EU chief calls for creation of European body to train imams
European Council president Charles Michel said Monday he supported creating a European institute to train imams, as he visited Austria to pay tribute to the victims of last week’s jihadist…
Pfizer, BioNTech say COVID-19 vaccine is more than 90% effective
Pfizer Inc on Monday said its experimental vaccine was more than 90% effective in preventing COVID-19 based on initial data from a large study, a major victory in the fight against a…
HRCP demands state improve its human rights record
Lahore, 9 November. On concluding its 34th Annual General Meeting (AGM), the general body of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called on the state to improve its human…
India’s Paranoia with Pakistan Navy’s Expanding Footprint
Sohail Khan
Terming India’s gaze towards Pakistan as ‘perpetuated grandiosity’, in article titled ‘Shattered Myth’ (Pakistan Today, 29 Mar 19), I observed that India unyielding disparages…
1 killed, 4 others injured as water tanker smashes into bank in Karachi
KARACHI: One person was killed and four others were wounded when a water tanker rammed straight into a bank in North Nazimabad on Monday, according to a report in Geo News.
Rescue and…
At least 11 dead in Baghdad as militants attack Iraqi army post
REUTERS: At least 11 people were killed when militants fired on an Iraqi army post on Monday, wounding eight others gravely according to police and medics sources.
The assailants in four…
Supreme Court grants bail to Mir Shakil ur Rahman in NAB case
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Monday granted bail to Jang/Geo Media Group Editor-in-Chief Mir Shakil ur Rehman, reported Geo News.
The veteran journalist was granted bail in…
Dr Aurangzeb, an independent neurosurgeon in Karachi, talks about the medical field
Dr Aurangzeb, a renowned neurosurgeon who has been practicing independently for the past 15 years, recently sat down with Positive Media Communications (PMC) to talk about the medical field…
Global coronavirus infection toll rises past 50mn
REUTERS: The world surpassed 50 million cases of the novel coronavirus on Monday, according to Reuters.
October was the worst month for the pandemic so far, with the United States becoming…
Faisalabad men rape 60-year-old mother, daughter
FAISALABAD: Police registered a case against men who raped a 60-year-old woman and her daughter, according to a news report on Monday.
As per the report, the mother and daughter were…
Marvi Sirmed, Shireen Mazari indulge in war of words over first lady
Federal Minister for Human Rights Shireen Mazari slammed rights activist Marvi Sirmed for tweeting a crass joke about the first lady, on Monday.
It all started when Sirmed tweeted a…
Pakistan coronavirus update: 1,650 people test positive for COVID-19
ISLAMABAD: The number of coronavirus patients being infected on a daily basis have been on the rise in Pakistan as 1,650 people tested positive for the virus on Sunday, according to the…
Biden begins transition as Trump refuses to concede
US President-elect Joe Biden took the first steps Sunday towards moving into the White House in 73 days, as Donald Trump again refused to admit defeat and tried to sow doubt about the…
Govt taking measures to quell smog, PM’s aide
ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Climate Change, Malik Amin Aslam, said that tackling smog-forming pollutant sources is the most effective way to quell the growing challenge…
Bank employee arrested in Islamabad for groping female colleague
Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari on Sunday confirmed the arrest of a bank employee caught harassing a female colleague on camera.
This came hours after Faisal Bank employee Usman…