Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s Musadik Malik has tested psoitive for coronavirus. He announced this on his Twitter on Saturday. “I have just about received my COVID-19 result. Unfortunately, I am coronavirus positive, and am going into isolation,” he wrote. The senior PML-N leader asked people to keep him in their prayers. “Most regretfully, I would miss […]
READ MOREPakistan government slashes petrol prices by Rs1.57 for November
Abdul Gh Lone 31 October 2020 0 COMMENTSThe Pakistan government has reduced the price of petrol by Rs1.57 per litre for November. A notification was issued by the finance ministry on Saturday. A litre of petrol will now cost Rs102.40. The price of high speed diesel has been reduced by Rs0.84 per litre. Kerosene will cost Rs65.29 per litre and light diesel […]
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The Queen’s gambit: Maryam Nawaz’s brazen, risky power play
Abdul Gh Lone 31 October 2020 0 COMMENTSIf the effectiveness of Opposition rallies against Imran Khan’s government were measured by their ability to immediately topple, then the politics of the last two weeks in Pakistan has been a failure. The Pakistan Democratic Movement, an alliance of 11 parties standing in opposition to Imran Khan’s government, has held three rallies so far, in […]
READ MOREPakistan include Haider Ali in squad for second Zimbabwe ODI
Abdul Gh Lone 31 October 2020 0 COMMENTSPakistan on Saturday announced the inclusion of young batsman Haider Ali in the squad for the second ODI against Zimbabwe. The 15-member squad was announced by head coach and chief selector Misbah-ul-Haq on Saturday. Youngster Haider, who scored a half-century on his T20I debut earlier this year, comes in to replace left-handed batsman Haris Sohail […]
READ MOREPresident Emmanuel Macron said that he could understand if Muslims were shocked by cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH), as French authorities on Saturday sought to ascertain if a young Tunisian suspected of killing three people in a knife rampage inside a Nice church had outside help. France is on edge after the republication in […]
READ MOREhttps://www.samaa.tv/wp-content/uploads//usr/nfs/sestore3/samaa/vodstore/digital-library/2020/10/Ayaz-Sadiq.mp4 Former National Assembly speaker Ayaz Sadiq says he has many secrets, but has never made irresponsible statements. Sadiq was referring to speech by him in the National Assembly this week, in which he suggested that the PTI government had released Indian pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman in capitulation, fearing an imminent attack from India. The […]
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Pakistan’s better Covid-19 strategy works during pandemic: Bloomberg
Abdul Gh Lone 31 October 2020 0 COMMENTSInternational business magazine Bloomberg on Saturday said that Pakistan’s decision to loosen Covid-19 restrictions early has helped the country’s exports emerge stronger than its South Asian peers. In a report, the economic journal said the outbound shipments have grown at a faster pace than Bangladesh and India as textiles, which account for half of the […]
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COVID19 claimes three more lives and infectes 185 people in Punjab
Abdul Gh Lone 31 October 2020 0 COMMENTSThe novel coronavirus has claimed three more lives and infected at least 185 people during the past 24 hours in Punjab. In a statement on the daily COVID-19 situation, Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar said that three more people succumbed to COVID-19 in 24 hours, taking the death toll to 2,357 in the province. He […]
READ MORETwo bogies of a freight train derailed near Rahim Yar Khan Saturday morning. One track at the Tarinda Saway Khan railway station was temporarily closed and it was cleared after two hours with the help of heavy machinery. Station Master Sadiq Bhatti said that the bogies derailed because of a technical fault.
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