The federal government has opened a new web portal for the payment of Ehsaas Emergency Cash. The announcement of opening a new web portal came forward by Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Poverty Alleviation and Social Protection, Sania Nishtar. In regard to this, she shared an informative video explaining the procedure of submitting an … Read more
Prime Minister Imran Khan has addressed the Austrian World Summit. “20 years ago those who talk about climate change were ridiculed,” said Imran Khan, adding that today the world is seeing climate change and challenges related to it. He said that the world temperature is rising and the polar ice is melting, adding that the … Read more
Social Networking site, Instagram is backing after an earlier outage that affected the users across the world. The networking site was evidently hit by widespread technical problems on Thursday, with users reporting the inability to log in or access their feed. According to media, reports of errors on Instagram spiked on Thursday. The problems appeared … Read more
Ever thought of losing your phone and founding it later with the pictures of a mobile phone thief in it? Well, it happened with a student in Malaysia. A Malaysian student who lost his phone found a number of selfies and videos of a monkey on his phone. He believed that it was the monkey … Read more
After a reduction in domestic flights, the state-run Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has announced another facility for its passengers. PIA has announced that children aged 2 years can now travel for free on all the domestic flights of the national carrier. Previously, a 10 percent charge was taken for children up to 2 years. However, … Read more
According to the media reports, due to the financial crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic, British Airways has cut its staff by 13000 employees. The airline has re-contracted the remaining of its employees. The state-run airline, British Airways, is facing the worst financial crisis in its history due to the lockdown caused by the long … Read more
Pakistan’s Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) has given permission to increase the limit of import of duty-free car for differently-abled persons under the Disability Persons Car Scheme. The decision was taken in a meeting of the Economic Coordination Committee which was held under the chairmanship of Finance Advisor Abdul Hafeez Sheikh. According to the details, ECC … Read more
The appointment of Pakistan Television (PTV) Chairman Arshad Khan and independent directors on the board of national broadcaster was declared illegal on Thursday by the Islamabad High Court (IHC). IHC’s Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani announced the verdict in a case against the appointments made in the PTV. The court also ordered that Arshad Khan, Rashid … Read more
An Indian politician has demanded a probe into an old video of Bollywood celebrities. According to the media reports, the video is old starring Bollywood celebrities at a party. The video featuring Deepika Padukone, Vicky Kaushal, Malaika Arora, Arjun Kapoor, Shahid Kapoor, Varun Dhawan among others. The video had gone viral sometime back with people … Read more
The Tobacco farmers and laborers in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa have appreciated the withdrawal of the advance tax of Rs500 per kg on tobacco crops. Reportedly, this withdrawal has caused an increase of 137.5% in exports of tobacco crop in the first month of the current fiscal year. Speaking at a press conference at the National Press Club, … Read more
A couple committed suicide in the Tehsil Jaranwala of district Faisalabad, media sources reported on Thursday. According to the details, Shahbaz Masih and Tabeeta got married a year ago and were living in Chak 240, Jaranwala. The couple was living in extreme poverty, and on Thursday decided to take their life. The couple took their life by taking poisonous … Read more
The Punjab Information minister, Fayaz-ul-Hasan Chohan on Thursday stated that the victim of the Lahore motorway rape case has identified both the rapists. “The lady has identified both Abid and Shafqat,” Chohan told a press conference in Lahore. “It was due to Waqar-ul-Hasan’s arrest that we were able to reach Shafqat,” he added. However, Abid … Read more
The Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf government has formed a committee to investigate the rising number of enforced disappearances in the country. The committee has been formed under the convener ship of Federal Minister for Law and Justice Barrister Farogh Naseem. The Ministry of Interior has issued a notice in this regard. According to the notice … Read more
An amendment proposed by the member of the National Assembly, who is a member of the ruling PTI, in the Pakistan Penal Code was a private member bill and not government proposed, clarified the Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari. Mazari was referring to the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2020 introduced in the House by Amjad … Read more
Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly, and Muslim League Nawaz leader Shehbaz Sharif, on Wednesday spoke out at the Speaker of the National Assembly, Asad Qaiser. He criticised the speaker for not letting the opposition leaders speak during the joint session of the parliament on Wednesday. A joint sitting of parliament, earlier today, … Read more
The Senate’s Functional Committee on Human Rights on Wednesday expressed its displeasure over the absence of Lahore Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Umer Sheikh’s absence from a meeting. The Senate Human Rights body had directed Sheikh to appear in person, but Sheikh failed to appear without giving any information over his absence. “Has the CCPO … Read more
An anti-terrorism court in Karachi is expected to announce its verdict in the high profile Baldia Factory case on Thursday. Over 260 persons were burnt alive when the garment factory was put on fire on September 11, 2012. The ten accused includes then provincial minister for commerce and industries Rauf Siddiqui, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) … Read more
Senator belonging to the ruling Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf, Senator Faisal Javed Khan on Wednesday said that Pakistan will soon create its first sex offenders database. This announcement came after a day he said the ruling party, PTI aims to propose stricter punishments for child molesters and rapists. Speaking to the media in Islamabad, Senator … Read more
Prime Minister Imran Khan has stated that the government is working hard to bring laws to punish the perpetrators of rape. Addressing the joint session of the parliament, PM Imran Khan said the motorway incident shocked the entire concise of the society. “Ever since the incident happened, I am thinking to bring a strict law … Read more
The main accused in the motorway robbery and gang-rape case, Abid Ali was booked into 9 criminal cases prior to his involvement in the motorway case, media sources reported on Wednesday. According to details, the main accused Abid was booked in seven cases in Khichiwala police station while one case was registered against him in … Read more
The University of Karachi (KU) has introduced a new hybrid model of examinations. This new model includes physical examinations, assignmnets submitted online and evaluation of marks based on online clases. On Wednesday, the Karcahi Uiversity Vice-Chancellor Professsor Dr Khalid Iraqi announced the new model of examinations which willbe conducted from september 21. according to him … Read more
Qatar has refused to restore its ties with Israel, sources in the media reported. According to the news agency, a senior Qatar official stated that restoring ties with Israel is not the solution to the Palestinian problem. In an interview, a senior spokesperson at the Foreign Office cleared that Qatar will not establish ties with … Read more
Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa visited the house of Lieutenant Nasir Hussain Khalid Shaheed where he met with his family. According to the statement issued by the Director-General of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Major General Qamar Javed Bajwa offered Fateha for the departed soul. The army chief paid homage to the brave soldier … Read more
Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz leader and Leader of the opposition in the National Assembly, Shehbaz Sharif has apologized for his remarks in the National Assembly where he praised the former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Earlier, he had credited Nawaz Sharif for having the Sialkot motorway constructed during his tenure as prime minister. “Since this incident … Read more
Amid the increase of coronavirus, there has been a decrease in social gatherings and get together, but much recently, there has been an increase in virtual watch parties as a way to get together with friends and cousins. To stay with this flow, Facebook is also getting into this action. The world’s largest social networking … Read more
Speaking at a private TV channel, Prime Minister Imran Khan called for chemically castrating the sex offenders. He was talking in reference to the motorway robbery and gang-rape case and Marwah case. “It [rape] should be graded like murder, first degree, and second degree,” he said, adding that “Chemical castration should take place. I have … Read more
Chairman CPEC Asim Saleem Bajwa has met with the Chinese Ambassador He Yao Jing. In a tweet, Chairman CPEC stated that the Chinese Ambassador thanked Pakistan for expeditious work on Rashakai SEZ Developemnt Agreement. “Our focus remained on framework to bring private sector in Agriculture and industrialization,” he tweeted. [embedpost slug=”asim-bajwa-rebuts-ahmed-nooranis-baseless-allegations/”]
The Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has said that Covid-19 vaccines being developed in China may be ready for use by the general public as early as November, an Official at the Centre announced. According to the details, China has four COVID-19 vaccines in the final stage of clinical trials and at least … Read more
