President arrives in UAE on two‑day visit; to visit Expo2020 By: APP on October 9, 2021DUBAI: President Dr Arif Alvi on Saturday arrived in the United Arab Emirates on a two‑day visit, where he will meet the UAE dignitaries and also inaugurate the Pakistan Pavilion at Dubai Expo 2020. The president was received by UAE’s Minister of Justice Abdullah bin Sultan bin Awad Al Nuaimi, at the Al Maktoum International […]
Drone attack hits Saudi airport, injures 10 By: Web Desk on October 9, 2021On Friday evening, ten people were badly injured in an attack on an airport in the Saudi Arabian city of Jazan, near the border with Yemen. 10 people suffered only minor injuries when “a hostile projectile fell on King Abdullah Airport”, according to a statement from the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen, quoted by the official […]
Man to get an artificial skull after head injuries By: Web Desk on October 9, 2021A man in UK will have one part of his skull replaced after suffering life-threatening injuries in an assault. 26-year-old Josh Storer, a resident of Derby, got injured in an assault on July 9. After that incident, he underwent an extensive brain surgery in Auckland, New Zealand. He was kept in an induced coma for […]
US to hold first in-person talks with Taliban since Afghan withdrawal By: AFP on October 9, 2021The United States and the Taliban will hold their first in-person talks since the US withdrawal from Afghanistan starting Saturday, the State Department said. The US delegation will meet Saturday and Sunday in the Qatari capital Doha with senior Taliban representatives, a State Department spokesperson said. The United States has remained in contact with the […]
Pakistan calls ‘ill-timed’ move to appoint UN special rapporteur to monitor rights in Afghanistan By: APP on October 9, 2021UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has rejected as “ill-timed, ill-advised and potentially counter-productive” a European Union-sponsored resolution adopted by the UN Human Rights Council to install a special rapporteur to probe alleged abuses in Afghanistan, saying the move duplicates the existing monitoring and reporting process. Underscoring that Afghanistan today was at an “inflection point”, Ambassador Khalil Hashmi […]
China, Pakistan to cooperate in talents training in power sector By: APP on October 9, 2021BEIJING: Zhengzhou Electric Power College (ZEPC) China and University of Engineering & Technology (UET) Lahore, Pakistan will cooperate in talent training for power sector and specialty construction. ZEPC and UET Lahore have signed a cooperation memorandum in September 9, 2021. According to this MOU, the cooperation aims to help the energy development in Pakistan. “We […]
Landmark global corporate tax deal finally wins accord By: Reuters on October 9, 2021A group of 136 countries on Friday set a minimum global tax rate of 15% for big companies and sought to make it harder for them to avoid taxation in a landmark deal that U.S. President Joe Biden said levelled the playing field. The deal aims to end a four-decade-long “race to the bottom” by setting a […]
Tanzanian writer Abdulrazak Gurnah wins Nobel Prize in literature By: Web Desk on October 8, 2021On Thursday, the postcolonial novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah became the first Tanzanian writer to receive Nobel Prize in literature. Born in 1948, Gurnah migrated to the United Kingdom as a refugee in the 1960s. Throughout his life, he focused on issues related to the identity of refugees and colonial brutalities. Gurnah taught English and postcolonial literature […]
WHO set to restart Sputnik Covid vaccine analysis By: AFP on October 8, 2021The World Health Organisation said on Thursday it was about to restart the process of approving Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine following a series of problems with the dossier. WHO authorisation has been sought for the Sputnik V jab created by Russia’s Gamaleya research institute, which is already being used in 45 countries, according to […]
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to journalists Maria Ressa, Dmitry Muratov By: Web Desk on October 8, 2021The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize to journalists Maria Ressa of Philippines, and Dmitry Muratov of Russia for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace. “Ms Ressa and Mr Muratov are receiving the Peace Prize for their courageous fight […]