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Hammad Azhar notified as finance minister
SAPM Power Tabish Gohar given additional charge of SAPM Petroleum
ISLAMABAD: The federal government notified Minister of Industries Hammad Azhar's appointment as the Minister of Finance on Tuesday, and gave the additional charge of…
WHO experts say COVID probably came to humans from animals
Experts believe the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes the COVID-19 disease originally came from bats.International experts would hold a press conference today at 1400 GMT (7pm) to discuss their findings.Beijing’s theory that the virus did not…
Mosques to stay open during Ramazan
Minister says govt promoting culture of Quran recitation
ISLAMABAD: All the mosques across the country would remain open during the holy month of Ramazan with strict observance of the coronavirus-induced standard operating procedures,…
Cabinet to likely approve Rs1b fund for publicity drive
Govt aims to create awareness about various projects including Ehsaas programme
ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet is likely to approve Rs1 billion supplementary grant for the publicity of government measures in its meeting on Thursday.…
World is aware of Pakistan’s efforts for peace in region:…
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Tuesday that the world was aware of Pakistan's effort for peace in the region.
The foreign minister's remarks came during a press conference at the 9th Heart of Asia-Istanbul…
Punjab sees 2,467 new Covid-19 cases, 73 deaths in 24 hours
LAHORE: Punjab recorded as many as 2,467 new cases of COVID-19 and 73 deaths in the last 24 hours, the provincial health department said in a statement on Tuesday.
In a day 73 more patients of the disease died by coronavirus in the…
President Arif Alvitest positive for COVID-19
Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: President Arif Alvi and Defence Minister Pervez Khattak have tested positive for COVID-19, days after the former got the first dose of the anti-COVID jab.
Taking to Twitter, Arif Alvi said that he has tested…
WhatsApp working on feature allowing change of ‘some…
Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp is reportedly working on a feature that will allow users to change "some colours" of the app.
"WhatsApp is developing a feature that allows to change some colours in their app," tweeted WABetaInfo…
‘Larger bench’s order binding on smaller one’
SC says only a bench of co-equal strength can ask CJ to form larger bench to revisit verdict
ISLAMABAD:
SC has ruled that “judicial discipline” and “propriety” demand that a division or two-judge bench follows the decision of a…
Federal cabinet to decide on retail price of COVID-19 vaccines
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has summoned a session of the federal cabinet on Thursday in order to discuss 22-point agenda that also include the prices of COVID-19 vaccines, COUNTRY News reported.
The federal cabinet will mull…