ISLAMABAD: Federal information minister Fawad Chaudhry has Wednesday announced that cinemas are now open in eight highly vaccinated Pakistan cities after they scored the highest marks in the Covid vaccination drive. راولپنڈی اسلام آباد سمیت آٹھ شہروں میں سینیما کھولنے کی اجازت دے دی گئ ہے، امید ہے لاہور اور کراچی کی انتظامیہ ویکسینیشن ڈرائیو کو بڑھائیں گے تاکہ اگلے …

Windows 11 is due to launch a week from now, on October 5 and since it’s in the final phase, the company Microsoft has rolled out a near-final version of the operating system people registered in the Windows Insider program. Since it’s the first time a Windows 11 version has been out as a Release Preview Insider program, it is …

SEOUL: North Korea fired a short-range missile into the sea on Tuesday at nearly the same moment its UN diplomat was decrying the US’s hostile policy against it, in an apparent return to its pattern of mixing weapons displays with peace overtures to wrest outside concessions. The launch, its third round of weapons firings this month, came only three days …

LONDON: Pakistan and the United Kingdom on Tuesday agreed to form a joint working group to formulate a strategy for strengthening bilateral ties in multiple spheres, including trade and investment. The bilateral ties were discussed during a meeting between Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and UK Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Women and Equality Liz Truss …

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Healthcare Regulatory Authority (IHRA) has closed two labs in the fake corona vaccination certificates scandal. “These labs were involved in issuance of fake corona vaccination certificates,” a spokesperson of the IHRA said in a statement. “The services of Sharif and Khan labs will remain suspended till the next order of the authority,” spokesperson said. “The two labs have …

The Taliban on Wednesday warned of consequences if the US did not stop flying drones over Afghan airspace. “The US has violated all international rights and laws as well as its commitments made to the Taliban in Doha, Qatar, with the operation of these drones in Afghanistan,” the Taliban said in a statement on Twitter. “We call on all countries, …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has convened a meeting of the ruling party’s parliamentary group at the Parliament House on Wednesday (today) after the government on Tuesday failed to ensure quorum in the National Assembly for the seventh consecutive day. Sources told Dawn that chief whip of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Malik Aamir Dogar had sent text messages to all the …

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday issued notices to Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz vice president Maryam Nawaz and retired Captain Mohammad Safdar in response to an application filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) seeking hearing of their appeals against the verdict in the Avenfield Apartment reference on a daily basis. Days before July 2018 general elections, Accountability Court …

Top US generals are claiming that they had warned US President Joe Biden that a rushed withdrawal from Afghanistan could increase risks to Pakistan’s nuclear weapons and the country’s security. “We estimated an accelerated withdrawal would increase risks of regional instability, the security of Pakistan and its nuclear arsenals,” Chairman of the Joint Chief General Mark Milley told the Senate …

DHAKA: A Bangladeshi man in his 80s has been reunited with his nearly 100-year-old mother after about 70 years thanks to social media. Abdul Kuddus Munsi was sent to live with his uncle when he was about 10, but lost touch with his family after running away and being adopted by two sisters. “This is the happiest day of my …