Lowest positivity rate since February; 83 people die from virus By: Web Desk on June 4, 2021There was the lowest coronavirus positivity rate on Friday after a total of three months at 3.58 percent, according to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC). The last time it stood at 3 percent was in February 2021. A total of 83 people lost their lives to COVID-19 in the last 24 hours; 74 […]
Buzdar’s clean-up act – LWMC head removed for poor sanitation in Lahore By: Web Desk on June 4, 2021Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar removed on Friday Lahore Waste Management Company (LWMC) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Imran Ali Sultan for failing to clean up the city. CM Buzdar said that the incompetent CEO was ‘free to leave Punjab’ if he cannot clean up the provincial capital. According to details, CM Usman Buzdar visited different […]
SBR posts 19% increase in revenue By: Web Desk on June 4, 2021Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah Friday revealed that the provincial government has aligned valuation tables issued by the Federal Board of Revenue for three cities- Karachi, Hyderabad and Sukkur. In his Twitter handle, the Sindh CM citing Sindh Board of Revenue (SBR) said that it has increased revenue collection by 52% in May. […]
Palestine FM criticizes India’s abstention at UN vote By: Web Desk on June 4, 2021The Palestinian FM criticized India’s abstention at UN vote. Following India’s abstention at the UN Human Rights Council on a resolution proposing to set up commission for the inquiry of human rights violations done during Israel’s bombardment of Gaza, the Palestinian foreign minister has complained that New Delhi’s abstention “stifles the important work of… advancing […]
After Australia, Japan approves one mango export facility for Pakistan By: Web Desk on June 4, 2021Adviser to Prime Minister on Commerce and Investment Abdul Razzak Dawood on Friday disclosed that after Australia, Japan has also approved one mango export facility of Pakistan. In his twitter handler, he said, “I am glad to share that after Australia, now Japan has also allowed one mango export facility of Pakistan, Roomi Foods Vapour […]
Overseas Pakistanis deposit $1.25b funds via Roshan Digital Account By: APP on June 4, 2021About 6,100 Pakistanis from over 170 countries have so far invested 1.25 billion dollars in Roshan Digital Accounts. This was stated during a webinar arranged by Habib Bank Limited in collaboration with State Bank of Pakistan and Pakistan High Commission Canada. It was informed that Roshan Digital Accounts have emerged as a dependable, secure and […]
New visa policy approved for Chinese nationals working on CPEC projects By: APP on June 4, 2021Minister for Interior Sheikh Rashid Ahmed says the government has approved a new visa policy for Chinese nationals regarding China-Pakistan Economic Corridor projects. During a meeting with Chinese Ambassador Nong Rong in Islamabad, he said the minimum period of new visas for Chinese nationals has been set at two years. The Interior Minister said that […]
PTI govt has miserably failed on economic front: Bilawal By: News Desk on June 4, 2021Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Thursday demanded that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government should be held accountable for rising inflation in the country and the diminishing purchasing power of the people. “Prime Minister Imran Khan has spent his entire tenure in borrowing money but where and how this money was utilized is […]
Afridi pledges to give representation to APHC in global campaign on Kashmir By: Staff Report on June 4, 2021Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Kashmir Shehryar Khan Afridi on Thursday pledged to give representation to the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) leaders in the Kashmir Committee’s diplomacy with the global community on Kashmir. Addressing the central leaders of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) at the headquarters of the APHC, Shehryar Khan Afridi […]
Opposition is confused on every matter: Fawad Ch By: inp on June 4, 2021Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry on Thursday has said that the opposition is confused on every matter. In a post on social-networking website Twitter, the minister stated that on one hand, opposition parties are planning to protest against the upcoming budget and on the other, they are attending budget sessions. It will be […]