Sunday, April 25th, 2021
One million doses arrive from China
News Desk BEIJING, Three planes of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) carrying a consignment of one million doses of COVID-19 vaccine arrvied Pakistan as the country sees sharp increase in new coronavirus cases. Another consignment of two million doses of Covid-19 vaccines will also be transported from China by the national flag carrier on April 29. It is pertinent to mention here that Pakistan has already begun vaccinating elderly people aged above 60-year-old and health professionals. The vaccination of people in the age group 50-59 has also been started from AprilRead More
Work on CPEC Western route in full swing: Asim Bajwa
ISLAMABAD, Apr 25 : Chairman China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Authority Lt. General (retd) Asim Saleem Bajwa on Sunday said work on the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Western route was in full swing. He said the Hakla-DIKhan motorway was near completion and would likely be opened for traffic in August/September this year. “Hakla- DI Khan Motorway construction work is in full swing, current progress is 86%.Will be commissioned by Aug/Sep,” he said in his tweet. The Chairman informed that with priority on the Western route now, two other segmentsRead More
India asks Twitter to block COVID posts
DNA NEW DELHI: Twitter Inc. has removed or restricted access to more than 50 posts in the past one month at the behest of the Indian government, including tweets that criticised its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, the Indian Express newspaper reported. Other posts that were removed showed pictures and videos of a recent attack in Chhattisgarh carried out by Maoist guerrillas, the paper reported, citing disclosures made by the social media platform to the Lumen Database, which collects and analyses legal complaints and requests for removal of online materials.
NAWAZ DEPORTATION: Pakistan-UK relations sour
Special Correspondent ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s bilateral relations with Britain have gone through a strain on the issue of deportation of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Diplomatic sources said that some of the recent tensions have been caused when Pakistan refused to hand over some of the criminals who were needed in UK for prosecution. “Pakistan has stopped any cooperation to hand over criminals to UK because British authorities are not cooperating to deport Nawaz Sharif” sources informed. These sources maintained that Prime Minister Imran Khan has also shown his displeasure overRead More
PAKISTAN NAVY BOLD OPERATIONS AT SEA
Muhammad Azam Khan In pursuance of established National Objectives, Pakistan Navy always actively participate in Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) operations under the ambit of Military Operations Other Than War (MOOTW). On 21 March 2021, the report of OSV MEHR (a Tanzanian flag ocean tug boat) being dead in water in Red Sea with 6 x Pakistani crew members onboard was aired on the social and electronic media. Upon confirmation of the reports and directions from relevant Ministries, PN Ship ZULFIQUAR, which was deployed in North Arabian Sea forRead More
Morocco summons Spain envoy over Polisario leader
RABAT, APR 25 – Morocco summoned the Spanish ambassador Saturday in “exasperation” after the leader of the Western Saharan independence movement was allowed into Spain for medical care, an official source told. The Spanish foreign ministry said Thursday that Brahim Ghali, who heads the Algeria-backed Polisario Front, is being treated for Covid-19 and had been transferred to Spain for “strictly humanitarian reasons”. “This will not obstruct or trouble the excellent relations Spain has with Morocco,” Spanish foreign minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya said at a press conference Friday. But her counterpartRead More