Sunday, May 23rd, 2021
Wheat crisis in country is looming despite record wheat production across the country
ISLAMABAD, MAY 23 (DNA) – Vice chairman four Mills Association Punjab Sh. Kashif Shabir has said that most of the flour mills situated in Punjab as well as the federal capital do not have wheat. They cited different reasons including the permit system and shortage of supply of wheat. They said that Punjab has achieved the purchase target of 3.5 million tonnes of wheat during the current season however flour mills are facing severe difficulties in procuring wheat. 40 percent of flour mills in Islamabad and Rawalpindi are closed besidesRead More
Corona vaccination center being established at Islamabad Press Club for journalists
ISLAMABAD: A Corona vaccination center is being established at Islamabad Press Club for journalists to protect media workers from the pandemic. In a tweet, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said Planning Minister Asad Umar has issued directions in this regard. He said the vaccination centre is being established on the request of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to protect journalists, who are also frontline workers, from the contagion. Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said that such facility will soon be made available for the legal fraternity.
Pole sitter Leclerc out of home Monaco Grand Prix
Ferrari pole-sitter Charles Leclerc will not start his home Monaco Grand Prix because of a driveshaft problem, the Italian Formula One team said on Sunday. Ferrari said the driveshaft problem, which emerged just before the race, was impossible to fix in time for the start.
More than 125,000 Myanmar teachers suspended for opposing coup
NAYPYIDAW: In Myanmar, the military government has suspended 125,000 school teachers and 19,500 university staff under the charge of joining a civil disobedience movement to oppose the military coup in February. The step has been taken days before the start of a new school year, which some teachers and parents are boycotting as part of the campaign.
Parliament election for 500 NA seats underway in Vietnam
HANOI: In Vietnam, parliament election is being held today for the five hundred National Assembly seats after five years. Nearly sixty nine million registered voters are casting their votes in today’s election. Election results are expected to be announced after about two weeks.
NCOC urges masses to adopt safe tourism policy as restrictions ease from tomorrow
ISLAMABAD, May 23 (DNA): The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Sunday in its special session reviewed implementation strategy of NPIs enforcement focusing opening up of Tourism Sector from Monday (May24) and urged the masses to resort to “Safe Tourism” policy. The NCOC special session was chaired by National Coordinator Lieutenant General Hamood uz Zaman Khan held here where the forum took detailed stock of implementation strategy of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) being enforced with special focus on opening up of Tourism Sector from May 24. The forum urged theRead More