Sale of readymade garments on rise
Islamabad : The sale and purchase of readymade garments on the rise in federal capital ahead of Eidul Fitr.Amina Ansari, a designer said that due to COVID-19 lockdown, people were not able to buy clothes of their choice, so now they prefer to buy readymade garments rather than unstitched...
Business community welcomes lifting of lockdown in phases
Islamabad : The business community welcomes the announcement of Prime Minister Imran Khan to lift countrywide lockdown in phases and reopen all construction related industries as well as shopping centres for five days in a week as it would help the businesses and industrial units to revive...
Migratory birds enjoy free space amid reduced human activities
Islamabad : Reduced human activities outside due to COVID-19 lockdown has not only contributed to the revival of nature through lowering pollution level and limiting human interference but also provided an opportunity to the migratory birds to fly freely without any threat of poaching.World...
Work on Forces School begin
Rawalpindi : The foundation stone laying ceremony of Forces School’s flagship campus was held at Blue World City, one of its kind lifestyle community project, which offers unique leisure and entertainment opportunities of international standards, says a press release.Forces School is an...
Free distribution of diabetes medicines to deserving patients
Islamabad: The Diabetes Centre and Islamabad Capital Territory Administration have collaborated to deliver much-needed and life-saving medicines to deserving diabetes patients free of cost under prevailing difficult circumstances after Coronavirus outbreak and lockdown.Hamza Shafqaat, Deputy...
Uniformity or unity in curriculum; what matters more?
The real principle of any democracy is choice, equity and inclusion; by echoing the populist-political demand for single national curriculum, standardized exams, regimented testing regimes and uniform text books, we shall sponsor a polarized nation-state and thus imposing one size fit all, which...
Traders protest forceful closure of shops
Rawalpindi : Unruly scenes were witnessed when the shopkeepers of the city and cantonment board areas opened their shops on Saturday but were forced to close down by the local administration and police. The shopkeepers started a protest demonstration and raised full throated slogans against local...
People are talking about?
-- how there appears to be no co-ordination between the government and the different departments that deal with the public. People say the use of sanitising gates was stopped by the provincial government in Punjab -- after spending large amounts of money - because health specialists said they were...
'Youm-e-Wiladat' of Hazrat Imam Hassan
Islamabad :” The Patron-in-Chief of Supreme Shia Ulema Board and Quaid-i-Millat Jafariya Agha Syed Hamid Ali Shah Moosavi has said that enemies of the religion are looting the wealth of Muslims by creating differences amongst them and by sowing the seeds of hatred, says a press release.He...
DC warns profiteers, hoarders of stern action
Rawalpindi : Deputy Commissioner Captain Anwar ul Haq Saturday said that profiteering and hoarding would never be tolerated especially in the holy month of Ramazan and those found violating the law would be dealt strictly.In a statement issued here, he said that no one would be allowed to cheat...
Two mobile snatchers arrested, 30 mobiles recovered
Rawalpindi : City Police in a crackdown against mobile snatching gang arrested two members of the gang who use to rob people with mobile and cash on gunpoint.Police also recovered 30 mobile phones, Rs113,000 and weapons from them.City Police stated that detainee culprits use to make mobile...
Sindh's coronavirus death toll hits 180 as 691 more test positive in Karachi
Four more COVID-19 patients in Sindh lost their lives on Saturday, raising the novel coronavirus death toll in the province to 180, which is around 1.7 per cent of the total number of cases of the virus.Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah said in a video message released by the CM House that 8,571...
Five people associated with CM secretariat test positive
Five people associated with the Sindh chief minister’s secretariat are reported to have tested positive for the coronavirus.A source privy to the affair told The News on Saturday that one of the five people had already recovered from the coronavirus.The source said all other media reports...
Neighbourhood markets have to follow SOPs to reopen tomorrow
Small neighbourhood markets and shops across Karachi have to follow standard operating procedures to reopen on Monday , when the current COVID-19 lockdown in Sindh will be eased off in accordance with the decisions of the National Coordination Committee .Sindh Education and Labour Minister Saeed...
Woman infected with COVID-19 gives birth to healthy son
A woman infected with COVID-19 gave birth on Saturday to a healthy baby boy at the Ojha campus of the Dow University of Health Sciences .Officials said the infant had tested negative for the novel coronavirus.“A COVID-19-positive mother has given birth to a baby boy through Caesarean section...
Easing lockdown will open the floodgates to coronavirus cases, warn medical associations
Strongly opposing federal and provincial governments’ decision to ease the lockdown, senior health experts and medical associations on Saturday warned that the number of COVID-19 cases was already on the rise and if restrictions were further lifted, the outbreak could get out of control in...
Two 'RAW-backed MQM-London' men remanded to FIA custody
The administrative judge of the anti-terrorism courts on Saturday remanded two suspects to the custody of the Federal Investigation Agency for investigation into their alleged links with India’s Research & Analysis Wing and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-London .The FIA’s investigating...
AVLC arrests eight 'motorcycle lifters' in raids across city
The Anti-Vehicle Lifting Cell on Saturday arrested three suspects allegedly involved in various cases of motorcycle theft in parts of Karachi.According to a spokesperson for the AVLC, the suspects were arrested during a series of raids in the Bin Qasim, Malir and Gulshan-e-Iqbal areas. Officials...
Search on as minor boy 'drowns in storm water drain'
A minor boy feared to have died while bathing in a storm water drain in the Khamiso Goth area on Saturday.According to the New Karachi Industrial Area police, the incident took place when 11-year-old Hamza was bathing in the storm water drain along with some other kids near his residence. Rescuers...
Woman hurt
A woman was wounded in a firing incident in Orangi Town.Rescuers rushed her to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for medical treatment where she was identified as 28-year-old Roma, wife of Shakeel. Police said the woman was going somewhere with her family when two armed men riding a motorcycle intercepted...
Sindh govt stoking hatred to divert public attention from its poor performance, alleges Khurrum Sher Zaman
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Karachi president and MPA Khurrum Sher Zaman on Saturday said that one of his Friday statements had been misrepresented and therefore he tendered his apologies if it had hurt anyone’s sentiments.Zaman came under severe criticism by a section of activists on...
Five conference centres to be set up to ensure witness protection during court proceedings
On the directives of Karachi Additional Inspector General of Police Ghulam Nabi Memon, Deputy Inspector General Police Security and Emergency Service Division Maqsood Ahmed chaired a video link meeting regarding the establishment of a video conference system for the protection of witnesses and...
Hearing of anti-state, hate speech cases put off due to lockdown
A anti-terrorism court on Saturday adjourned the hearing of cases pertaining to anti-state and hate speeches against leaders of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan and London factions without any proceedings because of the coronavirus lockdown.The hearings of as many as 27 identical cases was...
ANP to not commemorate May 12 carnage this year
The Awami National Party Sindh chapter has decided not to hold a gathering to commemorate the May 12 carnage because of the coronavirus outbreak.ANP Sindh president Shahi Syed said that the May 12, 2007, tragedy was unforgettable for them and the party would continue to commemorate it until those...
Mayor calls for measures to help small businesses after lockdown is eased
Measures should be taken to help small businesses and industries in case the lockdown is eased so that they can resume their operations.Karachi Mayor Wasim Akhtar said this as he met a delegation of the Akbar Road Market shopkeepers at his office on Saturday. He told the delegation that business...
CM Murad Ali Shah assures mayor of increasing salaries for KMC employees
Karachi Mayor Wasim Akhtar called on Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Friday to discuss the issue of increased allowances of the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation’s employees.According to a statement issued by the corporation, the mayor said that his meeting with the CM helped...
Fruit sellers having a field day in Karachi as officials perform lockdown duties
The current coronavirus pandemic and the lockdown in its wake have given a freehand to fruit sellers to sell fruits at their own discretion this Ramazan. The provincial government, like every year, couldn’t establish Ramazan bachat bazaars in the city neither there was any fruit boycott...
No COVID-19 quarantine facility to be set up in Manghopir: Saeed Ghani
The Sindh government has assured the local Manghopir representatives that it will not establish any quarantine centre in Union Council 4, as keeping suspected patients of the coronavirus in the locality would be a risky proposition keeping in view the weak civic infrastructure of the area.The...
SHC directs food secretary to appoint district food controllers within a month
The Sindh High Court on Friday directed the food secretary to appoint the district food controllers within a month in accordance with the law.The direction came on a petition of Ali Ashgar who impugned the appointments of assistant food controllers to look after the work of district food...
HRCP voices reservations over formation of national minorities' commission
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has strong reservations over the formation of a national minorities’ commission through a cabinet decision based on a summary moved by the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony.In a statement, it has said that the proposed composition...
Three 'robbers' held
Three men have been arrested after an encounter in Korangi on Saturday.According to Awami Colony police, four suspects riding on two motorcycles were busy in looting a citizen when the cops carrying out routine patrolling reached the scene and tried to intercept the suspects.On seeing the police,...
NAB law doesn't need reformation, but scrapping altogether: PML-N
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-|N leader and former National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq has said the National Accountability Bureau needs no reformation but scrapping altogether.He was...
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Covid-19: 8 more die, death toll reaches 191 in Punjab
LAHORE: The fatality of eight more Covid-19 patients on Saturday raised the death toll to 191 in Punjab, while confirmed cases of novel coronavirus raced to 10,471 with the addition of 438 new...
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Patient escapes from quarantine centre
KASUR: One Covid-19 patient escaped from the DPS quarantine centre on Saturday. Seven days ago, Abubakkar, a resident of Gulburg Colony, was found Covid-19 positive. He was sent to the DPS quarantine...
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Lockdown eased in Madina
RIYADH: Coronavirus restrictions have been eased in some Madina neighbourhoods allowing residents to leave their homes between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., according to the Ministry of Interior.The move...
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Aptma submits budgetary proposals to govt
ISLAMABAD: Textile Industry has submitted with the government its budgetary proposal for budget 2020-21 asking for abolishing turnover tax, reduction of corporate tax to 25 percent and withdrawal of...
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India exploiting corona for unprecedented dimension in IOK
LONDON: British Kashmiri Organisations have shown deep concern over brutalities of the Indian army keeping up in occupied Kashmir.Both the Kashmir Youth Assembly and the Organisation of Kashmir...
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Facebook engine censors iconic photo with Soviet flag raised over Berlin
MOSCOW: Facebook seems to have taken issue with an iconic photo that symbolises the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany, and it keeps deleting a recently-colorised version of it, foreign media reported...
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Sindh govt exaggerating number of Covid-19 cases: MPA
KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Karachi President Khurram Sher Zaman on Saturday claimed that the Sindh government is exaggerating the number of COVID-19 cases to keep the markets shut down. The ...
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BLA claims bomb attack on Pak Army troops
QUETTA: A terrorist group claimed responsibility Saturday for targeting a security convoy with a roadside bomb that martyred six soldiers, including an army major, in the country’s southwest....
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Martyred Major Nadeem buried
HAFIZABAD: Funeral prayer of Major Nadeem Abbas Bhatti, who was martyred near Buleda, Balochistan, was offered at Buraj Dara village on Saturday. Scores of people, including politicians, army...
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3 of family killed in accident
GUJRANWALA: Three members of a family were killed in a road accident at Nowshera Virkan on Saturday. Reportedly, Sabir of Abidabad, his wife Razia and daughter Robina were on their way to their...
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'India exploiting corona for unprecedented dimension in IOK'
LONDON: British Kashmiri Organisations have shown deep concern over brutalities of the Indian army keeping up in occupied Kashmir.Both the Kashmir Youth Assembly and the Organisation of Kashmir...
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Governor Sarwar warns of strict lockdown if Covid-19 cases increased
LAHORE: Punjab Governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar has warned that if the number of coronavirus-positive patients increased in the country, more stringent measures and lockdown may be imposed in the...
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Traders demand reopening of shopping malls
Islamabad: A meeting of Shopping Mall Association was held here under the chairmanship of Commodore Irfanul Haq to discuss problems being faced by owners due to closure of mega facilities across the...
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UHS launches blood plasma therapy for Covid-19 patients
LAHORE: Researchers at the University of Health Sciences Saturday launched a clinical trial to assess blood plasma therapy for Covid-19 treatment.On the appeal of UHS Vice Chancellor Prof Javed...
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KP authorities in a fix over exams cancellation, schools closure
PESHAWAR: Confusion prevailed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa over cancellation of the board examinations and extension of school closure until July 15 as no decision could be taken at the provincial level...
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No tourism activities despite reopening of Kaghan valley road
MANSEHRA: Though Kaghan-Naran section of Mansehra-Naran-Jalkhad road has been reopened to traffic following the suspension of five consecutive months, the tourism activities in the valley are yet to...
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Tiger Force launched in Upper Dir
DIR: The Prime Minister’s Volunteer Tiger Force for Covid-19 was inaugurated in Upper Dir the other day.In this regard, a simple function was organised at the district council hall in Dir town...
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Call to allow final year students to conduct research
PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Development Foundation has asked the government to allow the students of final semesters in BS and masters programme to return to the universities.Muhammad Bilal Sethi, the...
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