Friday, June 26th, 2020
Australia, New Zealand to host 2023 Women’s Football World Cup
Australia and New Zealand have been named as the hosts of the FIFA 2023 Women’s World Cup after beating Colombia in the bid. On Thursday, in the vote by the FIFA Council, Australia and New Zealand beat Colombia 22-13 to host the tournament which is being expanded to 32 teams. Japan pulled out on Monday after they were ranked below the joint bid by the world governing body FIFA’s evaluation report. The report highlighted the infrastructure and organizational advantages of the Australia/New Zealand bid which FIFA believed would make for aRead More
Pakistani couple shows solidarity with China against COVID-19
DNA BEIJING, June 26: Couple volunteer from foreign countries including Pakistan expressed solidarity with China against COVID-19, hoping that the World’s community would take benefit of Chinese experience of controlling the deadly virus, says a report published by China Economic Net (CEN). “Diseases do not respect borders. We don’t care about WHY, WHO or WHERE; we only care about saving lives,” said Pakistani Hamad Abdul Zahir and Mauritian Sumayyah Hosany, a married couple who worked as doctors at Panhealth Medical Center and volunteered in China’s battle against the COVID-19 pandemicRead More
Former JI ameer Syed Munawar Hasan passes away in Karachi
KARACHI: Former ameer of the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Syed Munawar hasan breathed his last on Friday at a Karachi hospital, according to a party spokesperson. He had been undergoing treatment at the hospital for the past few weeks and was recently put on the ventilator after his health condition worsened. PML-N president Shehbaz Sharif, extending his condolences to the bereaved family, said in a tweet: “Grieved to learn about the passing away of former Amir of Jamat-i-Islami Syed Munawar Hassan. His services to Pakistan and commitment to Islam were unwavering. MayRead More
United States and Europe see uptick in coronavirus cases
WASHINGTON : The United States on Thursday battled a resurgence of coronavirus cases in a number of states including Texas, while the World Health Organization warned that several European countries were also facing dangerous upticks. The pandemic — which has claimed more than 480,000 lives around the world — continued to pummel Latin America. Brazil, the hardest-hit country in the region, had close to 55,000 deaths and 1.2 million infections, while Mexico on Thursday surpassed 25,000 fatalities. In the United States, after hitting a two-month plateau, the rate of newRead More
PM Imran urges world community to hold India accountable for abuses in Kashmir
ISLAMABAD, JUNE 26: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday called on the international community to hold India accountable for its human rights abuses in occupied Jammu and Kashmir. In a message on the occasion of International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on his official social media account on Twitter, he said: “Today on International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, I call on the international community to hold India accountable for its human rights abuses in IOJK where women, men & children have faced pellet guns, sexualRead More
FPCCI hails reduction in key policy rate, urges further cut
Apex body president asks central bank to restrict banks to adjust KIBOR monthly to pass on relief to businesses The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and industry (FPCCI) president Mian Anjum Nisar on Friday hailed the central bank to reduce discount rate by 100 basis points to 7% in an unscheduled meeting of Monetary Policy Committee which has so far dropped the key interest rate by 6.25% from 13.25% since March 17, 2020. He said the rate slash is a welcome move, but only 100bps (basis points) reduction isRead More