lahore cop was suspended from service after a video of him exposing his naked body parts to a woman went viral on social media. He was arrested on charges of abusing her while she was entering a police van. A trainee assistant sub-inspector of the Shadbagh police station can be seen insulting the […]
I would shoot Noor Muqaddam’s killer if I have my own way: Sheikh Rashid By: Web Desk on July 31, 2021Speaking to the media, Sheikh Rasheed said that those involved in the murder of Noor Muqaddam, ex-Pakistan’s envoy’ daughter, would not be spared. “If I have my own way, I will shoot dead the murderer,” the interior minister said. The interior minister added on Saturday that his prediction about the separation between former prime minister and […]
Police sets checkpoints in Karachi to impose Covid lockdown By: webdesk on July 31, 2021KARACHI: The police have set up checkpoints in various areas of Karachi to enforce the COVID-19 lockdown imposed by the Sindh government. According to reports, on the first day of the lockdown in Karachi, police set up roadblocks in various locations, public transportation was not permitted to travel beyond the roadblocks, and police officers were […]
Fawad lashes out at Indian govt over spread of Delta variant of COVID-19 By: Web Desk on July 31, 2021ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry has slammed the Indian government for failing to control the spread of the Delta version of the corona virus. The minister, Fawad Chaudhry in a tweet said that the world was trying very hard to defeat the virus and the pandemic but Modi government’s irresponsible handling […]
Covid positivity ratio rises to 8.46%, 3,187 people in critical condition By: webdesk on July 31, 2021ISLAMABAD: Pakistan continues to see a sharp increase in COVID-19 cases, with 4,950 new infections reported in the last 24 hours, according to the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC). According to the NCOC, the total number of confirmed cases in the country has risen to 1,029,811, including 940,164 recoveries, with an infection positivity rate […]
Court acquits ex-chairman and others in steel mill corruption reference By: Web Desk on July 31, 2021KARACHI: All accused including a former chairman of a reference in connection with committing corruption in Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) have been acquitted by an accountability court in Karachi. The former PSM chairman Moeen Aftab Sheikh was subject to charges of selling the traders goods at lower rates but the court acquitted them all on the benefit of the doubt. Others accused were also subject to the […]
Pakistan condemns India’s politicization of cricket on threatening players to join KPL By: APP on July 31, 2021Pakistan on Saturday strongly condemned India’s politicization of cricket by preventing international players from participating in the Kashmir Premier League (KPL). Foreign Office Spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri said “India’s politicization of cricket cannot be condemned enough”. He termed as “unfortunate and regrettable” the reports where Kashmiri players were denied to share the dressing room with […]