Tuesday, August 25th, 2020
JACINDA ARDERN-A TORCH BEARER
ALI SUKHANVER All places of worship must be safe and secure; it is one of the basic human rights of all religious sections of a society. Be it a temple, a mosque, a Buddhist monastery or a Church; all places of worship are sacred and sublime but forceful conversion of a Church into a Buddhist monastery or of a mosque into a temple is however a crime. Mishaps do occur, unpleasant incidents are always in possibility but wise rulers lessen the acidity of such unpleasant incidents with their kind wisdom.Read More
Zardari’s close aide moves SC for bail, notice issued
ISLAMABAD : The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a notice to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on a petition of former president Asif Ali Zardari’s close aide Anwar Majeed seeking bail in the multi-billion fake accounts case. A division bench of the apex court comprising Justice Mushir Alam and Justice Qazi Amin directed the bureau’s prosecutor general to file comments by next hearing. Anwar Majeed, who is also the owner of Omni Group, moved the petition seeking bail on medical grounds. The hearing of the case was adjourned until SeptRead More
Fawad defends PTI social media team, condemns PPP for ‘campaigning’ against it
ISLAMABAD : Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry condemned defended PTI’s social media team, accusing the rival PPP of targeting it in a ‘campaign’. The minister took to Twitter on Tuesday to defend the ruling party’s social media team, praising them for doing ‘great’ work from the Pulwama to the coronavirus crises. “From Pulwama to COVID-19, PTI’s social media team has played a great role in every crisis so far. I condemn PPP’s campaign against these young people,” he said. The minister added that when he had suggestedRead More
Farooq Sattar slams outgoing mayor over ‘shedding crocodile tears’
KARACHI : Dr Farooq Sattar, former senior leader of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), on Tuesday termed Mayor Wasim Akhtar’s outburst at yesterday’s farewell press conference “crocodile tears”. He said the Karachi mayor kept mum over four years of his tenure by operating in collusion (muk mukka) with parties he has now been complaining about. Farooq Sattar said the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) got Rs4 billion grant from the Sindh government every year for uplift schemes besides funds from the federal government yet the mayor had been griping about lackRead More
Active coronavirus cases fall below 10,000 mark as more recuperate
ISLAMABAD : The novel coronavirus claimed nine more lives across the country over the past 24 hours, lifting the death toll to 6, 255. According to latest figures released by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), the deadly virus infected 450 more people during this period, raising the tally of cases to 293,711. As many as 24,231 samples were tested for the presence of Covid-19, out of which 450 turned out to be positive. The number of active cases of the disease has gone down to 9,031 as 278,Read More