Sunday, June 21st, 2020
Pakistan opening its airspace for int’l flights today to facilitate stranded overseas Pakistanis: PM
ISLAMABAD : Prime Minister Imran Khan has said Pakistan is partially opening its airspace for international flights today to facilitate the stranded overseas Pakistanis to return home. In his tweet message, the Prime Minister said, this is being done specially to help our Overseas workers who have suffered most in this pandemic, but have shown great courage & made us proud. Welcoming the expatriates returning to their homes, he assured them that the government will provide them all the facilities. The prime minister also appreciated the philanthropic role played byRead More
WORLD HYDROGRAPHY DAY: MAPPING THE OCEANS
(By Ali Basit) Hydrography is the branch of applied science which deals with the measurement and description of the physical features of the navigable portion of the earth’s surface (seas) and adjoining coastal areas, with special reference to their use for the purpose of navigation. It is the process of collecting the depth data of the water bodies and surveying them which leads to their mapping that encapsulates the shape of the seabed and all other physical features inside it, which end up into final product called a nautical chart.Read More
Govt ensuring availability of remdesivir for critical Covid-19 patients: Mirza
ISLAMABAD : Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Health Dr Zafar Mirza says the government is ensuring sufficient supplies of remdesivir for critical Covid-19 patients. He in a statement said the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) issued import and registration letters for emergency use of the antiviral drug. He pointed out the FDA lately authorised remdesivir to treat coronavirus patients. The special assistant said two importers and fourteen local manufacturers were given permits in view of rising demand for the drug that can be used in treatingRead More
Cabinet body okays import of furnace oil
KARACHI: A sub-committee of the federal cabinet on energy has decided to allow the import of furnace oil to fulfil needs of power stations in the country. The committee meeting chaired by Federal Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar reviewed electricity production in the country and progress on China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects. The meeting also reviewed hydro-power projects including Kohala Hydel Project and Azad Pattan Hydropower Project, both of them in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK). The cabinet okayed the agreements needed to be made for initiatingRead More
Trump says he urged team to ‘slow’ COVID-19 testing
WASHINGTON : US President Donald Trump said Saturday he was encouraging health officials in his administration to slow down coronavirus testing, arguing that increased tests lead to more cases being discovered. The president has claimed falsely on several occasions that surges of COVID-19 in several states can be explained by greater numbers of diagnostic tests. At his first rally since the outbreak forced nationwide shutdowns in March, Trump told the crowd in Tulsa, Oklahoma that testing was a “double-edged sword.” The United States — which has more deaths and cases thanRead More
Stats show how Klopp’s ‘heavy metal’ Liverpool hit the right notes
Liverpool are on the cusp of winning their first ever Premier League trophy and their stellar run has highlighted how manager Juergen Klopp transformed a club struggling to mount consistent title challenges into one of the best teams in the world. With 27 wins and 82 points under their belt after only one defeat all season, red-hot Liverpool set a record-breaking pace to leave teams behind them in their wake and are six points shy of ending a 30-year wait for the top-flight title. Compared to Klopp’s predecessor Brendan Rodgers,Read More