Cop held for taking bribes By: By Our Correspondent on May 20, 2021FAISALABAD: The Faisalabad Anti-Corruption Police, along with a magistrate, arrested on Wednesday the CIA Iqbal Town Moharrar, who received Rs 400,000 from a citizen after threatening him with killing him in a police encounter. Abdul Rehman, a resident of 106 GB Jaranwala, in his application to Anti-Corruption Magistrate Muhammad Saghir, stated that a resident of […]
Man accidently shots himself while filming tiktok video By: By Our Correspondent on May 20, 2021SWAT: A young man shot himself while making a Tiktok video in the Kabal area of Swat on Wednesday. According to sources, 19-year-old Hameedullah, son of Allauddin, shot himself while making a video for social media app TikTok in Qalagay area of Kabal Tehsil of Swat. He died at the scene. He put the pistol […]
Yasmin Rashid for enhancing dengue surveillance testing By: Web Desk on May 19, 2021LAHORE: Punjab Health Minister Dr. Yasmin Rashid on Wednesday directed the Health department to enhance dengue surveillance testing in the provincial laboratories. Addressing a cabinet committee meeting at the Civil Secretariat here, she said the surveillance testing must be scaled up in the entire province. She said the commissioners and deputy commissioners must personally monitor […]
Stocks, oil and bitcoin sink in volatile trading By: AFP/ Web Desk on May 19, 2021London: Stock markets, oil prices, and bitcoin sank Wednesday as a raft of issues ranging from rising inflation to China’s crackdown on cryptocurrencies spooked investors. Wall Street opened lower after shares in Europe and Asia fell on fears that central banks will wind down easy money policies to tame inflation. US oil prices dropped by […]
Traders urge govt for relief in upcoming budget By: Web Desk on May 19, 2021PESHAWAR: The Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) has urged the federal government to provide traders with relief, including tax-exemptions, and waiving off property rents, utility bills, and slump sum rebate on overall taxes per case in the upcoming fiscal budget for 2021-22 (FY22). The demand was made by SCCI President Sherbaz Bilour, who […]
Israeli airstrike kills Palestinian journalist in his house By: Web Desk on May 19, 2021WEB DESK Palestinian journalist Yusef Abu Hussein was killed in an Israeli air strike that hit his house in Gaza on Wednesday. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemned the killing of journalist ‘Yusef Abu Hussein’, whose house in Gaza was hit by Israeli missiles. The IFJ wrote to the UN Security Council, the Secretary-General […]
First US-Russia meet since Biden took office By: AFP on May 19, 2021The US and Russian foreign ministers are meeting in Iceland on Wednesday evening to gauge the enormous gulf between the rival powers and confirm a potential summit between presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin. Statements preceding the face-to-face talks on the sidelines of the Arctic Council meeting in Iceland do not bode well for the […]
PPP not to be invited to join PDM’s planned campaign against government: media reports By: Web Desk on May 19, 2021The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) may miss the upcoming Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) meeting as the PDM leadership is not interested in inviting the party to its next meeting to be held in the last week of May. According to reports aired on Wednesday, the PDM, led by Maulana Fazlur Rehman, will go ahead with its anti-government […]
Two tribes clash leaves six dead By: Web Desk on May 19, 2021At least six people died while four others were injured during a gunfight between two rival groups in the Barkhan district of Balochistan. According to Levies sources, the two rival groups, Jhang and Gajani tribes, exchanged fire over a long-standing land dispute. As a result, six people died on the spot while four others sustained […]
Fifty schools in Gaza damaged by Israeli airstrikes By: Web Desk on May 19, 2021WEB DESK According to Humanitarian Aid Organization ‘Save The Children’, around 50 schools in Gaza have been damaged by Israeli airstrikes in the past few weeks. As a result, over 41,000 children have been impacted. Of the 219 people who have been killed in Gaza, at least 63 are children, according to the health ministry. […]