Friday, April 9th, 2021
Norway PM fined over COVID-19 rules violation
Special Correspondent OSLO: Norwegian police said on Friday they have fined Prime Minister Erna Solberg for breaking COVID-19 social distancing rules when organising a family gathering to celebrate her birthday. The fine is for 20,000 Norwegian crowns ($2,352) police chief Ole Saeverud told a news conference. The two-term prime minister apologised last month for organising an event to celebrate her 60th birthday with 13 family members at a mountain resort in late February, despite a government ban on events attended by more than 10 people. While the police would notRead More
Mass grave of kidnapped miners unearthed in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, APR 9 – The decomposed bodies of 16 miners kidnapped nearly a decade ago in northwestern Pakistan have been found in a mass grave, officials said Friday. The miners went missing in December 2011 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province — once a stronghold of Pakistan’s Taliban, who raised funds by kidnapping workers for ransom. Members of Pakistan‘s Rescue 1122 squad had been searching an area some 50 kilometres (30 miles) southwest of Peshawar for two months after getting new information on the case from relatives of those kidnapped. “The medical teams have examined and confirmedRead More
Sherry wants medical colleges seats & scholarships, increased
ISLAMABAD: Expressing her support and solidarity with the protesting students outside Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC), PPP Parliamentary Leader in the Senate, Senator Sherry Rehman said, “Our students from FATA and Balochistan have been sitting outside in this pandemic, protesting for their rights since the past 12 days. It is shocking that no one from the government has come to listen to their grievances. Now these students are on a hunger strike since the last 2 days but once again, Tabahi Sarkar seems to be least bothered” “Their demands are notRead More
Italian envoy praises Turkey’s struggle against COVID-19 pandemic
ANKARA, APR 9: Italy‘s ambassador to Ankara praised Turkey’s fight against the coronavirus citing its “robust” health system. “I think that Turkey performed extremely well against the pandemic. It was a global disaster, but Turkey with its very robust health system, with doctors and nurses, very well-trained, did well,” Massimo Gaiani said in an interview with Turkey’s Communication Directorate. Gaiani said that casualties stayed low in the country. Noting that Italy was the first European country to be hit by the pandemic, the envoy said they paid a “very high price” for that andRead More
AIOU registers over 100,000 tutors in central database
ISLAMABAD, APR 09 (DNA) – Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) has e-registered over 100,000 qualified and experienced teachers/faculty members as part-time tutors to provide quality education to its 1.4 million students. As per the directives of Prof. Dr. Zia Ul-Qayuum, Vice Chancellor, AIOU to hire the services of qualified teaching staff as tutors of various courses in a more transparent way. The university advertised registration of tutors through national mass media. Hundreds and thousands of faculty members working in different educational institutions across the country applied online for their registrationRead More
Afghan speaker orders inquiry after Qaiser’s flight diverted
KABUL, APR 09 (DNA) – Afghan Speaker Mir Rahman Rahmani has ordered an inquiry after a flight of Pakistani parliamentary delegation led by Speaker NA, Asad Qaiser was diverted by Kabul airport officials. On Thursday, a plane with Speaker of the National Assembly Asad Qaiser on board was prevented from landing at the Kabul airport. The plane was denied landing permission after reports of explosives placed under a building near the airport, an Afghan media report quoted Reyaz Arian, the commander of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, as saying.Read More