The World Bank’s fund to assist the world’s poorest countries received a $93 billion injection of cash on Wednesday to help scale up funding for pandemic recovery and other programmes. According to the Washington-based development lender, it was the largest replenishment ever for the International Development Association (IDA), which gives loans to 74 nations, the […]
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New Zealand govt awards two citizens for showing bravery in mosque attack
Two New Zealanders were honoured on Thursday with the country’s highest gallantry medal for confronting a white supremacist gunman during a 2019 terror attack on Christchurch mosques that killed 51 Muslims. For their acts during the March 2019 shootings, Naeem Rashid, who died in the attack, and survivor Abdul Aziz were awarded the New Zealand […]
UHS announces first merit list for MBBS and BDS
The first selection list for admissions into government medical and dentistry institutes in Punjab was released by the University of Health Sciences (UHS) on Wednesday. On its website, UHS has published separate listings for MBBS and BDS. According to a press release from UHS, the closing merit for Open Merit MBBS is 90.1270 and for […]
Textiles mills to shut down in Punjab
According to the local news media, the textile sector in Punjab has faced an unprecedented situation due to the energy crisis, which has caused the closure of all textile mills across the province. The electricity supply to textile mills across the province was cut off at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, according to details. Despite the […]
No involvement in graft charges, Shehbaz Sharif tells court
Shehbaz Sharif, the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly (NA) and President of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), claimed on Thursday that he is innocent and has nothing to do with the corruption allegations leveled against him by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). Shehbaz Sharif stated that his policies benefited the people of […]
Tour in jeopardy, three more West Indian cricketers tested Covid positive
Officials said Thursday that five additional members of the West Indies cricket squad, including three players, had tested positive for Covid, putting the rest of their Pakistan trip in jeopardy. On Saturday, four more members of the touring group tested positive, increasing the total number of positives to nine since they arrived last week for […]
Govt will never forget survivors and parents of APS slain children: PM
Prime Minister Imran Khan, opposition leaders Asif Ali Zardari and Bilawal Bhutto Zardari paid eloquent tributes to the martyrs of the APS tragedy on the seventh anniversary of the terrorist assault on Army Public School Peshawar. “On December 16, 2014, terrorists assaulted and martyred over 140 people at APS, Peshawar, including 132 children,” Imran Khan […]
LHC directs Punjab govt to consider school closures from Dec 20
After WASA informed the Lahore High Court (LHC) that smoke from Bar be Que restaurants was causing air pollution in Lahore, the court on Thursday ordered the Punjab government to consider closing schools in the city starting December 20, stating that if the court did not intervene, the court would be forced to intervene. The […]