Sunday, March 28th, 2021
FM Qureshi to attend 9th Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process (HoA-IP) Ministerial Conference in Tajikistan
DNA ISLAMABAD, MAR 28: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi will lead the Pakistan delegation at the 9th Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process (HoA-IP) Ministerial Conference, being held on 30 March 2021 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. The Ministerial meeting will be preceded by Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) on 29 March 2021. The theme of the Conference is “Strengthening Consensus for Peace and Development.” During the Ministerial Conference, the Foreign Minister will deliver a statement highlighting Pakistan’s positive contributions to the Afghan peace process and its support for Afghanistan’s development and connectivity within theRead More
All indoor, outdoor weddings banned across Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, MAR 28 – The National Command and Operation Centre banned all indoor and outdoor wedding across the country given the rising coronavirus metrics. The new restrictions will come into place from April 5 and last throughout Ramazan, Federal Planning Minister Asad Umar said on Sunday. He said that a decision to tighten restrictions has been taken given the rising number of critical coronavirus patients at hospitals in Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Islamabad. In the last 24 hours, Pakistan reported 4,767 coronavirus cases and 57 deaths. Umar said that theRead More
Tugs, dredgers continuing efforts to free ship stranded in Suez Canal
CAIRO : The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) said on Sunday that tugging and dredging operations to free a grounded container ship blocking the waterway would continue around the clock, according to wind conditions and tides. Dredgers working to dislodge the stranded ship have so far shifted 27,000 cubic metres of sand around the ship to reach a depth of 18 metres, the authority said in a statement. The 400-metre (430-yard) long Ever Given became jammed diagonally across a southern section of the canal more than five days ago, halting shippingRead More
Maryam, Fazl pause political activities after doctors ‘advise rest’
ISLAMABAD, MAR 28 – PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz and Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman have suspended their political activities for some days due to their health, the spokespersons of their respective parties said on Sunday. PML-N spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb said that Maryam has “high fever and throat pain”. The PML-N vice president has been advised by doctors to rest, added Aurangzeb. Her test result for the novel coronavirus, however, was negative, said her political secretary Zeeshan Malik. “Maryam Nawaz went to the Lahore High Court (LHC) despiteRead More
Beijing enveloped in hazardous sandstorm, 2nd time in 2 weeks
BEIJING: The Chinese capital Beijing woke on Sunday morning shrouded in thick dust carrying extremely high levels of hazardous particles, as a second sandstorm in two weeks hit the city due to winds from drought-hit Mongolia and northwestern China. Visibility in the city was reduced, with the tops of some skyscrapers obscured by the sandstorm, and pedestrians were forced to cover their eyes as gusts of dust swept through the streets. “It’s quite serious today. There’s always a day or two like this (of pollution or dust) each month,” saidRead More
SNGPL rehabilitates 627-KM damaged pipelines last year
ISLAMABAD, Mar 28 : Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) has rehabilitated around 627 kilometres old and damaged pipelines across its transmission network in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during the last fiscal year under the Unaccounted for Gas (UFG) reduction plan. Besides, the company carried out around 1,008,886 underground and aboveground leakage-check surveys and rectified the defects without any delay. Similarly, it replaced as many as 639,891 defected meters of industrial, commercial and domestic consumers across its network during a 12-month period. The SNGPL detected around 97,837 theft cases, outRead More