Top government ministers on Monday held a press conference, a day after the country’s major opposition parties announced launching of a three-phased anti-government movement under the banner of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM). Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi asked the opposition not to “drag national institutions into politics”. “It is not good for the country, […]
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Describing the opposition parties’ gathering in Islamabad as an attempt to defame the state institutions, Prime Minister Imran Khan Monday said Pakistani armed forces were the guarantors of national security. The PML-N had again promoted the Indian agenda, said Imran while speaking at a meeting of government spokespersons, which discussed the matters related to the […]
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Researchers all over the globe are testing a range of drugs they hope can stop the novel coronavirus before it turns fatal. Most of these drugs are existing ones, used to tackle other diseases and viral infections. The only two medicines that are known to work on coronavirus, remdesevir and steroids, are generally not administered […]
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Pakistan’s major opposition parties have come together to devise an anti-government strategy at an All Parties Conference hosted by the PPP. Currently, a discussion is underway to mull whether mass protests or a demand for resignations will be adopted as the course of action to oust the government. Speaking about this, PML-N leader Rana Sanaullah […]
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Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Sunday protested with Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari for what he said not covering his speech in the All Parties Conference (APC) live. JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman complained that the APC had live-streamed speeches of other party leaders but his speech in the […]
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The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has launched the Naya Pakistan Certificates with attractive returns over different maturities for the rersident Pakistanis who have a Foreign Currency Roshan Digital Account. The newly-launched certificates are the foreign currency-denominated debt securities of the Government of Pakistan. Announcing on its website, the central bank said the resident Pakistanis […]
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Australian cricket great Ricky Ponting Saturday said there would be less pressure on players in the virus-hit Indian Premier League with matches being played in empty stadiums. The Twenty20 tournament begins Saturday evening in the United Arab Emirates, with holders Mumbai Indians playing the Chennai Super Kings in the opener in Abu Dhabi. Ponting, coach […]
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The number of coronavirus deaths in France is rising for the first time since the end of lockdown, the public health agency said Friday, warning that all outbreak indicators are worsening. The country recorded 13,215 new cases in 24 hours, said the agency — a new daily record since a widespread testing campaign was launched […]
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China said Saturday it had officially implemented a mechanism enabling it to restrict foreign entities, a much-anticipated move seen as retaliation to US penalties against Chinese companies such as telecom giant Huawei. An announcement by the Ministry of Commerce did not mention any specific foreign entities, but broadly spelled out the factors that could trigger […]
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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday said European leaders “haven’t lifted a finger” to halt arms sales to Iran after they rejected a unilateral US declaration that UN sanctions on Tehran were back in force. The administration of President Donald Trump said the sanctions had been re-activated under the “snapback” mechanism in a […]
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