Pandemic to be ‘far more deadly’ this year, WHO warns By: AFP on May 16, 2021The World Health Organization issued a grim warning on Friday that the second year of Covid-19 was set to be “far more deadly”, as Japan extended a state of emergency amid growing calls for the Olympics to be scrapped. “We’re on track for the second year of this pandemic to be far more deadly than […]
Shallow graves and bodies in the river: Covid hits India’s villages By: AFP on May 16, 2021Coronavirus is raging in India’s hinterland, where in some places bodies are being buried in shallow graves or given up to rivers and the sick have little hope other than herbal remedies and amateur doctors. Kidwai Ahmad, from Sadullahpur village in Uttar Pradesh, a huge northern state, said the situation is “disastrous” with people dying […]
Al Jazeera says will not be silenced, after Gaza office destroyed By: AFP on May 16, 2021Al Jazeera said Saturday it would not be silenced, after an Israeli air strike on Gaza demolished the building housing the Qatar-based broadcaster as well as US news agency The Associated Press. ”It is clear that those who are waging this war do not only want to spread destruction and death in Gaza, but also […]
Nisar may take oath as MPA after three years on May 16, 2021Former Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Chaudhry Nisar is likely to take oath as a member of the Punjab Assembly on Tuesday. According to a media report, Nisar is likely to take oath as member of provincial assembly (MPA) on the May 18 session of the Punjab Assembly. It may be recalled that the Cabinet […]
Iran heavy-hitters Raisi, Larijani bid for presidential race By: AFP on May 16, 2021Two of Iran’s political heavy-hitters, ultraconservative Ebrahim Raisi and moderate conservative Ali Larijani, launched on Saturday what may be the main battle for next month’s presidential election. Iranians are due to elect a successor to moderate President Hassan Rouhani, who is constitutionally barred from running for a third consecutive term, on June 18. First to […]
COAS spends Eid days on LoC, Afghan border on May 16, 2021Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa spent the first and second day of Eid-ul-Fitr with troops deployed on the Line of Control (LoC) and western border, respectively, according to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). On the western border in Timergara, Lower Dir, the army chief on Friday said that terrorists would never […]
Thousands rally across Europe to back Palestinians By: AFP on May 16, 2021Thousands of protesters marched in support of Palestinians on Saturday in major European cities including London, Berlin, Madrid and Paris, as the worst violence in years raged between Israel and militants in Gaza. In London, several thousand protesters carrying placards reading “Stop Bombing Gaza” and chanting “Free Palestine” converged on Marble Arch, near the British […]
Middle East strife drags in reluctant Biden By: AFP on May 13, 2021Joe Biden entered the White House hoping to avoid entanglement in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But, like US presidents before him, a crisis is dragging him in sooner than he would have liked. The flare-up in violence is putting Biden on a tightrope not only diplomatically but also at home, where progressives in his Democratic Party […]
Vaccination centres being increased in Punjab: Buzdar on May 13, 2021Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has said that the number of corona vaccination centres is being increased in Lahore and other parts of the province to accommodate more and more citizens every day. In a statement on Wednesday, the chief minister said that as compared with other provinces, more people are being vaccinated every […]
Pakistan sincerely supported Afghan peace process: COAS By: APP on May 13, 2021Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa Wednesday said Pakistan had sincerely supported the Afghan peace process as a prosperous, stable and peaceful Afghanistan was in the best interest of the region in general and Pakistan in particular. The Army Chief was speaking to United States Charge d’ Affairs Angela Aggeler , who […]