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Web Desk — Dubai government announces new corona SOPs (conditions) for Pakistanis. According to the Dubai government’s new travel advisory, Pakistanis having Dubai’s residential visa are not required to show their vaccination card. PCR test before 48 hours and rapid antigen test four hours prior to traveling is required. Corona test will be taken at Dubai airport.

Web Desk — Giving good news to the Muslims worldwide, Saudi Arabia has announced to gradually receive Umrah applications from overseas for vaccinated pilgrims starting on August 9. According to the state news agency SPA, initially, 60,000 pilgrims will be allowed to perform Umrah. The number of Umrah pilgrims will rise monthly and the capacity will be taken to 2 …

Web Desk— By throwing the Indian pressure out of the boundary, South African cricketer Herschelle Gibbs reached Pakistan on Saturday to join his Kashmir Premier League (KPL) team – Overseas Warriors. Gibbs expressed his liking for the KPL tournament saying it was loverly to be in Pakistan. Senator Faisal Javed of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf welcomed Gibbs to Pakistan and said that …

Web Desk — Pakistan’s javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem of Mian Channu lost the medal race at Tokyo Olympics 2020 but won the nation’s hearts. In the Tokyo Olympics’ javelin throw final on Saturday there were a total of 12 contestants participating. In his first throw, Nadeem’s javelin covered a distance of 82.4 metres while India’s Chopra threw his to a …

Web Desk — PML-N supremo and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s request for an extension in his visit visa has been rejected by the British authorities. Nawaz Sharif had put in a request with the UK Home Office to grant him an extension on health ground as his six-month visit visa had expired. After rejection of visa extension request, Nawaz …

Web Desk — Google has unveiled a flagship pixel smartphone powered by its first mobile chip to put artificial intelligence in buyers’ hands. Loaded with superfast 5G wireless capability, pixel 6 mobile phone models are ready to be released later this year. Google will debut its own Tensor chip crafted along with lines of processors it made for data centers …

Web Desk — A Pakistani woman Bushra Ali Shah, 35, performed Haj alone as Saudi government has removed the guardian or ‘mehram’ rule aside. The Haj Ministry has officially allowed women of all ages to perform Haj without having a male guardian, also known as mehram. Earlier women were not allowed to go for Haj without the company of a …

LAHORE: (Web Desk) Amazon chief Jeff Bezos becomes history’s riches man as Pentagon cancells JEDI contract awarded to Microsoft. The shares value of Amazon incrased with the cancellation of JEDI contrat that increased Bezos’s wealth by $8.4 billion. With this, Bezos wealth goes up to $211 billion. The electric car maker Elon Musk is at number 2 in the list …

LAHORE: (Web Desk) Saudi government bans Ummrah pilgrims as Hajj season starts. According to Saudi Hajj ministry 1600 buses will be deputed for the services of Hajis. Only 20 persons will sit in one bus due to coronavirus. The buses will be given red, green, yellow and blue colours for the dentification of the residential tents in Mina.

LAHORE: (Web Desk) Everyone knows that in the worst economic situation caused by the coronavirus, the business of the world’s largest airlines has been badly affected and thousands of workers have lost their jobs. On the other hand, very few people are aware of the fact that in the days of Corona, there are some airlines which have maintained their …