Saturday, June 13th, 2020
Plane crash: Grieving families want DNA reports sent to Lahore
KARACHI, JUNE 13 (DNA) – Grieving families of the victims of the PIA plane crash want DNA samples of their loved ones to be sent to Lahore. They held a press conference in Karachi on Saturday. The families said the samples have been mishandled in Sindh. Arif Iqbal, who lost his wife and three children in the crash, questioned the organisation that made the DNA reports. “They were not even checking if the body was of a male or female. They had no intention to check. They scare the familiesRead More
HEC commission denounces cut in higher education budget
Approves Funding policy for FY 2020-21, Revises Tenure Track Statutes, Appoints Chairperson ETC, Introduces New Policy against Sexual Harassment, and Regulations for Installation and Use of Security Cameras in Universities ISLAMABAD, JUNE 13 (DNA) – The two-day 36th Meeting of the Commission, the governing body of Higher Education Commission, concluded on Saturday. Chairman HEC Tariq Banuri chaired the meeting, which was conducted online. The Commission unanimously deplored the sudden cut in the higher education budget by another Rs.5.90 billion from the committed Indicative Budget Ceiling of Rs.70.00 billion for FYRead More
RCCI urges FBR to review its revenue target for next fiscal year
RAWALPINDI, JUNE 13 (DNA) – The Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) has urged the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to review its revenue targets for fiscal year 2020-21. The revenue target in the budget has been set to 4963 billion without assessing the ground realities and Corona threat. The economy got hit by Corona badly and as PBS Pakistan economy suffered more than 3000 billion loss in one quarter. RCCI President Saboor Malik in a statement said that the business community is not satisfied at all on budgetRead More
Taliban fighters attack security checkpoint
KABUL, JUNE 13 / DNA / = At least nine policemen were killed in clashes with the Taliban militants in Ghor and Kandahar provinces. Fakhrudin, the district police chief for Pasaband, Ghor, said that Taliban fighters stormed a security outpost on Friday midnight in the district. At least seven policemen were killed, one police officer was wounded and another is missing, Fakhrudin said. According to him, the militants have seized all equipment of the outpost. The police commander, however, claimed that the Afghan forces have also inflicted casualties onRead More
Islamabad’s G-9/2, 3 areas sealed after spike in Covid-19 cases
ISLAMABAD: The authorities have sealed G-9/2, G-9/3 and Karachi Company areas of Islamabad after a sharp increase in COVID-19 cases reported in the capital city. The Islamabad administration on Thursday decided to impose full-scale lockdown at the coronavirus hot-spots of the city. According to Deputy Commissioner Islamabad, Hamza Shafqat, the Islamabad Capital Territory administration has sealed various areas including G-9/2, G-9/3, Karachi Company commercial area and adjoining localities last night after 250 to 300 people were diagnosed with COVID-19. The deputy commissioner has said that the shops of food items and essentialRead More
Punjab, Sindh coronavirus cases cross 50,000 mark
LAHORE, JUNE 13 (DNA) – Two of the most populated provinces in the country, Punjab and Sindh, crossed 50,000 coronavirus cases on Saturday, according to the government’s COVID-19 portal. In the last 24 hours, Punjab reported 2,705 cases taking the provincial tally to 50,087, while Sindh’s COVID-19 cases total is at 51,518 after 2,262 new cases were reported. Punjab has reported the highest number of fatalities at 938, while 816 people have lost the battle to the deadly virus in Sindh. Following the steep increase in cases, the governments ofRead More