Friday, October 2nd, 2020
Govt raises non-practicing allowance for doctors
ISLAMABAD, OCT 02 (DNA) – Good news for the doctors working in the government hospitals of Islamabad as the federal government on Friday announced to raise their non-practicing allowance. The Finance ministry after approval of Prime Minister Imran Khan has issued a circular in this regard. The doctors working in the government hospitals of the federal capital will also get a special healthcare allowance. The doctors working in PIMS, Polyclinic, Federal General Hospital, and others will get the allowance equal to their basic salary of 2018. It may be noted that PrimeRead More
Saudi Arabia issues guidelines for travellers from Pakistan
RIYADH, OCT 02 (DNA) – The Saudi Arabian aviation authority has issued fresh guidelines for passengers from Pakistan and other countries during the coronavirus pandemic after announcing plans for gradually lifting travel restrictions. General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) stated in its circular sent to the airlines that the passengers (non-Saudis) will submit their negative PCR test reports from a verified laboratory abroad. The test report must be done no later than 72 hours before the scheduled departure to any of the airports in Saudi Arabia. It said that the condition forRead More
Nuclear physicist debunks Nawaz Sharif’s reverse engineered missile claims
ISLAMABAD, OCT 02 (DNA) – Nuclear physicist Dr Samar Mubarakmand has rejected former premier Nawaz Sharif’s assertion that Pakistan reverse engineered a US Tomahawk missile during his tenure to make the Babur cruise missile. Speaking to reporters in London, Nawaz had said that he had made “immense” contributions to the army. “I have done a lot, I have contributed a lot. We have spent billions, trillions, made the atomic bomb programme, made the JF-17 with China and half the missiles we have, I got them made,” he said. He also claimed thatRead More
India acquiring more lethal arms to kill Kashmiris, AJK President
DNA ISLAMABAD: While expressing his deep concern over reports of procurement of one million multi-mode hand grenades by India’s Defense Ministry, Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Sardar Masood said that war-monger Modi-RSS regime piling up arms and ammunition to use them against defenceless people of Illegally Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). Media reports suggest that India’s Defence Ministry has signed a Rs 4,000 million contract for procurement of new one million multi-mode hand grenades to further equip the Indian army, a major chunk of which is deployed inRead More
Lahore CCPO’s first month marked by victim-blaming, street crime
LAHORE, OCT 02 (DNA) – For all his notoriety, Lahore CCPO Umar Sheikh has only been in office for one month. His one-month in office has been marked with spectacular PR disasters in the form of victim-blaming remarks, him apologizing with folded hands before a Senate committee and a rise in street crime. The most infamous of his comments came after a woman was raped in front of her children on the Lahore-Sialkot motorway on September 9. He blamed the woman for leaving her house with petrol and not taking GT RoadRead More
No progress in CPEC Projects in Balochistan since 2017, says Sherry Rehman
DNA Islamabad, OCT 2 – Convener of the Special Committee on the project of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), Parliamentary Leader of the PPP in the Senate, Senator Sherry Rehman said, “Briefing given by the ministry and its various allied departments is insufficient and lacks details on many aspects. The departments are shifting responsibility on one another and there seems no to be institutional collaboration”. The Committee directed Secretary of the ministry to prioritize umbrella projects specified for Balochistan. Members of the Committee were of the view that no tangibleRead More