LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Thursday appointed an amicus curiae on a public interest petition against secret filming, recording or photographing of individuals especially of women both at private and public places without their knowledge or consent. Salman Sufi, a social activist who works for women’s empowerment, has filed the petition. Advocate Ans Mashood … Read more
WASHINGTON: The US industrial production climbed in November to its highest level since the Covid-19 pandemic began, the Federal Reserve said on Thursday. The 0.5 per cent overall gain in the month was less than expected but brought the index to its highest level since September 2019, and 5.3 per cent above its level in … Read more
JAKARTA: The World Bank has estimated that Indonesia’s economy would grow by 3.7 per cent in 2021 and by 5.2 per cent in 2022, if there would be no other severe waves of Covid-19 and the country’s vaccination rate continues to be high. The World Bank sees Indonesia’s economy continuing to recover with various sources … Read more
COLOMBO, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) — Sri Lanka’s health authorities on Thursday said vaccine cards had been made mandatory for all local and foreign tourists who were visiting religious sites in the country in order to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Officials from the Health Ministry said that tourists and locals should carry their … Read more
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz candidate Rana Mohammad Saleem won the PP-206 (Khanewal) by-election after securing 46,700 votes in a low turn-out contest held on Thursday, confirmed unofficial reports. The seat fell vacant after the death of PML-N’s Nishat Khan Daha who breathed his last on October 23. In 2018 general elections, Nishat Daha secured this … Read more
JAKARTA, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) — Indonesia reported 213 more people infected by COVID-19 on Thursday, raising the total tally of infections to 4,259,857, with the death toll adding by 10 in the past 24 hours, bringing the number to 143,979, according to the data from the Health Ministry. The biggest number of the new cases … Read more
MADRID, Dec 16, 2021 (AFP) – Four more Real Madrid players, including Gareth Bale, tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday, joining Marcelo and Luka Modric, whose positives were announced the day before. “Real Madrid C. F. informs that our players Marco Asensio, Gareth Bale, Andriy Lunin and Rodrygo, and our head assistant coach Davide Ancelotti have … Read more
COPENHAGEN, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) — The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Regional Office for Europe on Thursday urged people to exercise caution this holiday season, as the region is now coping with two highly transmissible coronavirus strains that have the potential to overload the already overburdened health systems. “The European region was the epicenter of the … Read more
YAOUNDÉ, Dec 16, 2021 (AFP) – Supporters attending matches at next month’s Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon will be required to show proof of vaccination and present a negative Covid-19 test result, officials announced Thursday. The announcement was made in a joint statement signed by Cameroon’s ministers for sport and health as well as the Confederation of … Read more
LONDON, Dec 16, 2021 (AFP) – Britons including the Queen were shifting plans Thursday ahead of Christmas, as soaring Omicron Covid cases led to cancelled parties, advice to “prioritise” certain social interactions and France banning UK visitors. Britain saw a record daily tally of nearly 79,000 new infections Wednesday, but the government has so far stopped … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Thursday said with members of the international community and the Taliban at the same platform, the upcoming Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Islamabad would prove a stepping stone in finding solutions to the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. The foreign minister, flanked by Information Minister Chaudhry Fawad Hussain … Read more
LONDON: The Bank of England on Thursday unexpectedly lifted interest rates to 0.25 per cent from a record low 0.10 per cent, and flagged more hikes to combat decade-high inflation, despite Omicron fears. The BoE’s monetary policy committee voted 8-1 in favour of the first interest rate hike in more than three years, but unanimously … Read more
PCB announced that the seventh season of PSL will be held in January and February 2022 with all matches taking place in Pakistan. The league is scheduled to begin on 27 January 2022, with the final to take place on February 27. As per the sources, around 356 foreign players will be part of the … Read more
KARACHI: Chairperson BOL Media Group Ayesha Shaikh extended warmest wishes to Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on the occasion of the country’s 30th Independence Day. “My warmest wishes to President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev of Kazakhstan and the whole nation on this momentous occasion as Kazakhstan commemorates its 30 th Independence Day,” she said in a tweet. My … Read more
FRANKFURT: The European Central Bank (ECB) said on Thursday it will end its €1.85 trillion ($2.1 trillion) pandemic-era bond purchasing programme (PEPP) in March but ramp up a pre-crisis asset buying scheme to soften the transition and bolster the Eurozone economy. The ECB will wind down the pace of PEPP purchases in the first quarter … Read more
BEIJING, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) — Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Wednesday that companies from all over the world are welcome to further expand investment in China and deepen cooperation in various fields to achieve common development. Li made the remarks when attending the virtual dialogue with business leaders of the Global CEO Council in … Read more
Pakistan Cricket Board and the Cricket West Indies, in a joint statement, on Thursday announced to postpone the ODI series and rescheduled for early June after five more players tested Covid positive raising the total number of positive cases to nine since their arrival in Karachi on December 9. “On Thursday morning and as part … Read more
SHANGHAI, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) — Chinese researchers and collaborators recently found that hadal trenches, the deepest parts of an ocean, receive a large amount of mercury The study, published recently in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), was conducted by a research team led by Xu Yunping, with Shanghai Ocean University and … Read more
In Pakistan, child abuse remains a major crime, with many youngsters too young or naïve to realize what is wrong or right. In a new online series, Pakistani superhero ‘Super Sohni’ will confront the topic of child sexual abuse. Cartoons can be a good technique to educate children on such topics in a light way. … Read more
LAHORE: Lahore High Court on Thursday sought a reply from the federal government on a petition against issuing free air tickets to families of members of parliament. Read more: Lahore court extends Shehbaz, Hamza’s pre-arrest bail in Ramzan Sugar Mills case A citizen, Farid Ali, filed the petition, saying 25 annual free return airline tickets are … Read more
In this clip, an elephant snatches the hat of a woman standing next to it has gone viral on the internet. The woman declares that her sister gave her the hat, “Please can I have my hat back” she pleads as she requests the elephant to return her headgear. Surprisingly, the elephant removes the hat … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Ehsaas and World Food Programme (WFP) inked a historic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Thursday to expand the Ehsaas Nashonuma programme from 15 districts to all tehsils of Pakistan. WFP Country Director Chris Kaye and Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Division (PASSD) Secretary Ismat Tahira signed the MoU. WFP Executive Director (ED) David Beasley … Read more
Pakistan’s Capital Development Authority (CDA) has planned to build the country’s first solar-powered metro terminal. If everything goes according to plan, the project will begin in January of next year and be completed in three months. A precise strategy has been established, according to a CDA official, to give residents of the twin cities (Rawalpindi … Read more
Pak vs WI: The three-match ODI series between Pakistan and West Indies due to begin on Saturday has been postponed to July 2022 in the wake of a series of Covid-19 cases among the visiting squad. According to PCB tweet; Pakistan-West Indies ODI Series postponed, and series rescheduled for early June 2022. Also check: Pakistan vs … Read more
Aye Musht-e-Khaak seems like another ambitious project for the dynamic duo Abdullah Kadwani and Asad Qureshi. The show stars the blockbuster pairing from the super hit show Khaani– Feroze Khan and Sana Javed. Plot The drama is about two very different personalities Mustajaab (Feroze Khan) and Dua (Sana Javed), how they met and got mingled … Read more
Survivor of the Army Public School attack in 2014 recalled the tragedy asking people to introspect what they have done to serve humanity. Marking the seventh anniversary of the tragic incident, Nawaz said that it was a day of reflection. As many as 141 including 131 children were martyred in one of the country’s deadliest … Read more
MOSCOW, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) — Russia registered 28,486 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 10,131,646, the official monitoring and response center said Thursday. The nationwide death toll from COVID-19 increased by 1,133 to 294,024, while the number of recoveries increased by 37,155 to 8,876,788. Meanwhile, Moscow, Russia’s worst-hit … Read more
KARACHI: Hours after the government announced its decision to file a defamation suit against former member of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Supreme Court judge retired justice Wajihuddin Ahmed for targeting Prime Minister Imran Khan, the estranged leader said that the response from Jahangir Tareen was expected as such expenditures are always off the books. While … Read more
