US President Donald Trump sparked an angry backlash from the medical community on Sunday with a protocol-breaking visit to his supporters outside the hospital where he is being treated for the highly infectious, potentially deadly new coronavirus. He was masked as he waved from inside his bulletproof vehicle during the short trip outside Walter Reed military medical centre near Washington, which appeared …

ISLAMABAD: Majority of Pakistanis continue to fear that the country is heading in the wrong direction since last year, claims a survey. France-based organisation lpsos, in its survey titled “Consumer Confidence Survey in Pakistan”, released on Sunday claimed that four in five Pakistanis continued to fear that the country was heading in the wrong direction since last year. It also …

LAHORE: The Federal Seed Certification & Registration Department (FSC&RD) is allegedly conducting a recruitment process for its 50 vacancies without lawful authorisation from the Ministry of National Food Security & Research (MNFS&R), it has been learnt. The recruitment process is reportedly going on notwithstanding several written complaints to the higher-ups and even to the Prime Minister Complaint Cell, drawing attention …

ISLAMABAD: The capital administration has decided to seal the Federal Government Postgraduate College for Girls in F-7/2 after two people at the institution tested positive for Covid-19. The college will be closed today (Monday) for five days, Islamabad District Health Officer Dr Zaeem Zia. “We will disinfect the educational institution and try to trace the patients’ contacts. Hopefully, the institution …

MUZAFFARABAD: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) government has decided in principle to resort to enforcement of a lockdown across the state as cases of Covid-19 are on the rise again. The decision was taken at a high-level meeting presided over by Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider on Sunday. During the meeting, officials expressed serious concern over increasing number of …

ISLAMABAD: With more than 40pc of children in Pakistan facing stunting issues due to malnutrition, Prime Minister Imran Khan is going to chair a meeting of the Pakistan National Nutrition Coordination Council (PNNCC) today to address the subject. This is the first time in the country’s history that an inter ministerial body has been created to steer a nutrition-specific agenda. …

• Says ex-PM failed to keep smooth working relationship with army chiefs, judiciary • Sees opposition in blind alley after it attacked institutions • Govt to move CPEC Authority bill ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Shibli Faraz on Sunday said the Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) was responsible for current economic difficulties as the party had “looted national wealth” and …

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) will start online registration of the candidates desirous to appear in Central Superior Services (CSS) examinations 2021 from Monday (today). According to official sources, the last date for submission of applications on FPSC web portal was Nov 3. Applicants are required to submit hard copy of the application form along with required documents …

QUETTA: Leaders of the coalition partners of Jam-led provincial government have reacted to the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) leadership’s decision to choose Quetta as the venue for the first public meeting of the newly-formed opposition alliance and claimed that it would prove to be a flop. Secretary General of the ruling Balo­chistan Awami Party (BAP), Senator Manzoor Ahmed Kakar, said that the …

Former Sindh governor Mohammad Zubair has been appointed as the spokesperson for PML-N supremo and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz, party spokeswoman Marriyum Aurangzeb said on Monday. In a statement posted on PML-N’s Twitter account, Aurangzeb said that a spokespersons’ committee would also be formed under the guidance of the party’s primary spokesperson and central …