Sunday, June 21st, 2020
Punjab govt makes wearing face masks in public mandatory
LAHORE – Keeping in view the rising number of coronavirus cases in the province, Punjab government has made wearing of masks mandatory in public. In a notification, the Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department under Punjab Infectious Diseases (Prevention and Control) Ordinance 2020, declared wearing masks mandatory. The provincial government directed that no service will be provided to those customers who do not wear masks. District administrations and police were directed to implement on the orders, read the notification. Pakistan has confirmed 119 deaths in a single day by novel coronavirusRead More
Senator Farogh Naseem writes to FIA over fake Twitter account
Senator Farogh Naseem has written a letter to the cyber crime cell of the Federal Investigation Agency in Islamabad requesting it to close a fake Twitter account active under his name. The account is titled Faroog Naseem. “It is continuously posting malicious and abusive content on social media,” he said. He requested the account be deleted at the earliest and “further necessary action as per law may also be taken under intimation to the undersigned”. The barrister sent a screenshot of the fake account along with the request. Naseem hasRead More
Thousands children lost their fathers in last three decades in IOK
ISLAMABAD, Jun 21 :As Father’s Day is being celebrated worldwide, today, thousands of fathers in occupied Kashmir have lost their sons at the hands of brutal Indian troops. The third Sunday in June is celebrated as the Father’s Day globally to recognize the contribution that fathers and father figures make to the lives of their children. This day celebrates fatherhood and male parenting. While according to Kashmir Media Service in Indian occupied Kashmir, hundreds of youth have lost their eyesight due to the firing of lethal pellets by Indian troopsRead More
Latin America and Caribbean top 2 million COVID-19 cases
Latin America and the Caribbean on Saturday surpassed two million coronavirus cases, with Brazil home to more than half of the infections. The virus is accelerating its spread in the region, an outbreak hotspot with 2,007,621 confirmed cases. Brazil, Latin America’s largest country, trails only the United States in infections and deaths. It has recorded 1,067,579 confirmed cases and 49,976 deaths from COVID-19. Mexico is the second hardest-hit country in the region, with than 170,000 cases and 20,349 deaths. Mexico City had been scheduled to reopen markets, restaurants and otherRead More
Captain, soldier embrace shahadat
RAWALPINDI (DNA) -Terrorists fired at Security Forces’s Patrolling party, 5 kms South East of Ghariom near North Wazaristan District and South Wazaristan District boundry . During encounter with terrorists a terrorist was also killed. In exchange of fire Captain Sabih & Sepoy Naveed embraced shahadat; while 2 soldiers got injured. Later during sanitization a Terrorist’s compound was cleared.DNA ========
PIMS executive director tests positive for coronavirus
ISLAMABAD: Executive Director at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), Islamabad Dr. Ansar Maqsood has tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). They said the PIMS head has isolated himself at home after being diagnosed with the infection that is fast spreading among healthcare professionals at the forefront of the country’s fight against the contagion. Meanwhile, an admin officer of the PIMS has also been infected by the coronavirus. The sources said 200 staffers of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences have been diagnosed as positive for the infection whileRead More