Tuesday, April 27th, 2021
Govt bans tourism, Eid travel from May 8-16
ISLAMABAD: The government has imposed a complete ban on tourism from May 8 to May 16, including during Eid holidays, in view of the increasing number of coronavirus cases. According to a notification issued by the Ministry of Interior on Tuesday, travelling will be banned during the Eid holidays while all tourist resorts, hotels, restaurants, parks, other recreational places and shopping malls will remain closed. According to the notification, inter-city and inter-provincial transport will be banned during Eid holidays; however, locals especially of Gilgit Baltistan (GB) will be allowed toRead More
Russia fines Apple for abusing its dominant position
MOSCOW – Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) on Tuesday fined the US technology giant Apple around $12 million for “abuse of dominant position.” In a statement published on its official website, the FAS said Apple “creates advantages to its own applications and worsens the conditions for the distribution of competitors’ applications” on its digital distribution platform App Store. The FAS ruled to eliminate violations, including a provision, allowing Apple for rejecting third-party apps in the App Store for any reason, even if they meet all the requirements. Also, the FASRead More
All exams cancelled till June 15
Shafqat says the country seems to be headed towards a complete lockdown in areas witnessing particularly high positivity ratios ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mehmood and Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health Dr Faisal Sultan on Tuesday announced that as per the suggestion of the National Command and Operation Centre, all board exams have been postponed till June 15 given the rising number of coronavirus cases in the country. The minister and the SAPM were holding a press conference related to Cambridge exam centres as well asRead More
AIOU revises exam reappear policy
ISLAMABAD, APR 27 (DNA) – Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) has been adopting various key measures to bring reforms in the examinations system. In this regard, university has made a principled decision and revised its ‘reappear in examinations policy’ recently. According to the details, Executive Council of the university, its supreme statutory body, approved the revised policy on the recommendations of the Academic Council. The university has, also, issued a notification in this regard. According to the notification, currently enrolled students in PhD and M Phil programs will be allowedRead More
Fawad urges opposition to submit their suggestions for electoral reforms
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain has urged the opposition to submit their suggestions for electoral reforms to hold the next general elections through electronic voting system. He was briefing media in Islamabad this afternoon, about decisions taken by the Federal Cabinet, which met in in the federal capital today (Tuesday) with Prime Minister Imran Khan in the chair. Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said Prime Minister’s Advisor on Parliamentary Affairs Dr. Babar Awan briefed the cabinet about electoral reforms and electronic voting machine. He said we want toRead More
Chairman NAB urged for collective efforts for eradicating corruption
DNA Islamabad, April 27, 2021: Corruption is an evil that is defined as the dishonest or unethical method used by a person entrusted with a position or authority, for personal benefits. In other words, Corruption is when a person who is responsible for a task, and misuses that position for their own profit. Corruption includes bribery and embezzlement and has a greater impact on Pakistani economy. Corruption is not only a root cause but badly affects the state of economy, standard of living and social justice. Corruption eats up the innocence ofRead More