Monday, September 13th, 2021
Chinese investment to open up job opportunities: PM
-lauds Interior Ministry’s role in Afghan evacuations Centreline Report ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday said the government would extend utmost assistance to the foreign investors and expressed confidence that the Chinese investment in Pakistan would open up immense employment opportunities. Talking to a delegation of heads of Chinese companies in Islamabad on Monday, he said incentives are being provided to investors and procedures are being made easy. The Prime Minister assured the delegation that he himself would chair the review meeting every month to address their issues onRead More
Opposition terms PMDA a ‘black law’
Shehbaz Sharif says PML N will confront the bill at all forums; Bilawal vows to move courts if PMDA bill passed Shujaat Hamza ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said on Monday that his party had stood by journalists in the past and stood by them even today. Speaking to the journalists holding a sit-in outside the Parliament House in protest against Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA) Bill, he said the proposed bill was a ‘black law’, and it was an assault on free media as wellRead More
Malaysia pledges USD 100,000 for Afghanistan
Dato Saifuddin Abdullah says security of Afghan people top most priority DNA KUALA LUMPUR: YB Dato’ Saifuddin Abdullah, Minister of Foreign Affairs, participated virtually in a United Nations’ High-level Ministerial Meeting on the Humanitarian Situation in Afghanistan on 13 September 2021. The emergency Meeting was convened by António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General to demonstrate solidarity for the people of Afghanistan and to issue a flash appeal for funding and support by the international community to address the acute humanitarian needs in Afghanistan. Foreign Minister further pledged financial contribution from MalaysiaRead More
Indonesia eases COVID-19 restrictions on Bali island: minister
JAKARTA: Indonesia has eased its COVID-19 restrictions on the popular tourist resort island of Bali, maritime and investment minister Luhut Panjaitan told a virtual conference on Monday. The level of restrictions on the island and elsewhere in Indonesia will be evaluated on a weekly basis, he added.
No need for a vaccine third jab booster: study
Vaccines are effective enough at preventing severe cases of Covid-19 that there is no current need for the general population to be given third doses, according to a report in The Lancet published Monday. Some countries have started offering extra doses over fears about the much more contagious Delta variant, causing the World Health Organization to call for a moratorium on third jabs amid concerns about vaccine supplies to poorer nations, where millions have yet to receive their first jab. The new report by scientists, including from the WHO, concluded that even with the threatRead More
PTI emerges as largest party in Cantonment Boards’ elections
Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf has emerged as the largest party in Cantonment Boards’ elections across the country with 58 seats. According to the unofficial preliminary results, Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz has got 51 seats followed by 49 independent candidates. Pakistan Peoples Party has managed to win 14 seats and Mutahidda Quomi Movement got ten seats. Jamat-i-Islami has also won five seats while Balochistan Awami Party got 2 seats. Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain in a tweet said the cantonment boards election results show that the opposition has left withRead More