Wednesday, November 10th, 2021
Babar Azam-led Pak team well : Ramiz Raja
LAHORE, Nov 10 : Chairman, Pakistan Cricket Board , Ramiz Raja while praising the leadership qualities of Babar Azam said on Wednesday that the star batsman has led the Pakistan team well in the T20 World Cup and he doesn’t need to do anything differently in the semi-final against Australia tomorrow,Thursday. The PCB chief said, “ So far the Pakistan team has really done well and impressed us well with their consistent performances. I don’t think Babar Azam needs to do anything differently in the semi-final against Australia. The teamRead More
Spain’s official 2020 COVID death toll dramatically underestimated: Study
Spain’s National Statistics Institute revealed on Wednesday that the true death toll from COVID-19 in 2020 in Spain was much higher than the Health Ministry’s official figures. Looking back on death certificates, the statistics agency found that 60,358 people died from the virus after testing positive and a further 14,481 people were suspected to have died from the infectious disease. Besides those 74,839 deaths, doctors said 8,275 people did not die directly from COVID-19, but that the virus contributed to their deaths. These numbers stand in stark contrast to theRead More
Merkel speaks with Putin as Poland-Belarus border crisis escalates
BERLIN, NOV 10: The German chancellor and Russian president discussed the Poland-Belarus border crisis in a phone talk on Wednesday. Angela Merkel’s spokesman Steffen Seibert said the chancellor called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to use his influence on Belarus to stop the use of migrants as a political tool to exert pressure on the EU. “She underlined that the instrumentalization of migrants by the Belarusian regime is inhumane and unacceptable,” Seibert said on Twitter. Tensions between Poland and Belarus escalated on Monday after nearly 4,000 migrants, mostly from theRead More
Afghan FM arrives in Islamabad for 3-day visit
ISLAMABAD , NOV 10 : Afghanistan’s acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi arrived in Islamabad on Wednesday evening on a three-day visit to Pakistan for wide-ranging talks on bilateral matters — the first visit to Pakistan by an Afghan minister since the Taliban seized control of Kabul on August 15. Muttaqi is leading a 20-member high-level delegation comprising Minister for Finance Hidayatullah Badri, Minister for Industries and Trade Nooruddin Aziz and senior officials from the aviation ministry, according to a list of delegates available with Dawn.com. Pakistan’s Special Representative forRead More
Turkey Alumni gathering aimed to promote Pak-Turkey relations
BY OUR CORRESPONDENT ISLAMABAD, NOV 10: The first ever gathering of alumni of Turkish universities was organized by newly established office of “Turkey Alumni in Pakistan (TULIP)” at Islamabad Club aimed to connect the alumni of Turkish universities. A large number of Alumni, Ambassador of Turkey to Pakostan Ihsan Mustafa Yurdakul, Head of the Mission Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) Dilsad Senol, Deputy Coordinator of Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) Mehmet Selcuk Karagoz, MD Pakistan Bait-ul- Mal Mr. Malik Zaheer Abbas Khokhar, Air Vice Marshal Asad Ikram, Assitant CommissionerRead More
Attorney General briefs PM Imran on APS attack case
ISLAMABAD , NOV 10 : Attorney General for Pakistan Khalid Javed Khan called on Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday. According to details, the attorney general left for Prime Minister Office after Supreme Court of Pakistan summoned Imran Khan in APS attack case. Khalid Javed briefed the premier about developments in the case. Earlier, a three-member bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Gulzar Ahmed conducted hearing on the case. During the proceedings, the CJP asked Attorney General whether he had forwarded the court order to the premier overRead More