FM Qureshi leaves for New York to draw world’s attention on Gaza crisis By: Web Desk on May 19, 2021 ANKARA: The foreign ministers of Pakistan, Palestine and Turkey left here for New York on Wednesday to participate in the urgent meeting of the UN General Assembly to discuss the “grave deterioration” of the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem. Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Turkish FM counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu and […]
Water sports facilities to be provided at Tanda Dam By: Web Desk on May 19, 2021KOHAT: Chairman District Development Advisory Committee, Ziaullah Bangash, has said that scenic Tanda Dam has become the best tourist destination for people of southern districts after the start of water sports facilities. Ziaullah Bangash said that all water sports facilities like those of Khanpur Dam would be provided at the Tanda Dam as procurement of […]
Govt gives media practical demonstration on EVMs By: Web Desk on May 19, 2021 ISLAMABAD: A week after empowering the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to use the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), the government on Wednesday gave the media a practical demonstration of the gadget at the Parliament House. The demonstration was led by Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain, Adviser to the Prime Minister on […]
NCOC allows reopening of schools, outdoor dining in districts with less than 5pc positivity rate By: Web Desk on May 19, 2021The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) meeting has decided to ease certain coronavirus control-related restrictions in the country, and of them include the resumption of classes in educational institutions in the districts where the positivity rate is less than five percent and resumption of outdoor dining. The NCOC met in Islamabad to review the […]
PM Imran inaugurates balloting of housing scheme for labourers in Peshawar By: Web Desk on May 19, 2021 Peshawar: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday inaugurated the balloting ceremony of a housing scheme for labourers in Peshawar. Executed by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government, 2,056 family flats will be given on propriety rights to the registered workers of the province. Three percent quota for widows and two percent for disabled persons have been allocated […]
US approves release of oldest Guantanamo prisoner — a 73-year-old man from Pakistan By: Agencies on May 19, 2021A 73-year-old from Pakistan who is the oldest prisoner at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre was notified on Monday that he has been approved for release after more than 16 years in custody at the US base in Cuba, his lawyer said. Saifullah Paracha, who has been held on suspicion of ties to Al Qaeda […]
Truce holds in Kashmir, giving shell-shocked residents uneasy peace By: AFP on May 19, 2021The guns have gone silent, schools have reopened and the bunkers are empty along Pakistan’s restive ceasefire line with India, but even as residents in Kashmir relax thanks to an uneasy truce, they fear fighting may erupt again soon. For months, a precarious peace has been welcomed by conflict-wary Kashmiris along the so-called Line of […]
Court orders to close illegal recruitments probe against Elahi on May 19, 2021Speaker Punjab Assembly Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi took a sigh of relief on Tuesday as an accountability court ordered to close an inquiry pertaining to illegal recruitments against him. Accountability Court Judge Shaikh Sajjad Ahmed heard the plea of National Accountability Bureau (NAB), seeking closure of inquiry against Elahi. The investigation officer of NAB presented the […]
Coronavirus claims 135 lives in a day, infects 2,566 more By: Agencies on May 19, 2021The coronavirus claimed 135 more lives while 2,566 new cases emerged during the last 24 hours, said the National Command and Operation Centre(NCOC) on Tuesday. According to the NCOC, the country’s death toll climbed to 19,752 after 135 more people succumbed to the deadly disease. The new coronavirus cases have taken the country’s Covid-19 tally […]
Moeed Yusuf appointed national security adviser on May 19, 2021Prime Minister Imran Khan has appointed his special assistant on national security Dr Moeed Yusuf as the national security adviser. The Cabinet Division issued a notification on Tuesday, confirming Dr Yusuf’s appointment for the post. According to the communique, the designation will be equivalent to a federal minister. On December 24, 2019, Yusuf was appointed […]