63 passengers test positive at Pakistan airports on May 13, 2021The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) has asked the Foreign Ministry to ensure that those travelling to Pakistan from abroad should have undergone tests from reputed laboratories as 63 passengers have tested positive for Covid-19 at nationwide airports. According to a letter written from the NCOC to the Foreign Ministry, passengers travelling from Gulf […]
CAA allows airlines to operate 30pc more flights to Pakistan on May 13, 2021As the coronavirus situation is improving in the country, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on Wednesday allowed airlines to operate an additional 30 percent flights for Pakistan in a revised policy. This is in addition to the 20 percent quantity of flights that were already allowed by the CAA to operate in Pakistan, read a […]
US, UK working on Pakistan-Afghanistan security agreement: Khalilzad By: Tahir Khan on May 13, 2021US Special Representative for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad says the United States and the United Kingdom are making efforts for “improving security cooperation” between Pakistan and Afghanistan that could lead to signing of an agreement. Khalilzad was speaking to German largest website DER SPIEGEL amid reports that the UK defence chief General Nicholas Patrick Carter has […]
Sarina questions former AGP over remarks on her foreign currency account on May 13, 2021Sarina Isa, wife of Justice Qazi Faez Isa, a judge of the Supreme Court, has questioned the conduct of former Attorney General of Pakistan (AGP) Anwar Mansoor Khan over his remarks against her in a recent interview. Sarina, in her two-page response on Wednesday, asked how the former AGP got a copy of the confidential […]
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari pays rich tribute to martyrs of May 12 massacre By: News Desk on May 13, 2021Chairman Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) paid a rich tribute to the martyrs of May 12, 2007 massacre who were brutally assassinated on the streets of Karachi. In his message on the 14th martyrdom anniversary, the PPP Chairman expressed grief on the precious lives lost during the mayhem and described the tragedy as one of the […]
Eid-ul-Fitr likely on Friday: Met on May 12, 2021The Meteorological Department on Tuesday said that Eid-ul-Fitr is likely to be observed in the country on Friday, as there are no chances of the moon being sighted on Wednesday. If the moon is not sighted on Wednesday — Ramadan 29 — then the holy month would be observed for 30 days, and the festival […]
Covid-19 death toll crosses 19,000 mark on May 12, 2021Pakistan has surged past another grim landmark for coronavirus deaths as it reported 113 new fatalities during the last 24 hours, taking the total death tally to 19,106 nationwide. According to the data provided by National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Tuesday, 3,084 people tested Covid-19 positive during the last 24 hours after 38,883 […]
Indian gov’t website declares 97% Muslim Kashmir ‘predominantly Hindu’ By: agency on May 12, 2021At a time when fears of a demographic invasion are running rife in Indian administered Kashmir, a government website has declared the conflict-ridden Muslim majority region a Hindu majority. The InvestJK website, run by the Industries and Commerce Department, describes under its heading on Temples that, “be it Kashmir or Jammu, the population is predominantly […]
Indian doctors warn against cow dung as COVID cure By: Agencies on May 12, 2021Doctors in India are warning against the practice of using cow dung in the belief it will ward off COVID-19, saying there is no scientific evidence for its effectiveness and that it risks spreading other diseases. The coronavirus pandemic has wrought devastation on India, with 22.66 million cases and 246,116 deaths reported so far. Experts […]
Israel to step up Gaza strikes as death toll hits 30 By: AFP on May 12, 2021Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Tuesday to intensify attacks on Islamist militants in Gaza as the foes traded heavy fire that killed at least 30 people, in an escalation of tensions sparked by unrest in Jerusalem. World powers urged calm and Muslim countries voiced outrage amid the worst flare-up of violence in years that saw Hamas […]