Money laundering case of Shehbaz Sharif adjourned till Aug 16 By: Web Desk on August 2, 2021PML-N President and opposition leader in National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif and his son Hamza Sharif’s pre-arrest bail has been extended by the court in the sugar and money-laundering scandal till Aug 16. Shahbaz had requested through his counsel to adjourn the hearing as he had to go to Islamabad to attend the National Assembly session. Sessions court […]
Foreign Office clarifies Shah Mahmood Qureshi’s remarks regrading Afghan government By: webdesk on August 2, 2021Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi’s recent remarks about the Afghan government’s responsibility to monitor and control Daesh militants in the country were clarified by the Foreign Office on Monday. “It is regrettable that certain sections of the media have misquoted and twisted the foreign minister’s remarks about the need for peace and stability in Afghanistan […]
Covid positivity rate rises to 8.61% with 4,858 new cases By: webdesk on August 2, 2021Pakistan continues to see an increase in COVID-19 cases, with 4,858 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 1,039,695, including 943,020 recoveries, with an infection positivity rate of 8.61 […]
Shehbaz Sharif rejects news of resigning from PML-N presidency By: Web Desk on August 2, 2021LAHORE: PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif Sunday rejected the assumption as fake news that he was about to resign from the party’s presidency. The former provincial chief minister was unhappy over the party’s unreasonable performance in the recently-concluded Azad Jammu and Kashmir elections after his election strategy was allegedly ignored by the party leadership. “When I was […]
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 […]