Tuesday, June 29th, 2021
People to witness improvement in all sectors: PM
Islamabad : Prime Minister Imran Khan has said the people will now witness improvement and reforms in all sectors of life as they had left behind the difficult times. Addressing a gathering of parliamentarians belonging to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and its allies in Islamabad, the prime minister said that there were always resistance and difficulties when you bring reforms. He said the people and mafias getting benefits from the corrupt system will resist and they would create hurdles to protect their privileges. Imran Khan said the government faced resistance while introducingRead More
President stresses upon collective efforts to root out menace of corruption
Islamabad : President Dr Arif Alvi says corrupt leadership always ruined a society and stressed upon collective efforts to root out this evil from the society. He was addressing Employers Federation of Pakistan (EFP) Exporters Recognition Awards 2020 ceremony in Islamabad. He reiterated government’s zero tolerance policy towards corrupt practices, and said it was the dishonest leadership that had always robbed a society of its resources and ruined it. The president termed ‘Look Africa’ policy as a good initiative and underlined to expand exports to these countries, besides further enhancingRead More
MoIB completes payment of Rs700m to media houses as per directives of PM: Fawad
Islamabad : Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has completed payment of 700 million rupees to media houses as per directives of Prime Minister Imran Khan. This was stated by Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhary Fawad Hussain in a tweet today (Tuesday). He said this outstanding amount had not been paid for a long time. Fawad Chaudhry said the financial difficulties of media workers have been reduced and media houses have also received protection after this payment. He said it will be an injustice now if media houses do notRead More
Covid-19 Positivity Ratio Drops To 1.78% In Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The COVID-19 positivity rate has gone down to 1.78 per cent in Pakistan during the last 24 hours, According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC). The pandemic has claimed 23 more lives in Pakistan during the last 24 hours, pushing the nationwide death toll to 22,254. A total of 735 new cases of the virus emerged when 41,133 samples were tested during this period, taking the country’s caseload to 956,392. The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) said the Covid-19 infection rate was recorded at 1.78%. TheRead More
WWIII unavoidable; if geographic issues not settled
By Muhammad Akhter Aslam Article 1 of the UN Charter states the purpose of its formation. It was constituted in order, “To maintain international peace and security, and to that end: to take effective collective measures for the prevention and removal of threats to the peace, and for the suppression of acts of aggression or other breaches of the peace, and to bring about by peaceful means, and in conformity with the principles of justice and international law, adjustment or settlement of international disputes or situations which might lead toRead More