NCOC chief appreciates Sindh’s steps to remove restrictions on July 31, 2021Federal Minister for Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives Asad Umar on Saturday appreciated the Sindh government’s move to loosen coronavirus restrictions but maintained they were not enough. “The decisions made yesterday, especially those pertaining to industries and transport, need to be reviewed. We put forth our point of view yesterday, as well as today, based […]
Pakistan ranks cheapest country to live in on July 31, 2021 ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has been ranked as the cheapest country in the world to live in with a cost of living index showing 18.58, followed by Afghanistan 24.51, India 25.14 and Syria 25.31. According to cost of living index by GoBankingRatesCompany, Pakistan is the cheapest country to live in, with a cost of living index […]
Murtaza Wahab points out federal, requests to stop politicising Sindh lockdown on July 31, 2021 KARACHI: A war of words between the Sindh government and the Centre over lockdown restrictions continued on Saturday with Adviser to the Sindh Chief Minister Murtaza Wahab requesting that the matter not be politicised. “NCOC (National Command and Operation Centre) has not said anywhere that the lockdown should not be imposed. It has always […]
Punjab reports 728 cases of Coronavirus on July 31, 2021LAHORE: Punjab’s health department reports 728 new cases of the novel coronavirus have been reported in the last 24 hours. During this time, eight more people in Lahore died of coronavirus, according to the Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department. The test positivity rate in the province was 3.9 percent, with 6.8 percent in Lahore, the […]
Ex-Editor of Dawn Images admits false reporting about Ali Zafar in Meesha Shafi case on July 31, 2021 ISLAMABAD: In the recent development in the Ali Zafar-Meesha Shafi case, the additional district and sessions court has recorded the statement of a witness of Meesha Shafi namely Hamna Zubair – the former editor in chief of Dawn Images. Hamna Zubair, a journalist who used to work for the country’s oldest newspaper, during the cross-examination, […]
Pakistan’s women legislatures demand public hanging of rapists, killers on July 31, 2021ISLAMABAD: Women lawmakers in the country demanded the killer of 27-year-old Noor Mukadam be sentenced to death and rapists and killers of women and children be hanged publicly. The National Assembly, during Friday’s proceedings, unanimously condemned the gruesome acts of violence against women and children, especially the murder of Noor. PTI MNA Asma Qadeer broke […]
Pakistani meme set for NFT auction on World Friendship Day on July 31, 2021A Pakistani government employee Asif Faza Rana in 2015, announced that he was no longer friends with Mudasir, blowing up the internet. Little did he know that due to the meme his world would never be the same again. Six years later Rana will be selling an NFT of the image he once shared on […]
Police sets checkpoints in Karachi to impose Covid lockdown on July 31, 2021KARACHI: The police have set up checkpoints in various areas of Karachi to enforce the COVID-19 lockdown imposed by the Sindh government. According to reports, on the first day of the lockdown in Karachi, police set up roadblocks in various locations, public transportation was not permitted to travel beyond the roadblocks, and police officers were […]
Covid positivity ratio rises to 8.46%, 3,187 people in critical condition on July 31, 2021ISLAMABAD: Pakistan continues to see a sharp increase in COVID-19 cases, with 4,950 new infections reported in the last 24 hours, according to the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC). According to the NCOC, the total number of confirmed cases in the country has risen to 1,029,811, including 940,164 recoveries, with an infection positivity rate […]
Shehbaz Sharif criticises recent petrol price hike, takes it to twitter on July 30, 2021Opposition Leader Shehbaz Sharif discouraged and denounced the recent petrol price hike by the government and stated that, “Constant rise in the prices of essential commodities has severely damaged economic condition of the people”. “If the oppression of inflation continues at the same pace, then the whole society will be engulfed in the fire of […]