Sunday, August 9th, 2020
Fawad welcomes video-link indictment of Zardari, wants virtual court hearing for Nawaz
ISLAMABAD : Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry welcomed Sunday the use of technology in court proceedings saying an accountability court is going to indict former president Asif Ali Zardari in a graft case via video link tomorrow. In a tweet, he questioned why technology is not being used to hear cases against former prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supreme leader Nawaz Sharif who is in London. He said cases against the ex-premier be heard at once with Nawaz Sharif joining the trial proceedings via video link.Read More
10 Billion Tree Tsunami: Pakistan launches biggest-ever tree plantation drive
Islamabad : Prime Minister Imran Khan will launch the biggest tree plantation drive today to plant 3.5 million saplings across the country in a day. Over a million volunteers of the Prime Minister’s Tiger Force will also plant trees as part of Ten Billion Tree Tsunami initiative, marking “Tiger Force Day” as earlier announced by the prime minister. In a message on Saturday, the prime minister had said he has also asked the members of parliament, ministers and chief ministers to participate in the plantation drive. Expressing hope that theRead More
Pakistan’s coronavirus recoveries top 260,000, active cases drop
ISLAMABAD : A total of 634 new coronavirus cases and eight associated deaths were reported across the country over the last 24 hours, taking the national tally of infections to 284,121 and fatalities to 6,082. According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), as many as 23,390 samples were tested for Covid-19 during the previous 24 hours, out of which 634 turned out to be positive. Of the total Covid-19 patients, 260,248 have recuperated from the disease so far as the number of active cases stands at 17,791. OutRead More
Loya Jirga agrees to release 400 Taliban prisoners
DNA Kabul, (DNA) – Afghanistan’s Loya Jirga on Saturday, urged the government to release the remaining 400 Taliban prisoners so as to move forward intra-Afghan talks. The Loya Jirga was called to determine the fate of the prisoners, convened Friday and wrapped up on Saturday. Over 3,200 including at least 700 women delegates participated which were split up into 50 working committees and discussed the prisoner release issue. All 50 committees recommended the government to free the 400 controversial prisoners. Abdullah Abdullah, the chairman of the 2020 AfghanistanRead More