Web Desk — Asad Umar, Federal Planning Minister, has warned that the new COVID-19 variant will inevitably come to Pakistan due to the alarming surge of cases of the new coronavirus strain, Omicron, around the world. Asad Umar, speaking at a joint press conference alongside Dr. Faisal Sultan, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health, said the country has …

Web Desk — In order to stop spread of the new coronavirus varinat ‘Omicron’, the Sindh government has decided to make booster jabs mandatory. Health Secretary Zulfiqar Ali Shah said that it had been decided to make the booster dose mandatory across the province to curb the spreaf of the new variant. He said that the Pfizer vaccine would be …

Web Desk — With inspiration from Chinese agro-based innovative technologies and techniques, China’s digital farming and smart agriculture practices will spur Pakistan’s agricultural growth. An innovative group of young Pakistani agri-tech entrepreneurs has pioneered the “Digital Dera” project in the Pakpattan district, located around 148 km from Lahore. A technologically advanced project called “Digital Dera” aims to empower farmers with …

Web Desk — Former chief justice Supreme Court, Justice Saqib Nisar has denied the authenticity of the audio clip attributed to him saying he never directed subbordinate judges for Nawaz Sharif and Maryam Nawaz sentences. Saqib Nisar was reacting to a recentely leaked audio clip in which he (allegedly Saqib Nisar) could be heard saying that in order to make …

Web Desk — Social media users gave intense reaction to Federal Energy Minister Hammad Azhar’s challenge to prominent anchor Shahzeb Khanzada to discuss Pakistan’s LNG and gas issues “moderated by a neutral anchor”. The minister tweeted on Friday, “Let people see the facts without continual interruptions, volume controls, or teleprompters.” Azhar’s tweet went viral, but not for the reasons he …

Web Desk — Despite intense protest by the opposition, the government on Wednesday managed to amend the Election Act 2017 during parliament’s joint session, allowing the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs) and giving overseas Pakistanis the right to vote in general elections. The joint opposition led by PML-N president and opposition leader in the National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif rejected …

Web Desk — A joint session of the Parliament is being held today at 12pm as government plans to pass several bills while the Opposition is all set to give full resistance to the government. The joint sitting has been convened as the government has apparently convinced its political allies — including the PML-Q and the MQM-P — to give …

Web Desk — Students who passed their matriculation and intermediate examination with grace marks as per government’s corona policy find themselves in a serious problem. It has been reported in the media that all government colleges in the Rawalpindi district have denied admission to students who passed their matric/inter examination with grace marks. In Rawalpindi, government boys colleges’ merit for …

Web Desk — The Pakistan Television (PTV) has sent a recovery notice to former cricketer Shoaib Akhtar for damages worth Rs103.3 million for “being absent from its shows during the T20 World Cup and for resigning from his position without serving a notice period”. Giving his reaction on the legal notice Shoaib Akhtar expressed utter disappointment with the PTV for …

Web Desk — “Election officials and government functionaries acted as puppets in the hands of their unlawful masters.” These are the findings of an inquiry report into the disappearance of 20 presiding officers during the by-election of NA-75, Daska. The inquiry report has been compiled by the Punjab Joint Election Commissioner. The report finds them responsible for not discharging their …