US President Joe Biden on Monday said by April 19 the vast majority of American adults will be eligible to get coronavirus vaccine shots. “With all work we’ve done in the past 10 weeks … I am pleased to announce that at least 90% of all adults […]
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday called for “unhindered” cross-border access to get humanitarian aid into Syria, calling it “more important than ever.” Chairing a meeting of the UN Security Council, Blinken said that it is “clear” that the needs of Syrians are not […]
Lahore – Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian stated in his Monday’s Regular Press Conference that China appreciates Pakistani President Alvi’s remarks at the National Day military parade that China is our closest and friendliest country. We highly appreciate his remarks. Long live China-Pakistan friendship, he said. […]
LAHORE – The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday issued notices to National Accountability Bureau (NAB) authorities for April 13 and April 14 on bail petitions, filed by Opposition Leader in National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif and PML-N senior leader Khwaja Muhammad Asif in assets beyond means and money […]
ISLAMABAD – Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed Monday said that the anti-government opposition alliance of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) has lost the ground after recent rifts emerged in it and now the opposition parties should sit with the government to bring key reforms in 10 areas including electoral […]
ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Imran Khan Monday appreciated Saudi Arabia’s environment friendly initiative of planting 50 billion trees in the region and offered sharing Pakistan’s experiences and lessons learnt from an identical programme. The prime minister, in a letter to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman, spoke high of […]
Pakistan will receive its first purchase of 60,000 doses of a Chinese vaccine today. According to the details, as many as 60,000 doses of single-dose CanSino Biologics vaccine will arrive at the Islamabad International Airport on board a commercial flight. This will be the fourth batch of […]
Punjab recorded as many as 2,467 new cases of COVID-19 and 73 deaths in the last 24 hours, the provincial health department said in a statement on Tuesday. In a day, 73 more patients of the disease died by coronavirus in the province, Punjab’s Primary and Secondary […]
LAHORE – The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday extended interim pre-arrest bail of Capt (retd) Muhammad Safdar, son-in-law of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, till April 15, in an assets beyond means inquiry. The court extended the bail after a National Accountability Bureau (NAB) […]
ISLAMABAD – The federal government has decided to replace Finance Minister Abdul Hafiz Sheikh from the portfolio of Finance Ministry on account of rising inflation in the country. Federal Information Minister and Senator Shibli Faraz while ratifying removal of Finance Minister Abdul Hafiz Sheikh said that Finance Minister […]
