Monday, November 9th, 2020
One more Sindh cricketer fined for breaching code of conduct
Karachi : Senior Test batsman Asad Shafiq has been fined 20 % of the match fee for a level 1 offence relating to showing dissent at an umpire’s decision yesterday during Sindh Quaid-e-Azam Trophy’s fixture against Northern at the UBL Sports Complex. The 34-year-old showed obvious disappointment and verbally questioned the umpiring decision when he was given out LBW in the 15th over of Sindh’s second innings. Asad was reported by on-field umpires Faisal Afridi and Saqib Khan at the end of the third day’s play for violating article 2.8 of the PCB Code ofRead More
Villages of Barda District in Azerbaijan attacked with rockets, heavy artillery
BAKU, NOV 9 (DNA) – On Nov 7, 2020, the villages of Barda district outside the frontline zone of Azerbaijan were intensively shelled by the Armenian armed forces with rockets and heavy artillery. Armenia, violating the existing humanitarian ceasefire, continues its criminal activities, targeting the Azerbaijani civilian population, disregarding international humanitarian law and its obligations. One civilian, a 16-year-old teenager was killed in a shell attack on a private house in Yeni Ayrija village of Barda district, thus bringing the number of Azerbaijani civilians killed as a result of Armenia’sRead More
‘Iqbal’s thoughts continue to inspire & guide’: PM pays tribute to poet on birth anniversary
ISLAMABAD : The nation is celebrating the 143rd birth anniversary of Dr Allama Muhammmad Iqbal, the Poet of the East, with national zeal and fervour today. Paying tribute to the poet, the prime minister tweeted: ” Iqbal’s thoughts continue to inspire & guide. ” He also shared a short excerpt from Iranian intellectual and author Dr Ali Shariati’s article on Allama Iqbal, which reads: “He [Iqbal] is a great mystic, with a pure spirit, delivered of materiality and, at the same time, a man who respects and honors science, technologicalRead More
COVID-19: 1,650 new infections, nine deaths reported in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD : The statistics of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) has shown that 1,670 new cases of COVID-19 and nine more deaths were recorded across the country during the last 24 hours. The tally of deaths reached up to 6,977 in Pakistan, whereas, 318,881 patients recovered from the virus. 33,340 tests were conducted and the number of active cases of COVID-19 reached up to 18,981, whereas, the total count of infections is 344,839. In Karachi, the administration of District East took actions against seven restaurants for violating coronavirusRead More
NCOC
NCOC morning session held today . The forum discussed in length recent surge in Covid positivity ratio and recent enforcement measures post NCC meeting. Chief secretaries of provinces updated the forum on administrative measures on fresh guidelines in higher positivity ratio cities in their respective provinces particularly administrative measures and enforcement efforts regarding face mask wearing and arrangements for outdoor weddings modalities to ensure fresh health guidelines. Forum noticed that Positivity ratio in major cities increasing rapidly . Over all nation wide 4.5 % positivity ratio in the country. 15Read More