Friday, September 4th, 2020
NIH to train 400 clinical, hospital management staff countrywide
ISLAMABAD, SEPT 4 – The National Institute of Health (NIH) Islamabad will train around 400 clinical and hospital management staff working at different hospitals across the Country under its series of training and capacity building workshops. The NIH Islamabad started to arrange a series of training and capacity building workshops for clinical preparedness and response to COVID-19 all over Pakistan. The successions of these training of trainers on Clinical/Hospital management in the context of COVID-19 will help healthcare facilities and personnel strengthen their response to COVID-19, and to improve theRead More
Several injured in Quetta blast
QUETTA, SEPT 4 – Pakistan: Several people have reportedly suffered injuries in a blast on Sariab road in Quetta. Sources said that the explosive device was planted in a motorcycle parked in front of a mosque. They said that the blast went off when the people were leaving the mosque after offering the Friday prayers. The injured persons were shifted to the Civil Hospital for medical treatment. Meanwhile, the security forces cordoned off the area and initiated a search operation.
KE requests NEPRA for further tariff increase mere two days after price hike
KARACHI : K-Electric on Friday requested the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) to authorise a further increase in electricity prices for residents of the port city, merely two days after the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) approved an increase in the price of electricity to be charged to its consumers. KE, in its request to NEPRA, has asked for a further increase of Rs1.54 per unit along with permission for an additional investment of Rs143.86 billion. A hearing in this regard will be held on September 16. The ECC hadRead More
PIAF wants serious steps to win investors’ confidence as FDI declining
DNA LAHORE, SEPT 4 – Raising grave concern over the falling trend of foreign direct investment the Pakistan Industrial and Traders Associations Front (PIAF) has said that the FDI has declined to $114 million in July 2020, indicating that the government has failed to win the confidence of foreign investors in the national economy due to continued rupee deprecation and uncertainty. The FDI is over 34 percent lower versus $174.8 million received in the month of June 2020. The number, however, surged over 60% against $72 million recorded a yearRead More
Trump refers to US marines killed in WWII battle as ‘losers’: report
US President Donald Trump bashed US Marines buried in a WWI cemetery in France and called them “losers” for getting killed in action. The report, penned by the magazine’s editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg, said Trump had refused to visit the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery near Paris in 2018 because “he feared his hair would become disheveled in the rain,” although the official explanation offered by aides was that the helicopter due to take him there could not fly due to weather. “In a conversation with senior staff members on the morning ofRead More
September 6, 1965; An important day in the history of Pakistan
DNA FAISALABAD, SEPT 4 – On September 6, 1965, India tried to kill Pakistan at night. September 6, 1965 is the most important day in the history of Pakistan. On September 6, 1965, Indian Army crossed the international board without declaring war and entered in Pakistan. There is an airport in Jhumra Tehsil of Faisalabad which was used by Pakistan Air Force during 1965 war. Our Shaheens used this airport as an airbase to defend and support ground forces at Lahore and nearest boarders. Old folks say, Queen Victoria landedRead More