‘Quiet Place’ makes NAmerica box office noise as Covid curbs ease
Horror film "A Quiet Place: Part II" opened in North America this weekend to considerable fanfare and with numbers unlike any seen since the pandemic began, as Covid curbs began falling and…
WHO approves China’s Sinovac vaccine for emergency use
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that it has approved for emergency use the COVID-19 vaccine made by China's Sinovac Biotech, making it the second shot that was made in…
Kuwait to issue visas to Pakistanis in construction sector: Rashid
Federal Minister for Interior Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Tuesday said Kuwait was ready to issue visas to Pakistanis in the construction sector.
Addressing a press conference here, he said he…
China confirms first human case of bird flu strain
Beijing - China reported the world´s first human infection of the H10N3 bird flu strain on Tuesday but said the risk of it spreading widely among people was low.
A 41-year-old man was…
Tajik President to pay two-day Pakistan visit: FO
At the invitation of Prime Minister Imran Khan, President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon will pay a two-day visit to Pakistan on 2-3 June 2021.
He will be accompanied by a high-level…
Imran Khan condemns Quetta, Turbat terrorist attacks
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has strongly condemned a terrorist attack which left four soldiers martyred yesterday.
Taking to Twitter on Tuesday, PM Khan said that Pakistan would…
Babar Azam to get married next year: report
Pakistani skipper Babar Azam will marry his cousin next year, according to a report by Geo News.
Azam is to marry his paternal uncle’s daughter, as agreed by both the families, revealed…
China jails blogger who ‘slandered’ dead in India border clash
China has jailed a popular blogger for "defaming martyrs" after he suggested the death toll of the China-India border clash last year was higher than the official count of four.
Qiu…
Bilawal condemns police brutality against KP teachers
Pakistan Peoples Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that police brutality against teachers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is highly condemnable. He said that on one hand KP government is…
Pakistan keeps petroleum prices unchanged
Prime Minister Imran Khan has decided to maintain the prices of petroleum products as they were on May 17th, 2021, a government release said.
The government has not increased the prices…
Pakistan approves Pfizer for emergency use
The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan on Monday approved Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine for emergency use.
The DRAP Registration Board approved the vaccine's use for children above 12…
Hamid Mir taken off air after critical comments on the military: CPJ
Washington, D.C., May 31, 2021–In response to the suspension today of Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir, host of “Capital Talk” news program, by the Geo News network following Mir’s critical…
WHO switches to Greek alphabet for virus variant names
Covid-19 variants are to be known by letters of the Greek alphabet to avoid stigmatising nations where they were first detected, the World Health Organization announced Monday.
The new…
Pakistan’s first Green Eurobond launched to fund dams
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday formally launched the country’s first Green Eurobond (Indus bond) by Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) to meet the financial needs relating…
China allows couples to have three children: state media
China has relaxed its family planning policy to allow couples to have three children after a census showed its population is rapidly ageing, state media reported Monday, further unwinding…