Home / 2021 / October / 09

Daily Archives: October 9, 2021

Season’s highest number of dengue cases reported in capital


October 9, 2021

ISLAMABAD: The highest number of dengue cases in the current season was reported in the capital on Friday. A meeting was held at the deputy commissioner office regarding measures to be taken against the dengue outbreak. Representatives from different housing societies attended the meeting and were directed to take strict measures against the epidemic by ensuring daily fogging/fumigation, sweeping and …

Read More »

1,282 found infected with HIV before blood donation in Karachi


October 9, 2021

KARACHI: Describing the number of blood-borne and sexually transmitted diseases in the officially released provincial data as ‘gravely underestimated’, experts on Friday called upon the government to improve blood screening services both in the private and public sector and provide them at highly subsidised rates to the masses. They were speaking to with reference to the data released by the …

Read More »

Punjab PMA wants MDCAT on same day


October 9, 2021

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) Punjab Chapter on Friday demanded the government to conduct Medical and Dental Admission Tests (MDCAT) on same day across the country under the supervision of public-sector medical university as we did not accept the tests conducted by Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC). Addressing the press conference, PMA Punjab President Dr. Ghulam Shabbir said there was a …

Read More »

Rescue operation concludes in Harnai as toll climbs to 21


October 9, 2021

QUETTA: The army and Frontier Corps (FC) troops with Provincial Disaster Management Authority and local administration officials completed rescue operations in the earthquake-hit areas of Harnai district and launched a massive relief operation on Friday, while the National Disaster Management Authority, Pakistan Army and Air Force sent relief goods for the quake-affected people. Official sources said that death toll had …

Read More »

Biden won’t invoke executive privilege on Trump papers


October 9, 2021

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden is not asserting executive privilege over a tranche of documents sought by a House committee’s investigation into the Jan 6 insurrection at the Capitol, setting up a showdown with former President Donald Trump, who has pledged to try to block records from his time in the White House from being turned over to investigators. In a …

Read More »

Ed Sheeran admits he feared rejection when he proposed to Cherry Seaborn


October 9, 2021

Grammy Award-winning singer Ed Sheeran is sharing details about how he proposed to his now-wife Cherry Seaborn, fearing rejection over their different ideas about marriage. The Photograph crooner was quoted by the Mirror UK, saying the time he was proposing to his longtime girlfriend was when he felt the “most human.” “Well, Cherry’s parents never married, but they were together for 30 …

Read More »

Should be ‘very proud’: US official lauds Pakistan for helping Afghan refugees over last 42 years


October 9, 2021

US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman on Friday expressed appreciation for Pakistan’s efforts to provide humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan, saying that it should be “very proud of 42 years of helping Afghan refugees” and the US, as well as the world, was grateful for that. Sherman, who is leading a US delegation on a visit to Pakistan, lauded Pakistan’s …

Read More »

NA body wants mechanism to check sale of illegal SIMs


October 9, 2021

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary body on Friday directed the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) and National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) to devise a comprehensive mechanism to check sale and issuance of illegal SIMs. The National Assembly Standing Committee on Information Technology and Telecommunications further directed the PTA to devise a system in collaboration with Nadra to get the SIMs closed issued …

Read More »

Abolhassan Banisadr, Iran’s first president after 1979 revolution, dies


October 9, 2021

Abolhassan Banisadr, Iran’s first president after the country’s 1979 Islamic Revolution who fled Tehran after being impeached for challenging the growing power of clerics as the nation became a theocracy, died on Saturday. He was 88. Among a sea of black-robed Shia clerics, Banisadr stood out for his Western-style suits and a background so French that it was in philosopher …

Read More »

Special voting arranged in Iraq for soldiers, patients and the displaced


October 9, 2021

BAGHDAD: Iraqi security forces, displaced people, patients in hospitals and prisoners across the country cast their ballots on Friday, two days before the rest of the nation votes in parliamentary elections. Sunday’s vote is being held six months before schedule, in line with a promise made by Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi when he assumed office in 2020. He is seeking …

Read More »