‘Vaccines, measures key factors to fight virus strains’

Vaccination efforts and strict following of COVID-19 measures stand as key factors to keep the outbreak under control as more infectious variants of the virus are recorded around the world, according to a recent research. The disease, which emerged in the Wuhan city of China in late […]

Number of COVID-19 jabs exceeds infection: WHO

Globally, the number of vaccinations against COVID-19 has now overtaken the number of reported infections, but more than three-quarters of vaccinations are in just 10 countries, the World Health Organization chief said Friday. “In one sense, that’s good news and a remarkable achievement in such […]

Biden ends US support for Saudi Arabia in Yemen

On Thursday, President Joe Biden declared a halt to US support for a Saudi Arabia-led military campaign in Yemen demanding that the more than six-year war, widely seen as a proxy conflict between Saudi Arabia and Iran, “has to end.” Biden also named veteran US diplomat […]

ICC ruling ‘victory of justice and humanity’: Palestine

The prime minister of Palestinian hailed a decision Friday by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Palestinian territories as a “victory of justice and humanity”. The ICC decided that it has jurisdiction regarding crimes committed in the Palestinian territories. Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said the decision carried the message that […]

Time to resolve Kashmir issue: COAS

ISLAMABAD   –  Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa said Friday that time has come to resolve Kashmir dispute as per the aspirations of Kashmiri people and UN Resolutions to end this human tragedy. In a statement on the occasion of Kashmir Solidarity […]

IIOJK will be free one day: AJK President

ISLAMABAD   –  Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Sardar Masood Khan Friday expressed confidence that the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) would be free one day. The world community should become an effective voice of innocent Kashmiris, who had been braving the worst Indian brutalities […]

No change in Pakistan’s principled position on IIOJK dispute: FO

There is no change in Pakistan’s principled position on the Jammu and Kashmir dispute that remains anchored in the relevant UN Security Council Resolutions. This was stated by foreign office spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri while responding to media query. He said Prime Minister Imran Khan, in his address on […]

Pakistan reports1,286 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours

Pakistan has reported 28 deaths in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of positive cases has surged to 553,128. The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 11,914 on Saturday. According to the latest figures by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) 1,286 […]

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