Sunday, March 28th, 2021
Govt has not given any relief to hotel industry in current pandemic situation: Akram Farid
Indoor services in hotels with SOPs should be allowed immediately. Hotels Owners ISLAMABAD, MAR 28 – The government has not given any relief to the hotel and service industry in the current Covid-19 pandemic. The hotel industry has borne the burden of 15,000 foreign travelers and temporarily accommodated foreign travelers in its hotels. The spread of the corona virus over the past year has also severely affected the hotel industry, leaving millions of hotel and restaurant workers unemployed and their stoves cold, but due to the government’s inconsistent policies. ThisRead More
UAE firm to manufacture Chinese Sinopharm vaccine from April
RAS AL-KHAIMAH: Gulf Pharmaceutical Industries PSC, based in the emirate of Ras al-Khaimah, signed the deal with Abu Dhabi-based artificial intelligence and cloud computing company Group 42 (G42), which handled Phase III late-stage clinical trials of a Sinopharm vaccine in the UAE and the wider region. The announcement is an expansion of Chinese diplomacy in the Gulf region and helps the UAE’s quest to diversify its economy away from hydrocarbon production. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has just completed a two-day official visit to the UAE, saying Beijing wanted toRead More
Janikhel protesters begin march towards Islamabad with bodies of 4 teenage boys
ISLAMABAD, MAR 28 – After a week of a protest sit-in outside the Janikhel police station in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bannu district, local tribesmen and relatives of four teenage boys whose bullet-riddled bodies were found last week began a protest march towards Islamabad on Sunday. The tribesmen and relatives have been protesting the brutal killing of the four boys — aged between 13 to 17 years — whose bodies were found in a field on Sunday, for the last six days. The boys had gone missing three weeks ago. The victims were identifiedRead More
Saudi-led coalition destroys Houthi rigged boats, drones
RIYADH, MAR 28 – The Saudi-led coalition battling Yemen’s Houthi forces has destroyed two explosive-laden boats that the Iran-aligned group planned to use in an “imminent” attack launched from the Red Sea port of Hodeidah, Saudi state media reported on Sunday. The coalition in separate statements also said it intercepted and destroyed three armed drones launched towards southern Saudi Arabia, including the city of Khamis Mushait. The Houthis, who ousted Yemen’s internationally recognised government from the capital, Sanaa, and now hold most of north Yemen, have kept up missile andRead More
PM Imran recovers from coronavirus
ISLAMABAD, Mar 28 (DNA): Prime Minister Imran Khan has made a steadyclinical recovery from Covid-19 and his lab parameters have remainedstable. In a tweet uploaded on Sunday, Special Assistant to the Prime Ministeron Health Services, Regulations and Coordination Faisal Sultanannounced, “Imran Khan has been advised that he may resume work andbuild up his work routine over the next few days. This is in line withnational and international guidelines.” Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan had tested positive for Covid-19 onMarch 20. The 68-year-old self-isolated himself at home in Bani Gala inIslamabad.Read More
Indonesia: the emerging economic giant
Dr. Mehmood Ul Hassan Khan Ours is the age of commercial diplomacy and Indonesia is the pioneer of it in Southeast Asia region. Economic liberalization, privatization, development of private sector, foreign direct investment (FDIs), joint venture and digitalization are playing important role in the socio-economic progress of Indonesia which is the champion of structural reforms in the region and actually outperformed all the regional economies in achieving and sustaining high ratios of GDPs and GNPs. According to various published reports of the World Bank, IMF, Asian Development Bank, Indonesia isRead More