Friday, December 4th, 2020
Pakistan not allowed to train during isolation due to COVID-19 positives
Wellington : The Pakistan cricket team have had their exemption to train during managed isolation in Christchurch withdrawn due to several members of the squad testing positive for the novel coronavirus, New Zealand’s Ministry of Health said on Friday. Eight members of the 53-strong Pakistan squad have tested positive for the virus since arriving in New Zealand. “I have very carefully considered this situation,” Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield said in a statement. “At this time, I continue to have ongoing concerns about the risk of cross-infection within the squad.Read More
Govt given time to respond to plea against sugar, wheat price hike
LAHORE : The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday gave the Punjab government more time to submit a detailed response to a petition against alleged shortage and skyrocketing prices of wheat and sugar. A single bench comprising Justice Sajid Seth expressed displeasure over the government’s failure to submit its comments. The Punjab government’s counsel sought time to comply with the court order. The bench directed the government to submit a detailed report spelling out what measures it has thus far taken to ensure availability of the essential food items inRead More
BoG playing black sheep against Lead Pakistan
Munir Ahmed Leadership for Environment and Development (LEAD Pakistan) finally proved to be the worst case of nonprofit governance in its 27th year. For the last about two years, the members of its own Board of Governors (BoG) have played all the tricks to hunt down a gradually grown up and self-sustaining organization. It was launched in 1994 as a country chapter of the New York based LEAD International, the Rockefeller Foundation initiated in 1991 to mark the UN decade of environment and sustainable development. Over the years, LEAD PakistanRead More
Australia has new CG in Sindh
Athar Sufi/DNA KARACHI: The Australian Government has appointed Jahanzeb Awan as its new Honorary Consul in Karachi, with consular jurisdiction over the Province of Sindh. Barrister Jahanzeb Awan, Advocate Supreme Court of Pakistan, is a partner and head of litigation at a law firm in Pakistan and specializes in civil, commercial, constitutional and tax matters and appears before the Supreme Court of Pakistan and the High Courts of Sindh, Lahore, Islamabad and Peshawar. Mr Awan also serves on the board of various charitable organizations. Mr Awan is a Pakistani citizen. HeRead More
Former judge Arshad Malik succumbs to coronavirus
RAWALPINDI : Former judge Arshad Malik, who convicted former Prime Minister Mian Nawaz Sharif, has died of coronavirus on Friday in Rawalpindi. He was on ventilator for one week. The Lahore High Court (LHC) had sacked Arshad Malik after an inquiry into his leaked video concluded. The Chief Justice of Lahore High Court, while issuing the notification of his dismissal, said that Arshad Malik was found guilty in the video scandal inquiry. The notification clarified that Arshad Malik was given full opportunity to clear his name, and his position wasRead More
3,262 COVID-19 cases, 55 deaths recorded in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has recorded 3,262 new cases and 55 deaths due to the COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. In the past 24 hours, 55 more people succumbed to the disease, taking the death toll to 8,260. 3,354 patients have recovered from the virus during the last 24 hours and 2,395 patients are in critical condition. The total count of active cases is 51,507 and the positivity rate of COVID-19 cases reaches up to 7.3 per cent. According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), with fresh inclusion ofRead More