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Hamza Shehbaz tests positive for COVID-19
LAHORE: Leader of the Opposition in Punjab Assembly, Hamza Shehbaz, tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday, according to party spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb.
In a statement, Aurangzeb said that the PML-N leader has been suffering…
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Renowned scholar Allama Zameer Akhtar Naqvi passes away
Famous Shia scholar Allama Dr Syed Zameer Akhtar Naqvi passed away on Sunday at the age of 76, according to a report on Geo News.
His body will be shifted to the Ancholi Imambargah soon, his friends further added. Naqvi passed away after…
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Global COVID-19 death toll jumps past 900,000
afp: The coronavirus continues to takes lives relentlessly ever since it spread to almost all corners of the world from China lat year, as the global death toll rose past 900,000 on Thursday.
As the fatalities climbed, US…
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Punjab govt appoints Inam Ghani new Punjab IG, transfers Shoaib Dastagir
LAHORE: In a shocking development on Tuesday, the Government of Punjab transferred former Punjab IG Shoaib Dastagir and appointed Inam Ghani in his stead, after the former allegedly got into a row with Lahore CCPO Umar Sheikh.
The…
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India posts highest COVID-19 death toll in a month
REUTERS: Reporting the lowest number of COVID-19 cases in a week, India could not clamp down on its daily deaths from the virus as the country reported more than 1,100 people succumbed from the virus on Tuesday.
The health ministry said…
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19 workers killed as Mohmand district mine collapses
As many as 19 workers were killed Monday when a marble mine collapsed in Mohmand District and injured several.
Rescue and relief operations began on Monday, carrying on till late into the night with the help of heavy searchlights.…
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Saudi Arabia for ‘fair and permanent’ solution to Palestine issue: MBS
REUTERS: Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman told US President Donald Trump on Monday that the Kingdom wanted a "fair and permanent" solution to the Palestine-Israel issue, a few weeks after the historic UAE-Israel normalisation…
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Pakistan to make important decision on reopening educational institutions today
ISLAMABAD: The Inter-Provincial Education Ministers Conference (IPEMC) will decide today whether or not educational institutions across the country will be reopened from September 15.
A meeting of the provincial chief ministers, with…
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Uzair Baloch tells court he’s being pressurised to join PTI
KARACHI: Lyari gangwar kingpin Uzair Baloch informed an anti-terrorism court a few days ago that he was being pressurised and targeted for his affiliation with the PPP and was also being forced to join the PTI.
Baloch was presented at…
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As protests in Portland enter 100th day, protesters attack police with fire bombs
REUTERS: As protests against racism in Portland entered 100 days, protesters threw fire bombs and rocks at police, injuring one person seriously.
Police described what they called “tumultuous and violent conduct” by protesters on the…
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PM Imran says spirit of 1965 war needed to make Jinnah’s Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday tweeted about the 1965 war and the spirit behind it which was needed to make the country "Jinnah's Pakistan".
Taking to Twitter, the premier said,"As we pay homage to our war heroes today, I…
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Police investigating suspicious bag found at a bus in Manchester
REUTERS: The United Kingdom police on Saturday were investigating a suspicious bag that was found inside a bus in Manchester.
Greater Manchester Police said on Twitter that officers were in attendance and several roads were closed.
It…
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PM Imran unveils Rs1.1tln package for Karachi’s development
KARACHI: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday unveiled a comprehensive Rs1.1 trillion package for Karachi aimed at solving its infrastructural and municipal issues over a span of three years.
"The Centre and Sindh government will solve…
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PMC Poll: Majority support Rizwan replacing Sarfaraz in all three formats
Positive Media Communications (PMC) recently held a poll on its Twitter account in which it asked people whether or not Pakistani wicketkeeper Rizwan should replace former captain and Champions Trophy winner Sarfaraz Ahmed in all three…
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Opposition parties to hold APC on Sept 20 at Zardari House
ISLAMABAD: The opposition parties have announced holding an All Parties Conference (APC) on September 20 later this month at the Zardari House in the capital.
Addressing a press conference here in Islamabad, opposition leaders —…
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