Friday, March 19th, 2021
Stokes relishes India T20 ‘final’ in World Cup year
Ahmedabad, India, March 19 : Ben Stokes says England welcome the pressure of Saturday’s “final” against India as they seek to become battle-hardened for this year’s Twenty20 World Cup. India levelled the five-match T20 series 2-2 when their bowlers stifled England’s run chase for 186 despite Stokes’s defiant 46 in Ahmedabad on Thursday. “In an ideal world we would have loved to have gone into the next game having won the series and it sounds weird saying it, but we got a positive out of losing,” said Stokes, after EnglandRead More
COVID-19 claims 40 lives, infects 3,449 more people
ISLAMABAD, Mar 19 : The national tally on Friday of total active COVID-19 cases recorded 27,188 with 3,499 more people tested positive for the deadly virus and 813 people recovered from the disease during the last 24 hours. Forty corona patients have died during past 24 hours, 38 of whom were under treatment in hospital and two out of hospital in respective quarantine or home, according to the latest update issued by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC). During the last 24 hours most of the deaths had occurredRead More
PM to inaugurate new labor colonies in Taxila, Peshawar soon: Zulfikar Bukhari
ISLAMABAD, Mar 19 : Special Assistant to the PM for Overseas Pakistanis Sayed Zulfikar Bukhari Friday announced that the Prime Minister Imran Khan would inaugurate labour colonies in Taxila and Peshawar soon under Naya Pakistan housing program. He said the provision of basic facilities, including the housing facility to the people particularly the poor ones was responsibility of the state, adding, for the first time, workers and laborers were being provided with their own roof on mortgage basis. The prime minister’s low-cost housing scheme projects was receiving an overwhelming responseRead More
2,17,637 senior citizens, front line healthcare workers inoculated with coronavirus vaccine in Punjab
LAHORE, Mar 19 : As many as 2,17,637 coronavirus vaccine jabs have been administered to senior citizens and frontline health workers in Punjab so far under the vaccination drive. According to health department on Friday, as many as107,793 frontline healthcare workers got first dose of the vaccine, while 34,621 workers received the second dose during the anti coronavirus vaccination campaign in the province. In the second phase of the vaccination drive, senior citizens, above the age of 60 years, were receiving vaccine. So far 75,223 senior citizens have been vaccinatedRead More
Govt pursuing PM’s vision of affordable housing facilities for the poor: Ali Muhammad
ISLAMABAD, Mar 19 : Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad Khan Friday said the PTI-led government was pursuing the vision of Prime Minister Imran Khan to ensure reasonable and low cost housing facilities for the poor people who cannot afford their own accommodations. The provision of affordable housing units to the poor was a priority of Imran Khan’s government and directed the Housing Ministry to ensure completion of the ongoing housing projects within the stipulated time, he said this while speaking to Radio Pakistan’s current affair programme. “IRead More
Provision of shelter to homeless people topmost priority of government: Fawad Ch
ISLAMABAD, Mar 19 : Federal Minister for Science and Technology Chaudhry Fawad Hussain Friday said the provision of shelter to the poor, disadvantaged and homeless people was the topmost priority of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government. He said the government had launched several welfare schemes for improvement of living standard of common man. “The Naya Pakistan Housing programme will not only provide shelter to the poor, but will also strengthen the various industries associated with construction field,” he added. He said development of housing sector was one of the priority areas andRead More