Friday, August 14th, 2020
President Alvi reaffirms Pakistan’s support to Kashmir cause on Independence Day
ISLAMABAD : A flag hoisting ceremony was held at President House this morning as a part of the celebrations of the country’s 74th Independence Day. Addressing the ceremony after hoisting national flag, President Dr Arif Alvi said the country faced multiple challenges after it came into existence in 1947 as it rendered thousands of sacrifices in war on terror and eventually overcame the menaces of terrorism and extremism. He said Pakistan generously hosted as many as 3.5 million Afghan refugees, out whom 2.7 million are still residing in the country,Read More
COVID-19 vaccine will be free for Americans: officials
If a COVID-19 vaccine is proven effective, the US will ensure it’s distributed for free to all Americans, officials said Thursday, underscoring there will be no shortcuts on safety. “We are not at all reducing the regulatory rigor with which we will evaluate and hopefully approve vaccines,” Paul Mango, a senior health department official, told reporters. Washington has invested more than $10 billion in six vaccine projects and signed contracts guaranteeing the delivery of hundreds of millions of doses should they be approved following clinical trials. The vaccine doses themselvesRead More
Govt to approach British Council, Cambridge, British High Commission over CIE results
ISLAMABAD : Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood shared on Thursday that the government will approach the British Council, Cambridge, and the British High Commission over the unfair grading in the O and A level meted out to Pakistani students. The minister said the Pakistani students appearing in the Cambridge exams have largely been graded unfairly which has spoiled their hard work. “We are approaching the British High Commission and British Council to address this serious miscarriage of justice and hopefully, a redressal mechanism would be found out,” said Mahmood. RegardingRead More
Change of guard ceremonies held at Quaid, Iqbal’s mausoleums
KARACHI : An impressive change of guard ceremony was held at the mausoleum of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder of the nation, to mark the country’s 74th Independence Day. A smartly turned out cadets of the Pakistan Naval Academy assumed the ceremonial guard duties at the mausoleum. Commandant Pakistan Naval Academy Commodore Mushtaq Ahmed graced the occasion as the chief guest. He inspected the cadets during a parade paying tribute to the founder of the nation and later laid a floral wreath at the Quaid’s Mazar, offered Fateha and recordedRead More
Palestine rejects UAE decision on Jerusalem
RAMALA The Palestinian leadership announces its strong rejection and condemnation of the surprising American, Israeli, and Emirati tripartite declaration on a complete normalization of relations between the Israeli occupation state and the United Arab Emirates, in exchange for claiming a temporary suspension of the plan to annex Palestinian lands and extend Israeli sovereignty over them, and in light of the occupation state’s insistence on establishing an occupation And annexation of parts of the Palestinian territories, especially the city of Jerusalem, and violating the sanctities of religious sanctities, especially the blessedRead More