Monday, February 1st, 2021
Pak-China to strengthen ties through friendship cities and think tanks
BEIJING, Feb 1st (DNA): Pakistan, China agreed to strengthen friendly exchanges and mutually beneficial cooperation in multi-field, especially through friendship cities, young talents and think tanks. Pakistani ambassador to China, Moin ul Haque visited China People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) and met its President, Lin Songtian. This was the first meeting last week between the two sides after Haque takes office. They mainly discussed China-Pakistan cooperation in developing friendship cities and training young talents. It was noted that 2021 marks the 70th anniversary of the establishment ofRead More
Myanmar military seizes power, detains elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi
Myanmar’s military seized power on Monday in a coup against the democratically elected government of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, who was detained along with other leaders of her National League for Democracy (NLD) party in early morning raids. The army said it had carried out the detentions in response to “election fraud”, handing power to military chief Min Aung Hlaing and imposing a state of emergency for one year, according to a statement on a military-owned television station. A military spokesman did not answer phone calls seeking furtherRead More
Pak vs SA: Mystery shrouds Mohammad Hafeez’s availability for T20I series
LAHORE : Pakistan announced its 20-man squad for the upcoming T20I series against South Africa on Sunday and the team’s all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez along with Wahab Riaz were found excluded from the squad. Following the announcement, the 40-year-old all-rounder took to his Twitter to share the details of the squad with a cryptic caption: “Indeed ALLAH is with the patient”. However, a well-placed source within the PCB told the publication that just before the first T20 against New Zealand on December 18, Hafeez through an email had communicated to theRead More
PM felicitates govt on making KP first province with health coverage for all citizens
ISLAMABAD : Prime Minister Imran Khan took to Twitter on Monday to congratulate the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government for making KP the first province in Pakistan with universal health coverage for all KP-domiciled citizens. “40,000,000 residents covered with free health insurance,” he tweeted, adding each family will get free treatment of up to one million in a year at over 400 government and private hospitals across Pakistan. Earlier, KP Chief Minister Mahmood Khan tweeted that with today’s launch of Sehat Card in Southern districts, KP will become the first province toRead More
Coronavirus claims 26 more lives, infects 1,615 people in past 24 hours
ISLAMABAD : The coronavirus claimed 26 more lives as another 1,615 people tested positive for the deadly disease during the past 24 hours across Pakistan. According to the latest update released by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), 1,615 new infections surfaced after 34,785 samples were tested during this period. The total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in the country has soared to 546,428 with addition of the fresh cases while the countrywide death toll jumped to 11,683. There are a total of 33,493 active cases as 501,252 people haveRead More