Friday, August 6th, 2021
Need to go extra miles to put hockey back on track: Ex-Olympians
ISLAMABAD, Aug 06 :A time when India has regained their lost Olympic glory by winning a bronze medal after a gap of 41 years at the Tokyo Games, Pakistan’s absence from the mega event for the second consecutive time upsets the former Olympians who believe that stern hard work was needed to get the national game back on track. India men’s hockey team defeated Germany 5-4 in a thrilling bronze medal match at the Tokyo Olympics. Meanwhile Pakistan have won three gold medals in the Olympic Games field hockey tournamentsRead More
Saudi Arabia provide dates
Islamabad – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) received a contribution of 116 metric tons of dates from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to help its food and nutrition assistance for vulnerable families in Pakistan. A healthy and nutritious snack commonly used for the breaking of the fast, the Saudi dates were initially planned to be distributed ahead of the Holy month of Ramadan in April and May. However, their arrival was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. WFP is distributing the palm dates to more than 10,000 familiesRead More
A PAF FIGHTER TRAINER AIRCRAFT CRASHED NEAR ATTOCK
06 August, 2021:A PAF fighter trainer aircraft has crashed near Attock, during a routine training mission. Both pilots have ejected successfully. No loss of life or property has been reported so far on ground. A Board of Inquiry has been ordered to investigate the cause of the accident.
CNN fires three employees for coming to work unvaccinated: US media
Washington, Aug 6 :Three employees at CNN have been fired for violating the network’s coronavirus policy by coming into the office unvaccinated, according to US media reports. In an internal memo emailed to staff Thursday and obtained by several US media outlets, CNN President Jeff Zucker said that in the past week the company had become aware of three employees who came to work unvaccinated. All three were “terminated”. “Let me be clear — we have a zero-tolerance policy on this,” he said in snippets of the memoRead More
Civil society condemns India over brutalities in Kashmir
BAHAWALPUR, Aug 06 :Civil society leaders strongly condemned the brutalities perpetrated by the Indian army against the hapless Kashmiri people even during the coronavirus pandemic in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) Talking to journalists here the civil society leader Muhammad Asim said that Indian armed forces had been victimizing innocent Kashmiri men, women and children in IIOJK. The world media has been showing Indian forces atrocities and indiscriminate fire on innocent men and women even children in IIOJK, ”. He said the black-day was observed to condemn IndianRead More