Friday, July 3rd, 2020
Karachi smart lockdown: 11 neighbourhoods sealed in Districts West, South
Six neighbourhoods in Karachi’s District West and five in District South are being sealed from today (Friday) as part of the Sindh government’s smart lockdown. These are: District West Gadap’s UC-5 Songal (Gulshan-e-Maymar Blocks X, Y and Z) Keamari’s UC-3 Keamari (Docks and Majeed Colony) Baldia UC-5 Saeedabad (Block 5G, 5J and A3) SITE UC-4 Metroville (Blocks 1,2,3,4 and 5) Orangi’s UC-11 Data Nagar (Area A/B) Orangi’s UC-12 Mujahid Colony (Millatabad and Gullamabad Aligarh Colony) District South Civil Lines (Khayaban-e-Rahat, Clifton Block 4, 5 and Bath Island localities) Arambagh (KhoriRead More
MPC has disposed of 4593 cases upto June 30: Chairman
DNA Islamabad, July 03: Missing Persons Commission has disposed of 4593 cases upto June 30, 2020 as per monthly progress report released by Farid Ahmed Khan, Secretary (ColoED) on cases of alleged enforced disappearances for the month of June 2020. A total number of 6674 cases were received by the Missing Persons Commission upto May 2020. During June 2020, 12 more cases were received by the commission and total numbers of cases reached to 6686. The Missing Persons Commission disposed of 49 cases in June 2020 and thus total disposal of Missing Persons upto JuneRead More
Chinese minister bids farewell to Pak envoy Naghmana Hashmi
DNA BEIJING, July 3 : Ambassador of Pakistan to China Ms. Naghmana Alamgir Hashmi was accorded farewell after one-year tenure in Beijing, China Economic Net reported on Friday. Moin-ul-Haque, currently serving as Ambassador of Pakistan to Paris will replace Hashmi as the new envoy to Beijing. Vice Foreign Minister of China Luo Zhaohui met with ambassador Naghmana Hashmi on Thursday. On the occasion, Luo conveyed his thankfulness to Hashmi for her great contribution to promoting friendly exchanges and cooperation between China and Pakistan, and expressed the hope thatRead More
Macron removes French PM Philippe
Edouard Philippe has handed in the resignation of the government to the president of the republic, who has accepted it PARIS (DNA) : French President Emmanuel Macron has removed Edouard Philippe, his prime minister, and will shortly name a replacement and a new cabinet for the last two years of his presidency. “Mr Edouard Philippe has handed in the resignation of the government to the president of the republic, who has accepted it,” said a brief statement from the Elysée Palace on Friday. “He will ensure, with the members ofRead More
COVID-19: United States provides 100 ventilators
Ambassador Paul Jones remarked, “The United States stands with Pakistan in its fight against coronavirus STAFF REPORT ISLAMABAD : The United States Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), in cooperation with Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority, has donated a shipment of 100 brand-new, state-of-the-art ventilators to support Pakistan in its fight against COVID-19. The ventilators arrived in Karachi on July 2 and will be deployed in hospitals across Pakistan. This donation delivers on President Donald Trump’s generous offer of these critically needed supplies and supports Pakistan’s urgentRead More
Second group of Pakistan cricketers departs for England
LAHORE, JULY 03 (DNA) : The second group of Pakistan cricketers departed for Manchester on Friday to join the national squad for England tour comprising three Tests and as many Twenty20 Internationals. The players – including Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Rizwan, Shadab Khan and Wahab Riaz – will integrate with the side in Worcestershire after testing negative for COVID-19 in the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) testing programme. Let it be known that these cricketers were among the ten players initially who had tested positive forRead More