No Aurat March but ‘sit-in dharna with SOPs’ to be held this year
KARACHI: The Aurat March announced on Sunday that it had called off its annual march due to the prevalent situation of the coronavirus. However, the management announced that a "sit-in…
Haleem Adil Sheikh’s daughter accuses Sindh govt of attempting to kill her…
KARACHI: PTI opposition leader Haleem Adil Sheikh's daughter took to social media on Sunday night to accuse the Sindh government of attempting to kill her father.
In a video that was…
Politicians, media personalities band together to condemn Geo office attack
KARACHI: Politicians and media persons banded together on Sunday to condemn the attack that took place at the head offices of Geo and Jang Group in the city.
A controversial clip of Geo…
PM’s aide Malik Amin calls for innovative solutions for waste collection, recycling
ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister’s Special Assistant on Climate Change, Malik Amin Aslam, has called upon the plastic producers to play their part in managing the menace of plastic waste in…
India, China ‘complete disengagement’ of troops from part of border
India said Sunday that its troops, along with their Chinese counterparts, had completed a pullback from a disputed part of their Himalayan border after months of heightened tensions.
The…
Pakistan opens Covid-19 vaccination for 60 and older
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Saturday announced new guidelines that expand Coronavirus vaccine eligibility to everyone age 60 or older.
Taking to Twitter, Asad Umar, head of the government's…
UN experts welcome death penalty ban for individuals with mental health conditions
The United Nations has released a statement welcoming the recent landmark judgment by the Supreme Court of Pakistan restricting the use of the death penalty on severely mentally ill…
PSL: Player, team official quarantined after violating bio-secure protocols
Karachi, 20 February 2021: A player and an official of one of the teams taking part in thePakistan Super League 2021 have been placed in a three-day quarantine after they came into contact…
Picturesque Gwadar Stadium hosts inaugural cricket match
The Gwadar Cricket Stadium, dubbed by netizens as the world's most beautiful ground, is hosting its first ever cricket match on Friday.
The exhibition match, dedicated to legendary…
Rich nations stockpiling a billion more COVID-19 shots than needed: report
Rich countries are on course to have over a billion more doses of COVID-19 vaccines than they need, leaving poorer nations scrambling for leftover supplies as the world seeks to curb the…
NASA’s astrobiology rover Perseverance makes historic Mars landing
NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance, the most advanced astrobiology lab ever sent to another world, streaked through the Martian atmosphere on Thursday and landed safely inside a vast crater, the…
Privatization to save Pakistan’s power sector, says Miftah Ismail
KARACHI: Former finance minister Miftah Ismail said the power sector in Pakistan should move towards the privatisation in order to solve its long-standing issues.
Mr Ismail said this…
Greatest Pakistani climber Ali Sadpara is no more
GILGIT: Pakistani mountaineer Ali Sadpara has been declared dead along with his two foreign counterparts by their families and the government of Pakistan.
The announcement was made by Ali…
COVID-19 vaccination ‘wildly uneven and unfair’: UN chief
UN Secretary-General António Guterres described the goal of providing vaccines to all as “the biggest moral test before the global community”, underlining that everyone, everywhere must be…
PML-N stalwart Senator Mushahidullah Khan passes away
ISLAMABAD - PML-N stalwart Senator Mushahidullah Khan passed away in Islamabad early Thursday morning. He was 68.
Senator Mushahidullah had been unwell for quite a long time.
The…