Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Wednesday congratulated his party after the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) disqualified PTI Senator Faisal Vawda as a lawmaker over alleged concealment of his dual nationality while contesting the National Assembly (NA) election on a Karachi seat during the 2018 general elections. Read more: ECP disqualifies Faisal … Read more
WASHINGTON – Low-income and uninsured people in the United States are facing hurdles to obtain COVID-19 antivirals, NBC News has reported. Though the COVID-19 antiviral pills are an easier, cheaper and more effective method of treating the virus, they are not easy to obtain, especially for those who are low-income or uninsured, said the U.S. … Read more
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced the appointment of the coaching panel for the historic home series against Australia. The PCB stated that Saqlain Mushtaq will continue his duties as the head coach of the national team for another calendar year. He has served as an acting head coach for the Green Shirts during … Read more
Pakistan has urged the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) to concentrate on combating the rising phenomenon of Islamophobia, which now forms part of far-right and neo-fascist parties’ manifestos. “We are witnessing the global resurgence in intolerance, discrimination, racism, negative stereotyping, and violence against persons, on the basis of religion or belief,” Ambassador Aamir Khan, … Read more
CANBERRA – Australia on Wednesday reported more than 30,000 new coronavirus cases before international borders set to reopen to fully vaccinated tourists within weeks after almost two years. Nationally there were 70 deaths reported on Wednesday, including 24 in Queensland, 21 in Victoria, 20 in New South Wales, two in both Tasmania and South Australia, … Read more
OTTAWA – A Canadian province on Tuesday decided to start phasing out COVID-19 restrictive measures, local media reported. Jason Kenney, premier of the western Canadian province of Alberta, announced the province’s vaccine passport will end at midnight Tuesday, with most other COVID-19 health rules cancelled in three weeks. Strong vaccination rates, declining hospital cases and … Read more
Indian tennis star Sania Mirza wants her husband Shoaib Malik, Pakistani veteran all-rounder, to play for a few more years because of his fitness. Malik recently turned 40, and it appears that he has no plans to stop doing what he loves. Sania claimed in an exclusive interview with Cricket Pakistan that Malik has a … Read more
Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar on Wednesday said the health card initiative is the first step towards the goal of Riyasat-i-Madina while adding that the journey of progress will continue under the leadership of Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan. While addressing the health card launching ceremony in Faisalabad, he said Punjab has allocated Rs400 billion … Read more
ULAN BATOR – Mongolia reported 1,192 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the national tally to 452,882, the health ministry said Wednesday. More than half of the latest confirmed cases were detected in rural areas, the ministry said, adding that daily COVID-19 infections is expected to increase in rural areas due to … Read more
NEW DELHI – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 42,410,976 on Wednesday, as 71,365 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, the federal Health Ministry’s latest data showed. Besides, as many as 1,217 deaths due to the pandemic since Tuesday morning took the total death toll to 505,279. There are still … Read more
Muttahida Quami Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) on Wednesday challenged fresh delimitation of constituencies under Sindh Local Government Act 2021 in the Sindh High Court (SHC). MQM-P convener Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui and other leaders filed a constitutional petition assailing the notification issued by the Sindh government for new delimitation on December 31, 2021. Read more: Shehbaz urges MQM … Read more
FAISALABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Wednesday that it was a difficult decision to invest as many as Rs400 billion in the national health insurance programme. Speaking in a ceremony held to kick-off the Insaf Sehat Health Card programme in Faisalabad, the premier said that in the past medical treatment of chronic illness was … Read more
British tennis star Andy Murray has said that he will not take part in the French Open and an entire clay-court season. He further added that he will play grass-court events and try his best to enter the prestigious Wimbledon 2022. After a second-round exit at this year’s Australian Open, the two-time Wimbledon champion is … Read more
BUENOS AIRES – COVID-19-related deaths in Argentina exceeded 123,000 after 284 new fatalities were reported in the last 24 hours, the Health Ministry said Tuesday. According to its daily report, 32,790 new COVID-19 cases were registered in the day, bringing the national count to 8,648,075. Currently, there are 268,865 active cases, with intensive care unit … Read more
Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid reiterated on Wednesday that Prime Minister Imran Khan faced no threat from the opposition parties and stressed that they would face defeat if opted for a no-confidence motion against the premier. Talking to the media persons in Islamabad, he said that the network of NADRA offices would be spread to the … Read more
SEOUL – South Korea’s daily number of COVID-19 cases hit a new record high amid the spread of the Omicron variant, the health authorities said Wednesday. According to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA), the country reported 49,567 more cases of COVID-19 for the past 24 hours, raising the total number of infections … Read more
As part of a significant shake-up of the struggling team, England has dropped James Anderson and Stuart Broad, the country’s two all-time leading Test wicket-takers, for their trip to the West Indies. Anderson, who has 640 Test wickets, and Broad, who has 537, are two of the eight players dropped from England’s disastrous Ashes series … Read more
ACCRA – Ghanaian health authorities have set up at least 6,000 vaccination centers nationwide to accelerate COVID-19 immunization, Health Minister Kwaku Agyeman-Manu said Tuesday. The country had a stock of 10 million COVID-19 vaccines available for the current vaccination drive in addition to the 16 million already administered, he said. “We are deploying vaccines and … Read more
Yami Gautam starrer suspense drama A Thursday is all set for its release and the trailer is here to entice the fans. Gautam, while taking to her Instagram, disclosed the first look of the upcoming thriller that captivated the fans hugely. Read more: Yami Gautam claims that marrying Aditya has more benefits The 30-second-trailer gripped … Read more
NANNING – South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region reported 72 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, the regional health commission said Wednesday. Of the new cases, two had been reported as asymptomatic carriers before, the health commission added. The region also reported five imported COVID-19 cases and four imported asymptomatic infections on Tuesday. Read … Read more
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan on Tuesday reported 50 deaths caused by COVID-19 after a period of four months, increasing the country’s overall death toll to 29,601, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said on Wednesday. Earlier, the country confirmed the death of 54 people in a single day on Oct. 4, 2021, before the number … Read more
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Wednesday announced the 16-man squad for the home Test series against Australia, scheduled to start from March 4 in Rawalpindi. Three changes have been made from the squad that was announced against Bangladesh last year. Pacer Haris Rauf has joined the squad replacing off-spinner Bilal Asif. On the other hand, … Read more
WELLINGTON – New Zealand recorded 204 new community cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, the Ministry of Health said in a statement. Among the 204 new community infections, 135 are in the largest city Auckland, 35 in Waikato, 11 in Bay of Plenty, eight in Northland, two in the Lakes and MidCentral regions each, three in … Read more
BEIJING – The Chinese mainland on Tuesday recorded 73 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said on Wednesday. Of the new local infections, 72 were reported in Guangxi and one in Liaoning, the commission said in its daily report. Tuesday also saw seven provincial-level regions reporting 37 imported COVID-19 cases, said the commission. … Read more
As the release of Gangubai Kathiawadi is at hand, the lead star Alia Bhatt has gone all white in her Instagram appearances to popularize the character of Gangubai. Bhatt could be seen wearing white traditional attires in a few of her recent Instagram posts, much of muchness with Gangubai. Read more: Alia Bhatt went retro … Read more
WELLINGTON: New Zealand anti-vaccine mandate protesters faced off with police outside parliament Wednesday, as demonstrators camped inside the Wellington legislature’s grounds vowed to stay “as long as it takes”. The protest, which began Tuesday as a copycat of a “Freedom Convoy” action by Canadian truckers, turned tense as about 100 police stood guard on the … Read more
New Zealand Cricket (NZC) called oof the T20I series against Australia scheduled to begin next month. The board added that the decision was taken due to strict Covid-19 border controls. NZC chief David White said a government decision to push back plans to open the border forced the cancellation of the three-match series, slated to … Read more
As protests over the ban on Muslim headscarves in the southern Indian state of Karnataka intensified, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that Pakistan will summon Indian high commissioner and record its protest over the issue. Read more: Indian state closes schools as a ‘hijab ban’ sparks protests A video posted on Twitter showing … Read more
