Monday, January 25th, 2021
Mandviwala asks NAB to give details of shady contract with Broadsheet
ISLAMABAD, JAN 25 (DNA) – Deputy Chairman Senate Saleem Mandviwala on Monday said that his legal team is not hampering any NAB investigation. “Whenever I have been called I have always appeared before the courts. My legal team has not received any NAB notice yet,” Saleem Mandviwala said in a press statement issued here today. The Deputy Chairman Senate has said that if he receive any notice from the National Accountability Bureau, he will consult his legal team for it’s response. “Apart from this NAB should give details of it’sRead More
Turkey hands over new houses to quake victims
Last year’s devastating earthquake in eastern province of Elazığ killed 41, injured 1,600. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday handed over the ownership of houses built by the government for quake victims — a year after tremors jolted the country’s east. At the hand-over ceremony, he said that from now on they will build cities horizontally. “Vertical architecture is suicide for us, especially in the earthquake zone,” he said. The earthquake last year in the Elazığ province left 41 people dead and more than 1,600 others injured. The tremors were alsoRead More
COVID-19: Nigerian states ask staff to work from home
LAGOS, Nigeria – Two states in Nigeria have asked civil servants to work from their homes as of Monday, following a surge in coronavirus cases in the country. Osun, a state in the country’s southwest region, directed its junior and middle cadre workers to work remotely until further notice. Wole Oyebamiji, secretary to the Osun state government, in a statement said: “Officers below Level 12 are expected to work from home with effect from Monday, January 25th, till further notice.” He urged people to wear masks, wash their hands regularly andRead More
Engage Africa policy to enhance ties between Pak, African nations
ISLAMABAD, JAN 25 (DNA) – The Centre for Afghanistan, Middle East & Africa (CAMEA) at the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI) hosted Ms. Fatchima Elise Hassane Paraiso, Founder & Chairwoman of Engage Africa Organization here on. Director CAMEA, Ms. Amina Khan and Team CAMEA had an interactive session with her. Director CAMEA, Ms. Amina Khan welcomed her to the Institute and gave her a briefing on activities of ISSI and CAMEA. Ms. Paraiso said that the people of the African continent are eager to reach out to Pakistan. However,Read More
EU foreign ministers discussing Russia, int’l issues
ANKARA, JAN 25 – EU foreign ministers convened a meeting in Brussels on Monday to discuss several international issues, including the detention of opposition politician Alexey Navalny and protestors in Russia and transatlantic relations in wake of the inauguration of new US president. “First, we’ll deal with the worrying events in Russia. More than 3,000 people have been reportedly arrested. This wave of detention is something that worries us a lot, as well as the detention of Mr. Navalny, so we are going to start by this issue,” EU foreign policyRead More
Schools again under coronavirus threat
LAHORE, JAN 25 (DNA) – Eight teachers in Lahore on Monday tested positive for the coronavirus as the health department has started taking samples to confirm the presence of pandemic at provincial capital’s schools. According to details, the virus has been detected in two teachers of Government Girls High School, Raiwind and three teachers of Government Boys School, Thokar Niaz Beg. Similarly one teacher at Government High School, Awan Town and two teachers at Lahore Grammar School, Johar Town have been diagnosed with Covid-19. The teachers who have tested positiveRead More