Saturday, January 9th, 2021
Indonesian passenger plane feared crashed after losing contact
JAKARTA, JAN 9 – Indonesia’s Sriwijaya Air lost contact with one of its Boeing 737 passenger planes shortly after take-off from the capital Jakarta, the transport ministry said Saturday. “A Sriwijaya (Air) plane from Jakarta to Pontianak (on Borneo island) with call sign SJY182 has lost contact,” said ministry spokesman Adita Irawati. “It last made contact at 2:40 pm (0740 GMT).” It was unclear how many passengers and crew were aboard the Boeing 737-500, which has a capacity of about 130, when it took off from Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta international airport.Read More
Apply for these three Int’l scholarships before 15 January: HEC
ISLAMABAD, JAN 9 – The Higher Education Commission has reminded students who are looking forward to applying for scholarships abroad that three of the programmes deadlines’ were right around the corner. Taking to Twitter, the HEC on Friday said: “These #scholarship programmes are currently open/active for intake of September 2021 batch.” The scholarships include the Stipendium Hungaricum Scholarships, Commonwealth PhD Scholarships, and Chinese Government Scholarships, it said. Deadlines to apply: Stipendium Hungaricum Scholarships — January 15 Commonwealth PhD Scholarships 2021 — January 18 Chinese Government Scholarships 2021 — January 18
Mercury drops to 5.8º Celsius as cold wave persists in Karachi
KARACHI, JAN 09 (DNA) – Cold wave persists in Karachi as minimum temperature dropped to 5.8º Celsius on Saturday morning. Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) in a weather report predicted cold and dry weather in the city with 36 percent humidity. Northerly/Northeasterly winds are blowing in the city. Maximum temperature in daytime could go as above as 25º Celsius on Saturday, according to the met office. Severe cold weather in Karachi is expected to last for few more days. Karachi had recorded its coldest night in last 12 years when the mercuryRead More
Digital economy a great hope for Pakistan’s development: Cheng Xizhong
BEIJING, JAN 09 (DNA) – Prime Minister Imran Khan was expected to launch the first phase of Pakistan’s Instant Payments System, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor Dr Reza Baqir has said recently while steering the third nation-wide stakeholders’ meeting on Digital Financial Services. “This move demonstrates that Pakistan is accelerating digitization of the country, which includes successful introduction of the digital account, provision of lifestyle banking, and investments through the Roshan Digital Accounts (RDA) for non-resident Pakistanis,” Cheng Xizhong, visiting professor at Southwest University of Political Science and Law said onRead More
CDA restored 10,000 street lights during 2020
ISLAMABAD, JAN 9 (DNA) – Capital Development Authority (CDA) restored 10,000 street lights during the year 2020. 53% lights of capital city have been restored. 100% lights will be functional in the city within the time period of two months. According to detail, CDA’s work on repairing of street lights is underway in the city. The authority installed 10,000 street lights at various spots in the city including the main roads, link roads, parks, streets, and other public places during the year 2020. Prior to this, 70% lights in theRead More
Awaz Foundation lauds LHC judgment over two finger testing of victim
By Nazir Siyal DNA KARACHI: Awaz Foundation Pakistan (AFP) and 48 Ujala Partners across Pakistan among Mehran Welfare Trust (MWT) Larkana highly appreciated recent verdict of Lahore High Court regarding two finger testing of the victims of sexual violence.The judgement has termed the test as illegal and unconstitutional making it an important step on the way to realizing women rights in the country.We are also thankful to the diverse group of petitioners, who challenged the virginity test of the rape survivors and proved that the method is unscientific with no medical basis.Read More