PSL 2021: Naseem permitted to join his compatriots in bio-secure bubble By: Web Desk on May 28, 2021 Naseem Shah of the Quetta Gladiators has been granted access to the bio-secure zone ahead of the remaining games of the sixth edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL), which begins on June 5 in the UAE. Earlier, Nasim Shah was left out amid a breach in Covid testing protocols. According to a statement […]
As helpless police constable pleads on social media for help, DPO Bahawalpur visits to redress grievances By: Ijaz Khan Sahu on May 28, 2021LODHRAN: A police constable, Mahboob Iqbal, recently uploaded a video on social media appealing to Prime Minister Imran Khan, Chief Minister Usman Buzdar, Inspector General of Punjab Inam Ghani and DPO of Bahawalpur Faisal Kamran to take notice of, what he claimed, his unfair dismissal and declaration of his mental illness by the department. The […]
Slap and abuse – Ex-Kashana superintendent makes scene outside IGP office By: Web Desk on May 28, 2021LAHORE: Kashana Home former superintendent Afshan Lateef protested outside the IG’s office holding the prime minister’s portrait. It is not known when she held the protest, the footage, doing the rounds online, however, shows that when a police official, later identified as Security DSP Zahid, stopped her going inside, the former Kashana superintendent slapped him. […]
SBP to announce monetary policy today By: Web Desk on May 28, 2021The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will meet on Friday to decide about monetary policy for the next two months. The SBP will issue the monetary policy statement through a press release on the same day. Earlier on January 22, the SBP had kept interest rates on hold at 7 per […]
Covid kills 67 more people, infects 2,482 in 24 hours By: APP on May 28, 202167 more deaths due to Coronavirus infection and 2,482 new positive cases were reported in the country during the last 24 hours. According to the National Command and Operation Center, 51,625 tests were conducted and positivity ratio remained 4.0 percent. According to the latest figures from the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), the death […]
Govt taking steps for promotion of industrialisation: PM By: Web Desk on May 28, 2021Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that the government is taking all out steps to incentivize investors for promotion of industrialization and exports in the country. He was addressing the ceremony of commercial launch of Rashakai prioritised Special Economic Zone near Nowshera on Friday. The prime minister said hurdles are being removed to facilitate the […]
Lowest Covid-19 positivity ratio in three months By: News Desk on May 28, 2021NCOCPakistan on Thursday reported a positivity rate of 4.34%, the lowest since March 6 as the country sees a steady decline in coronavirus cases amid the third wave of the pandemic. The national tally of total active Covid-19 cases was recorded at 59,018 as 2,726 more people tested positive for the deadly virus besides 75 […]
Ali Zafar takes ‘U-turn’ on Tareen probe? By: News Desk on May 28, 2021Barrister Ali Zafar is now publically denying his findings in Jehangir Tareen case reported in media. Sources claim that Ali Zafar’s subsequent denial is a ‘second thought’ for the sake of ‘damage control’. “He later realized that his positive note for Jehangir Tareen has not gone well with the perpetrators of this scandal, so he […]
President for enhanced Pakistan-Malaysia cooperation on May 28, 2021President Dr Arif Alvi has underscored the need for increasing cooperation with Malaysia in the areas of trade, culture and technology for the mutual benefits of the two brotherly countries. He made these remarks while talking to the outgoing High Commissioner of Malaysia to Pakistan Ikram Bin Mohammad Ibrahim, who called on him, at Aiwan-e-Sadr, […]
Centre, Sindh agree to eliminate dacoits from katcha areas: Interior Minister By: APP on May 28, 2021Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed on Thursday said that the Federal and Sindh governments have agreed to work jointly for elimination of dacoits from the katcha areas of Larkana and Sukkur – Sindh. Addressing a crowded press conference at a hotel here, the Interior Minister referred to his latest meeting with Sindh Chief Minister Syed […]