Thursday, February 4th, 2021
PDM’s long march in March
Leaders set March 26 as date for long march; PPP still opposed to resignations from assemblies Shujaat Hamza ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman chaired an important meeting of the anti-government alliance as it mulled several strategies, including partipation in the Senate elections and the long march. The PDM decided to hold long march on March 26. The PPP opposed the idea of resignation from assemblies. PPP’s delegation included Bilawal Bhutto, Yousaf Raza Gilani, Raja Pervez Ashraf, Sherry Rehman, Qamar Zaman Kaira, and Farhatullah Babar.Read More
Business plan for Pakistan Railways on the anvil: Swati
ISLAMABAD : Minister for Pakistan Railways Azam Swati said on Thursday that a business plan to turn the railways into a profitable entity is in the pipeline. Speaking during a question hour in the Senate today, he said the PR will be made profitable under the leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan. The minister accused past governments of making political appointments in the department. He said the Pakistan Railways’s land worth about Rs10 billion has been retrieved from land grabbers over the last one month. He said there were moreRead More
Sinopharm’s Coronavirus vaccine safe and dependable: SAPM on Health
ISLAMABAD, Feb. 4 : The efficacy of Sinopharm’s Covid-19 vaccine is between 79-86 per cent. We are planning to buy it in sufficient quantity as 110 million out of 220 million of total Pakistan’s population need Coronavirus vaccine,” said Special Assistant to Prime Minister Dr. Faisal Sultan. According to the statistical analysis of Sinopharm China Biotech, the results of the interim analysis of the new coronavirus inactivated vaccine phase III clinical trial showed that the safety of the new coronavirus inactivated vaccine of Sinopharm China Bio Beijing Company is good afterRead More
Silence on Kashmir will be death of hope
Wajeeha Bilal The other day while going through an article that brought the attention towards silence of most of the writers on the issue of Kashmir, I realized that it only raised the questions that it was too weak to answer. Using silence for people who aim to raise their voice, defies the precepts of logic. Are we really as convicted of this crime as claimed by some? Writers are definitely complex but not silent. Our service to the system of humanity is a creative challenge to capture the strugglesRead More
ECP to hold local polls in Punjab, KP in phases, SC informed
ISLAMABAD : The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday submitted dates for local government elections in Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the Cantonment Boards in the Supreme Court. The election commission in its reply to the apex court informed that the local government elections in Punjab will be held in three phases, while the first phase of the local council polls will be held on June 20, in the second phase on July 16 and in the third phase on August 08. The schedule for Punjab local council poll willRead More
Last outing for Quinton de Kock as South Africa’s Test captain
Rawalpindi : Quinton de Kock will no longer be South Africa’s Test captain once the ongoing second Test against Pakistan concludes. Proteas head coach Mark Boucher on Wednesday in a virtual press conference said that the 28-year-old will be released from the burden of Test captaincy after this series. De Kock was appointed on a temporary basis in October last year until a permanent candidate could be found. “When we get back we’ve got a bit of time before our next Test series so we can sit down and make a good, solid callRead More