Thursday, March 11th, 2021
Senate to elect new chairman, deputy chairman on Friday
ISLAMABAD, Mar 11 : The Senate would elect its chairman and deputy chairman through secret ballot after oath-taking of 48 newly elected members of Upper House of the Parliament here on Friday. According to the Senate Secretariat, the session would meet in the morning for oath-taking of the newly elected senators after which the session will be adjourned. After the adjournment of the session, nomination papers for the chairman and deputy chairman would be submitted. Later, the session would resume in the evening the same day to elect the chairmanRead More
1290 new cases of coronavirus reported in Pb
LAHORE, Mar 11 : As many as 1290 new cases of coronavirus were reported in Punjab on Thursday,while the pandemic claimed 33 precious lives in 24 hours which turned the death toll to 5,662. According to the data shared by the spokesperson of Punjab Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department (P&SHD), the number of coronavirus cases in the province reached 180,944. The P&SHD confirmed that 741 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Lahore,3 in Kasur, 4 in Nankana Sahib,7 in Sheikhupura, 81 in Rawalpindi,4 in Jehlum,1 in Chakwal, 53 inRead More
Saudi Arabia emphasizes to restore stability, security in Yemen
Saudi Arabia has emphasized to restore stability and security in Yemen through a negotiated settlement. In a statement in Washington, Saudi Ambassador to the United States Princess Reema Bint Bandar said her country will remain active supporter of the efforts of UN officials. She described Houthis attacks a threat to innocent civilians and an assault on global energy security.
China to share its rich experience with Pakistan producing organic food
BEIJING, March 11 : China is prepared to share its rich experience with Pakistan and other countries for producing organic Food, Gwadar Pro reported on Thursday. In Pakistan, organic farming is still in its infancy stage with a very limited number of established organic farms. Statistics show that organic land only accounts for 0.2% of the total. Meanwhile, as a the second largest producer of organic products in Asia, China may offer some lessons to learn in this regard. Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the general demand forRead More
Facebook halts project for undersea data cable to Hong Kong
San Francisco, March 11 : Facebook has decided to halt its efforts to build a trans-Pacific undersea cable that would have connected California and Hong Kong, due to tensions between the United States and China. “Due to ongoing concerns from the US government about direct communication links between the United States and Hong Kong, we have decided to withdraw our FCC application,” a Facebook spokesperson told on Wednesday, referring to the Federal Communications Commission. “We look forward to working with all the parties to reconfigure the system to meet theRead More
Generation threatened as pandemic sets back childhood development: UNICEF
New York, March 11 : Closed schools, surging poverty, forced marriages and depression, after a year of the pandemic, indicators measuring child and adolescent development have all regressed, a setback that heralds lasting stigma for an entire generation, UNICEF warned Thursday. “The number of children who are hungry, isolated, abused, anxious, living in poverty and forced into marriage has increased,” Henrietta Fore, executive director of the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, said in a statement released exactly one year since the World Health Organization classified Covid-19 as a pandemic.Read More