ISLAMABAD: Shunning their differences, political parties and religious groups have condemned the Israeli aggression against unarmed Palestinian civilians and destruction of different installations, including media houses, in Gaza. National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser on Saturday said the government and the opposition would introduce a unanimous resolution in the lower house of parliament against the Israeli aggression as there were no …

KARACHI: The cyclonic storm “Tauktae” is likely to further intensify into a ‘very severe cyclonic storm’ during the next 18 to 24 hours and move further in the northwest direction, reaching the Indian city of Gujarat by May 18 afternoon or evening, the Meteorological department said in an advisory on Saturday. However, the department said, the storm didn’t pose a serious threat …

ISLAMABAD: Though the use of hand sanitisers has increased following the outbreak of Covid-19, there is still no authority to check and implement quality control of imported or locally-manufactured sanitisers. This situation has arisen due to a decision taken by the federal cabinet in May last year to transfer manufacture and sale of sanitisers from Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan …

SUKKUR: Growers of Sindh and Pakistan Peoples Party workers will hold a sit-in under the leadership of party chairman Bilawal-Bhutto Zardari along the Sindh-Punjab border to seal it, if “theft” of Sindh’s water is not stopped. This was announced by Irrigation Minister Sohail Anwar Siyal while addressing a press conference along with Information Minister Syed Nasir Hussain Shah during a …

LAHORE: With 134 Covid-19 deaths during three days of Eidul Fitr, the health experts have warned that the third wave of the virus may get intensified in Punjab in the next two weeks. Though the parks and public places wore a deserted look during the three days of Eid as the public stayed away from them, the religious festival was …

Veteran politician and former provincial president of the Awami National Party (ANP) Begum Naseem Wali Khan passed away on Sunday, the ANP said. The ANP announced a three-day mourning in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the wake of her demise. Her funeral prayers will be offered in Wali Bagh, Charsadda in the evening. Begum Naseem, the octogenarian wife of late ANP founder …

KARACHI: Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah presiding over a cyclone emergency meeting on Saturday at CM House declared emergency in all the districts located along the coastal belt in order to take precautionary measures to meet any untoward situation. “A control room should be established at the chief secretary office to keep close coordination with all the districts, in …

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry has said the entire ministry will be revamped in seven to 10 months to turn it into an effective “voice of the state” and not the ruling party for which besides introducing latest technologies and public-private partnership in the media, reforms will be carried out in each department. “Unfortunately, nobody has …

• Registration of people over 30 starts today • Markets to remain open till 8pm from tomorrow • 1,531 cases, 83 deaths reported in single day ISLAMABAD: As Covid-19 vac­cine registration of people aged 30 years and above begins, the National Command and Ope­ra­tion Centre (NCOC) has deci­ded to resume public transport from Sunday (today) instead of the previously given …

The National Command and Operation Centre said on Sunday that registration of citizens above 30 years of age for Covid-19 vaccines were now open, urging every one to “get yourself vaccinated”. In a tweet, the NCOC explained that citizens above 30 years of age could register themselves by sending their CNIC numbers to 1166. It added that walk-in vaccinations were …