Tuesday, November 10th, 2020
Chinese anti-counterfeiting technology helps Pakistan combat illicit trade
DNA BEIJING, Nov. 10 – Chinese anti-counterfeiting technology helps Pakistan combat illicit trade, according to a report published by China Economic Net (CEN). Pakistani enterprises of diverse industries exhibited their products at the ongoing 3rd China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai. Among all the exhibits, a small anti-counterfeiting mark unfolds how close the Pak-Sino economic ties are. In Pakistan, tobacco use contributes to a significant number of early deaths, high healthcare costs and lost productivity. Increasing the unit price on tobacco products through taxes is the most effective tobaccoRead More
Australia supports cricket training for blind women
DNA ISLAMABAD, NOV 10 – The Australian High Commission sponsored a five-day cricket training for visually impaired women and girls from across Pakistan, organised in collaboration with the Pakistan Blind Cricket Council (PBCC) on 5-10 November. The training builds on Australia’s support to PBCC in the formation of Pakistan’s first blind women cricket team in 2018, which played its first international Twenty20 game last year. Speaking at the award-giving ceremony at the conclusion of the training today, the Australian High Commissioner to Pakistan Dr Geoffrey Shaw shared that Australia’s supportRead More
Russia brokers deal between Azerbaijan, Armenia
Deal ensures a complete ceasefire and cessation of all hostilities is announced in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone effective 00:00 Moscow time on 10 November 2020 MOSCOW (DNA) –Russian has brokered a peace deal between Azerbaijan and Armneia thus putting an end to war. The peace deal was signed in the presence of Russian and Azerbaijani presidents. The deal reads as “We, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan I.H.Aliyev, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia N.V. Pashinyan and the President of the Russian Federation V.V Putin, declared theRead More
Military officials to brief lawmakers on national security
ISLAMABAD : Speaker of the National Assembly Asad Qaisar has summoned a meeting of lawmakers of both upper and lower houses of Parliament for a briefing on the prevailing national security situation on Wednesday (tomorrow). Military officials will brief the lawmakers on the security situation during the meeting to be held at 2pm A formal invitation for the meeting has been extended to Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, PML-N leader Khawaja Muhammad Asif, and PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal leader Asad Mahmood, PML-Q leader Chaudhry Tariq Bashir Cheema,Read More
Pakistan records 1,637 new infections, 23 deaths within 24 hours
ISLAMABAD : The statistics of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) has shown that 1,637 new cases of COVID-19 and 23 more deaths were recorded across the country during the last 24 hours. The tally of deaths reached up to 7,000 in Pakistan, whereas, the number of active cases of COVID-19 reached up to 20,045. 31,904 tests were conducted during the last 24 hours and 319,431 patients recovered from the virus, whereas, the total count of infections stands at 346,476. Two departments including Computer Science and Information Technology (IT)Read More