Thursday, December 24th, 2020
Two Pakistanis won the Silk Road Friendship Award
BEIJING, Dec 24 : Ten individuals and one group from 10 countries, including two from Pakistan and one from each of the other 9 countries, were awarded the Silk Road Friendship Award, Gwadar Pro reported here on Thursday. Muhammad Shahbaz, one of the Pakistani award winners, Doctor of Medicine, told Gwadar Pro that he has been working to build the Pak-China health corridor so that it can improve health care in Pakistan. At the award-giving ceremony, his conceptions in international health cooperation were praised and he was evaluated as theRead More
Chinese success in rural development worth emulating for Pakistan: ambassador
BEIJING, Dec 24 : “Chinese success in rural development is worth emulating for developing countries like Pakistan which are striving for national development and socio-economic progress. It has inspired us with a new hope that poverty is not ordained in man’s destiny and that it can be uprooted by dispassionate, concerted and sustainable efforts,” Moin ul Haque, Pakistani ambassador to China, said while addressing the BRI Beautiful Village Forum held in Longnan, Gansu province, according to Gwadar Pro. He believed that rural development is facing a series of issues suchRead More
SHC declares detention of Daniel Pearl murder accused unlawful
KARACHI : The Sindh High Court on Thursday declared a notification with regard to detention of four accused of Daniel Pearl murder case as void. A bench of the high court on a petition, declared detention of four accused of the murder, British national Ahmed Omer Saeed Shaikh, co-accused Fahad Naseem, Salman Saqib and Sheikh Adil as unlawful and ordered their immediate release from the jail. The bench also ordered putting the names of accused Ahmed Omer Saeed Shaikh and others in the exit control list (ECL). The court observedRead More
Pakistan records 111 coronaviurs-related deaths in past 24 hours
ISLAMABAD : The novel coronavirus has claimed 111 lives and 2,256 new infections were reported during the last 24 hours. According to the statistics of National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), in the past 24 hours, 111 more people succumbed to the disease, taking the death toll to 9,668. 1,782 patients have recovered from the virus during the last 24 hours and 2,361 patients are in critical condition. The total count of active cases is 38,268. According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), with fresh inclusion of theRead More