Monday, December 21st, 2020
Punjab CM Usman Buzdar tests positive for Covid-19
Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar tested positive for the coronavirus on Monday, officials said. The chief minister’s focal person for digital media, Azhar Mashwani, said: “[Buzdar] has mild symptoms (fever and flu) since last night and is in self-isolation as per the advice of doctors.”Earlier today, Mashwani said that doctors had advised the chief minister to rest and temporarily suspend all political and official engagements due to his health. He had also prayed for the chief minister’s swift recovery. On Monday, Punjab reported 505 coronavirus and 34 deaths during theRead More
Pakistan to Start Trials of Australian COVID-19 Vaccine
Having recently successfully concluded the trials of the Chinese vaccine for COVID-19, Pakistan is all set to initiate the clinical trials of another vaccine. According to Dr. Javed Akram, Vice Chancellor of University of Health Sciences (UHS) Lahore and member of PM’s Scientific Task Force on COVID-19, clinical trials of Australian-made vaccine will be soon held at UHS. UHS has made all the necessary arrangements and is waiting for the green signal from the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) and National Bioethics Committee (NBC) to proceed with the trials,Read More
CDA decides to open one window operation
ISLAMABAD, DEC 21 (DNA) – Capital Development Authority (CDA) has decided to open one window while following the coronavirus SOPs here on Monday. Citizens will be provided the facility of one window on the day and time decided by the CDA. There will be complete ban on rush and irrelevant persons at one window. Elderly and disables will be given priority. According to detail, due to the current wave of coronavirus pandemic the department of one window of CDA was closed for people. Due to closure of one window theRead More
PNCA launches Musical Series Seen Studio
DNA ISLAMABAD – Pakistan National Council of Arts on Monday initiated a musical series entitled “Seen Studio.” The series aimed to conduct recording sessions of all kinds of musical genres like pop, classical, folk, fusion etc. with a limited audience. The musical sequel is meant to provide a recreational platform to its audience trapped by the 2nd wave of the pandemic which restricted the music lover’s mobility. At the same time, this is another opportunity to experience diverse musical forms of Pakistan. First two episodes of this series have beenRead More
Huawei stands 3rd in Global innovator ranking of EU
DNA Islamabad – Huawei ranks third in the 2020 EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard. This is a jump of two places for Huawei compared to last year when the company ranked 5th in the 2019 EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard. The 2020 EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard is a European Commission publication. It ranks the research investment levels of 2500 companies around the world that comprise 90% of the world’s business-funded R&D. The report was prepared by the EU Joint Research Centre (JRC). “The EU confirms that Huawei is nowRead More
NPMC reviews price trend of essential commodities
DNA ISLAMABAD, DEC 21 – Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Dr. Abdul Hafeez Sheikh chaired the meeting of the National Price Monitoring Committee (NPMC). Adviser to the PM on Commerce Abdul Razaq Dawood, SAPM on Revenue Dr. Waqar Masood, Secretary MNFS&R, Special Secretary Commerce, Additional Secretary Industries and Production, Chairman FBR, the Provincial Chief Secretaries, MD PASSCO, MD Utility Stores Corporation (USC), Chairperson CCP, Chairman TCP, Member PBS and senior officials of the Finance Division participated in the meeting. The National Price Monitoring Committee (NPMC) reviewed the priceRead More