Tuesday, April 6th, 2021
Coronavirus: North Korea drops out of Tokyo Olympics, dashing South Korea hopes
SEOUL , April 06 : North Korea will not join the Tokyo Olympics this year due to coronavirus concerns, the country’s sports ministry said on Tuesday, dashing South Korean hopes the Games could be a catalyst to revive stalled peace talks. It will be the first time North Korea has missed a Summer Olympics since it boycotted Seoul in 1988 amid the Cold War. South Korean President Moon Jae-in had hoped the two countries, still technically at war after their 1950-53 conflict ended in a truce, not a peace treaty,Read More
Imams role vital to ensure implementation of SOPs during Ramazan: Nausheen Hamid
ISLAMABAD, Apr 6 : Parliamentary Secretary, National Health Services Regulations and Coordination Dr. Nausheen Hamid Tuesday said that the Imams and Khateebs could play a leading role in ensuring strict implementation of Covid safety measures in mosques during the month of Ramazan. Imams and Khateebs have close interaction with the general public and they should create awareness about these health guidelines including wearing face mask, washing hands and maintaining social distance in mosques. She warned that violation of SOPs in markets and mosques during the month of Ramazan will notRead More
Schools closure: Shafqat Mehmood holds important press conference
ISLAMABAD , April 06 : Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mehmood announced Tuesday that on-campus classes for students till grade 8, in districts affected the most by the coronavirus, will remain closed till April 28. The minister was addressing a press conference after holding an important meeting at the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) attended by all the education and health ministers to decide further on closure or reopening of schools amid the worsening coronavirus situation in the country. “It has been decided that in districts affected by the coronavirus,Read More
Russian FM Sergey Lavrov arrives today on two-day visit to Pakistan
ISLAMABAD , April 06 : Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will arrive today in Islamabad on a two-day official visit to Pakistan to discuss ways to further broaden and deepen bilateral cooperation in diverse fields. This will be the first visit of a Russian foreign minister since 2012. In a video message earlier today, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said bilateral relations between Pakistan and Russia are taking a new turn and improving in the fields of economy and defence. He said both the countries desire promoting cooperation in theRead More
Pakistan exploring winter tourism, ski resorts feasibility: PM
Islamabad : Prime Minister Imran Khan has said the government is working on ski resort feasibility to promote winter tourism in the country. In a tweet on Tuesday, he said Deosai, the high altitude plateau in Gilgit-Baltistan, has turned out to be the country’s first ever winter ski traverse. The Prime Minister shared a number of pictures of the local and foreigner skiers traversing in the snows of Deosai. Recently, a ski traverse event was held by the Tourism Department of Gilgit-Baltistan at Deosai National Park to encourage tourism inRead More
Decision to vaccinate elderly, youth lauded Vaccine price more than the monthly income of majority
ISLAMABAD, April 06 : Former President ICCI Shahid Rasheed Butt on Tuesday lauded the decision of the government to vaccinate citizens aged 80 and above at home and initiate vaccination process for youth. He said that youth are our future and they must be saved from the pandemic through vaccination at the earliest. He said that wastage of vaccine should be noticed and those responsible should be punished. The price of vaccine is more than monthly income of the majority of the population which will deprive them of immunization, heRead More