1,629 new cases of Covid reported as positivity rate remains below 4% By: Web Desk on June 6, 2021The intensity of the third wave of the is declining as the country reported a coronavirus positivity rate below 4% for the sixth consecutive day. The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) data showed that Pakistan carried out 52,427 tests in the last 24 hours out of which 1,629 returned positive. The country’s nerve centre […]
Students of grades 1-4, 6-7 in federal govt schools to be promoted without exams By: Web Desk on June 6, 2021ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to promote students of government schools of federal capital studying in grade I to IV, VI and VII without exams, impeccable sources said on Sunday. The Ministry of Education has given approval to promote the students while students of grade V and VIII will have to take exams for promotion. […]
PML-N for release of AG’s report on Covid-19 relief ‘embezzlement’ By: News Desk on June 6, 2021Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb demanded on Saturday to make the auditor general’s report regarding alleged embezzlement in Covid relief package public. Marriyum Aurangzeb said in a statement that the auditor general’s report was not being made public due to embezzlement of Rs 1,200 billion. She added that the government first stole Rs […]
Punjab enhances vaccination centres to inoculate more people By: APP on June 6, 2021Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar on Saturday said that 1,68,700 people were vaccinated across the province in Punjab in last 24 hours. “Around 4.6 million people have got vaccine doses in the province so far,” CM Buzdar stated. The number of coronavirus vaccination centres have been increased to 677 in the province and a central […]
Has Biden responded to Khan’s Anti Graft Campaign By: Imtiaz Gul on June 6, 2021Something unprecedented happened on June 3; a US President finally and officially for the first time acknowledged that “when leaders steal from their nations’ citizens or oligarchs flout the rule of law, economic growth slows, inequality widens, and trust in government plummets.” It is an inescapable reference to the hundreds of billions of stolen dollars […]
Xi calls for efforts to improve global environmental governance By: Agencies on June 6, 2021Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Saturday that the international community should work together with unprecedented ambition and action to strive for a fair and reasonable system of global environmental governance featuring win-win cooperation and promote the sustainable development of humanity. Xi made the remarks in a congratulatory letter to the World Environment Day events […]
US intel report on UFOs inconclusive: reports By: AFP on June 6, 2021The conclusion of a classified US intelligence report on the existence of alien UFOs is . . . inconclusive, US media reported Friday. US military and intelligence found no evidence that seemingly highly advanced unidentified flying objects sighted by military pilots were alien spacecraft, the report concludes, according to The New York Times and other […]
FBR withdraws Rs 5.02m from bank account of Javed Hashmi’s daughter By: inp on June 6, 2021The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has withdrawn millions of rupees from the bank account of the daughter of a senior politician from Multan on account of tax recovery. Talking to a private TV channel, senior politician Javed Hashmi said the Multan Deputy Commissioner on behalf of the FBR withdrew Rs5.02 million from her daughter […]
New Auto Policy should benefit consumers, manufacturers, govt: Tarin By: News Desk on June 6, 2021Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Shaukat Tarin has said that the new Auto Policy should be designed in such a manner that it is beneficial for all the three relevant stakeholders; consumer, manufacturer and the government. The finance minister said this during a meeting with Federal Minister for Industries and Production Khusro Bakhtiar on […]
NAB authorises another inquiry against Khawaja Saad Rafique By: APP on June 6, 2021The Executive Board Meeting (EBM) of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has authorised filing inquiries against former Minister for Railways Khawaja Saad Rafiq and others for inflicting losses to national exchequer. The EBM presided over by NAB Chairman Justice (Retd) Javed Iqbal has okayed the filing of a total of 10 inquiries against various personalities including […]