Coronavirus positivity ratio in Karachi hits 10.71% By: Web Desk on July 8, 2021KARACHI: The coronavirus positivity ratio in the metropolis failed to drop below 10%, Sindh Health Department said, as the ratio hit 10.71% on Thursday. 3,888 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in the first week of July while 80 people succumbed to the virus in the metropolis, whereas 36,296 tests were conducted, according to the health […]
PIA special plane transports two million doses of Sinovac vaccine to Pakistan By: APP on July 6, 2021 BEIJING: A special plane of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) PK-6853 airlifted two million doses of Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine from the Beijing Capital International Airport to Islamabad on Tuesday. This special flight of the national flag carrier in addition to the special flight PK-6852 which transported two million doses of the Sinovac vaccine from China […]
District courts’ ‘quality’ verdicts lessen burden on superior judiciary, says outgoing LHC CJ By: Web Desk on July 5, 2021LAHORE: The outgoing Chief Justice (CJ) of the Lahore High Court (LHC) Justice Muhammad Qasim Khan on Monday said that district courts were the backbone of any country’s judicial system and that district court judges should ensure pronounced decisions. Addressing a full-court reference held in his honour, he said that district courts’ judges should ensure that […]
Punjab CM’s staff officer takes his friends on joyride in government helicopter By: Web Desk on July 3, 2021Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Sardar Usman Buzdar’s personal staff officer has beaten all others in obliging his friends as in sharp contrast to the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government’s claims of frugality and cutting down on expenditures. Haider Ali took his friends on a joyride in the Punjab government’s official helicopter on Saturday. Haider Ali, Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Sardar Usman Buzdar’s Personal Staff Officer […]
12-year-old set to climb world’s 12th highest peak By: Web Desk on June 30, 2021Selena Khawaja, a 12-year-old Pakistani mountaineer has set out to climb the twelfth-highest mountain in the world, the Broad Peak. The father-daughter mountaineer duo has reached Skardu to attempt the summit. If successful, she will become the youngest person in the world to scale an 8,000-plus meter peak. Brimming with confidence, Selena said: “Insh Allah, […]
PTA removes 9.8 million obscene videos from TikTok By: webdesk on June 22, 2021PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has removed 9.8 million videos from TikTok and has blocked 720,000 accounts uploading content that was deemed immoral. The Peshawar High Court (PHC) headed by Chief Justice Qaiser Rashid Khan in the case involving removal of videos from Tiktok, the director of the authority said that TikTok has appointed […]
Fours policemen arrested over fake encounter in Karachi By: Web Desk on June 21, 2021KARACHI: Four policemen have been detained and charged in a case involving a fake police encounter in the city’s Sachal neighbourhood on Sunday, which resulted in the injury of two young people. Two muggers were allegedly injured in a police skirmish in the Sachal Goth district of the city on Sunday, according to reports. According […]
Number of donkeys in country increased by 1 million By: Web Desk on June 10, 2021The Economic Survey 2020-20 revealed that the number of donkeys has increased in the country. However, the number of horses, mules, and camels has not increased. According to the survey report, the number of donkeys in the country has increased by one lac. According to the report, the number of donkeys in the country was […]
Sindh Opp leader holds provincial rulers responsible for ‘water theft’ By: APP on June 5, 2021HYDERABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) vice president and Leader of Opposition in Sindh Assembly Haleem Adil Sheikh has said that the ‘real water thieves’ in Sindh are the provincial rulers and their head is Pakistan People’s Party leader Asif Ali Zardari. He was talking to journalists in Tando Allahyar district, where he reached to express solidarity […]
China allows couples to have three children: state media By: AFP on May 31, 2021China has further relaxed its family planning policy to allow couples to have a maximum of three children after a recent census showed its population is rapidly aging, state media Xinhua reported Monday. “To actively respond to the aging of the population… a couple can have three children,” Xinhua said, citing a Monday meeting of […]