August, 2020
England, weather continue to frustrate Pakistan in third Test
England wicketkeeper Jos Buttler completed his century on the second day of the third Test against Pakistan on Southampton. The home side were 373-4 at lunch with Zak Crawley and Jos Buttler unbeaten at 186 and 113 respectively. The duo have already put on a partnership of 246 runs for the fifth wicket and needed just nine more to record the highest fifth-wicket partnership for the Three Lions in the history of Test cricket. Earlier, the morning session was interrupted twice due to rain. Day One England are in aRead More
President congratulates Turkey on biggest natural gas discovery
ISLAMABAD, AUG 22 (DNA) – President Dr Arif Alvi has congratulated to the Turkish leadership and people as the country announced making biggest natural gas discovery in the Black Sea. The amount of gas reserves in the discovered field could meet Turkey’s total gas consumption for seven to eight years without any additional gas imports. In the felicitation message, the President said Pakistan must congratulate their friends, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the people of Turkey, on their biggest natural gas discovery in the Black Sea. He said friends revelRead More
CPEC enters new stage of high-quality development: Chinese FM
HAIKOU, AUG 22 (DNA) – The construction of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor has entered a new stage of high-quality development and will continue to play an important role in the revitalization of Pakistan, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said. Wang made the remarks when holding the second strategic dialogue between China and Pakistan with visiting Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi in south China’s Hainan Province. Both parties will push to complete the projects under construction in time, create more job opportunities, vigorously improve the people’s livelihood,Read More
FM Qureshi returns after two-day visit to China
ISLAMABAD, AUG 22 (DNA) – Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi returned to Pakistan after completion of his two-day official visit to China.The foreign minister visited China to attend the 2nd Round of China-Pakistan Foreign Ministers’ Strategic Dialogue held in Chinese Hainan province wherein he also met State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and discussed bilateral and regional matters. According to a joint statement issued by the Foreign Office, the two sides exchanged views on COVID-19 pandemic, bilateral relations and international and regional issues of mutual interest, and reached consensusRead More
Afghanistan reports 59 new COVID-19 cases, tally at 37,953
KABUL, AUG 22 (DNA) – Afghanistan on Saturday reported 59 new COVID-19 cases within the past 24 hours with no death and recovery reported during the period, the country’s Ministry of Public Health confirmed. “Within the past 24 hours, 238 suspected cases were tested, out of which 59 cases were tested coronavirus positive in six provinces of the country’s 34 provinces,” the ministry said in a statement. A total of 1,385 COVID-19 patients have succumbed to the virus and 27,990 patients have recovered since the outbreak of the pandemic inRead More
First-ever mobile police station launched in Balochistan
QUETTA, AUG 22 (DNA) – The Balochistan government has launched its first-ever mobile police station in Quetta, said CM Balochistan Jam Kamal in a tweet. “First mobile police station equipped with internet and other necessities has been launched in Quetta in the first phase,” announced CM Jam Kamal in a tweet on Friday. The mobile station was set up in Quetta on a trial basis. “The purpose of establishing police station is to ensure immediate registration of public complaints and subsequent government action on them,” said CM Balochistan. He furtherRead More