LAHORE: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has ramped up measures to block the spread of the new coronavirus that has thus far killed 17 and infected nearly 600 people. Counters have been set up at the Allama Iqbal International Airport and Islamabad International Airport with officials of the CAA and the health department designated to screen flyers coming from China for the presence of the virus....
LAHORE: The wheat and flour crisis persist to haunt common man on Thursday, as prices of the food commodity have soared across the country. The Chakki owners strike in Lahore has entered in its second day, as the owners association has said that they were ready to sell the wheat flour on the government fixed rate of...
LAHORE: A petition has been filed in the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday, against increase in the sugar price. Petitioner in his plea stated that the sugar mafia has jacked up the sugar price by creating artificial shortage. “Production of sugar is far beyond to the country’s demand and need.” The LHC has been...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan was on Thursday ranked 120 out of 180 countries on the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2019, according to a report released by Transparency International (TI), an international non-governmental organization based in Berlin. CPI uses a scale of 0 to 100 to rank nations, where 0 is highly corrupt and 100 is very clean. The score of Pakistan –...
DAVOS: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Thursday that Pakistan will ensure its interests regarding the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and will continue to take measures in this regard. Shah Mehmood Qureshi said in his statement that Pakistan is resolutely trying to present its viewpoint in front of the world that there will be negative impacts over...
ISLAMABAD: Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) on Thursday declared final results of its seven MSc programs, that include Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Statistics, Environment Sciences and Micro-Biology. According to the Controller Exams, the results have been placed at the University’s official website and the same has also been communicated to the students at their postal address....
WUHAN, China: “Everything is normal for me and my other Pakistani colleagues,” said Khan Baz, a student studying in China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), amid the outbreak of novel coronavirus pneumonia cases in Wuhan city, capital of China’s Hubei Province. Now, Baz is still busy with his study on energy at the campus in Wuhan. He...
DAVOS: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday said that there is no danger of war between nuclear–arch rivals India and Pakistan and we want peaceful resolution of all outstanding disputes. Speaking during an interview with the International Media Council on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, he said that the international community including United...
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president Shahbaz Sharif has decided to return Pakistan from London in February. According to sources, the PML-N leadership has planned to focus on Punjab government’s performance instead of federation. Sources further told that all the opposition parties are likely to gather on one platform in March. It is to be mentioned here that Shahbaz Sharif had...
NEW YORK: Pakistan has called on the United Nations (UN)to respond to the challenges posed by the unilateral moves on the status of Jerusalem and the expanding Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory that have undermined the prospect of peace in the Middle East. “The United Nations, including the Security Council, have a central...