Pakistan launches locally developed Covid vaccine By: News Desk on June 2, 2021Pakistan on Tuesday launched coronavirus vaccine developed in the country. Speaking at the launch ceremony, Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Health Dr Faisal Sultan said the country will soon be able to start the production of the important drug. “Developing the vaccine from raw materials is not an easy task. [We are] proud […]
IHC urged to get murder case registered against owner of Bhoja Airlines on June 2, 2021While representing a number of victims of Bhoja Airlines crash of 2012 in Islamabad, Advocate Omer Adam has sought the Islamabad High Court’s directives for registration of a criminal case against the owner of the airline under section 302 of the Pakistan Penal Code. However, the court expressed that it will decide the matter on […]
Sinovac gets WHO’s approval on June 2, 2021The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Tuesday that it has approved a Covid-19 vaccine made by drugmaker Sinovac Biotech for emergency use listing, paving the way for a second Chinese shot to be used in poor countries. A WHO emergency listing is a signal to national regulators on a product’s safety and efficacy. It […]
Pakistan flays use of Islamabad hospital image by Israeli politician By: News Desk on June 2, 2021The Foreign Office on Tuesday took ‘serious exception’ to use of Shifa Hospital’s image by an Israeli politician to portray it as a Hamas base. Israeli far-right politician and former war minister Naftali Bennett had shared a video on May 20 in which Shifa Hospital in Islamabad was portrayed as the ‘largest medical complex in […]
Rehman urges world powers to win hearts, minds of Afghan people By: Tariq Ullah Wardak on June 2, 2021ISLAMABAD: Institute of Research and Reforms (IRR) Chairman Senator Rehman Malik urged US President Joe Biden and world powers to play their role in bringing peace in Afghanistan to win hearts and minds of Afghans in particular and the world in general. In an open letter to US President Joe Biden, he suggested that the […]
Farrukh asks Bilawal to share Sindh’s initiatives to curb inflation By: APP on June 2, 2021ISLAMABAD: State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib on Tuesday said that Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto had resorted to wrong figure to mislead the nation about the present government’s economic achievements. In a reaction to Bilawal’s remarks, he said that the PPP chairman was completely baffled by witnessing the economic performance […]
PPP rejects NCOC-proposed poll postponement ‘request’ in AJK on June 1, 2021MUZAFFARABAD: Pakistan People’s Party turned down a suggestion of the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) to postpone general elections in Azad Jammu Kashmir for two months. Addressing a press conference accompanying by other party leaders, PPP-AJK President Chaudhary Latif Akbar said that his party would organize a protest rally on June 5 in Muzaffarabad […]
Communication Department releases Rs 103 million for district Bajaur By: APP on June 1, 2021PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly was informed on Tuesday that Rs 741.47 million were allocated for Communication Department district Bajaur of which Rs 103 million has been released for the fiscal year 2020-21. In a written reply to the question of Nighat Orakzai of PPP, the Communication Department said that Rs 21.3 million was spent so […]
Shahram for revamping KP Textbook Board on modern lines By: APP on June 1, 2021PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Education Minister on Tuesday underlined the importance of streamlining the Khyber Pakthunkhwa Textbook Board on modern lines through digitalization provide online availability of books for students across the province. He was chairing a review meeting of Khyber Pakthunkhwa Textbook Board attended by Special Secretary Education Shahbaz, Chairman Textbook Board Rashid Khan, Director […]
Pak-Turkey agree to strengthen inter-parliamentary relations through enhanced cooperation By: APP on June 1, 2021ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Turkey on Tuesday agreed to strengthen inter-Parliamentary relations through enhanced cooperation. The agreement reached during a meeting between Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, Mr. Mustafa Sentop, and Speaker Asad Qaiser on side-lines of the Parliamentary Assembly of ECO countries (PAECO) conference here. While talking to his Turkish counterpart, Speaker […]