Voters chose none of the 26 women who stood for election in Qatar’s first legislative polls on Saturday, disappointing candidates who had wanted to lend a voice for women and other Qataris in the Gulf monarchy’s political process. The vote was for 30 members of the 45-seat advisory Shura Council while the emir will continue to appoint the remaining 15 members of …

LONDON: Worldwide deaths related to Covid-19 surpassed 5 million, according to a tally, with unvaccinated people particularly exposed to the virulent Delta strain. The variant has exposed the wide disparities in vaccination rates between rich and poor nations, and the upshot of vaccine hesitancy in some western nations. More than half of all global deaths reported on a seven-day average …

Around 1,000 Taliban supporters attended a rally on Sunday in a vast field to the north of Kabul, in a show of strength as they consolidate their rule of Afghanistan. The crowd, made up only of men and boys, listened to speeches by leading Taliban officials and commanders at Kohdaman township in the hilly outskirts of the capital. The rally …

A huge fire on Saturday night severely damaged Rome’s famed “Iron Bridge”, with parts of the 19th-century structure plunging into the Tiber River. The bridge, which was opened in 1863 and whose formal name is Ponte dell’ Industria (Industry Bridge), connects the densely populated Ostiense and Portuense neighbourhoods. Pope Pius IX attended the 1863 inauguration of the bridge, one of …

ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has decided to start Peshawar Mor to Islamabad International Airport (IIA) metro bus service from January 2022 for which 45 buses will be procured. CDA Chairman Amer Ali Ahmed told that the civic agency also planned to construct a bus depot worth Rs800 million at Peshawar Mor where buses the CDA plans to run …

KARACHI: Rejecting the results of recently held Medical and Dental College Admission Test (MDCAT), Sindh Health Minister Dr Azra Fazal Pechuho on Saturday said the province had left with no option but either to hold its own tests or decrease percentage for admission to medical colleges. She was speaking to reporters in the committee room of the Sindh Assembly. Sindh …

• NDMA procures 7m vaccines from China, Russia • Asad says 30m people to be fully vaccinated in a day • NCOC advises pilgrims from Iraq to quarantine • 46 lose battle against virus, over 1,600 get infected ISLAMABAD: While Covid-19 positivity ratio, which was in double figures a couple of months ago, has declined to 3.21 per cent, Minister …

KARACHI: The Sindh government is making arrangements for the burial of legendary comedian Umer Sharif at the Abdullah Shah Ghazi graveyard. In a tweet, Sindh Information Minister Saeed Ghani said that everyone was sad over the demise of Umer Sharif and the Pakistan Peoples Party had cancelled its rally scheduled for Sunday (today). He said that a son of the …

Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said on Sunday that details revealed in the “Pandora Papers” — major international research on the financial secrets held by high-profile individuals set to be released later today — will “further strengthen” Prime Minister Imran Khan’s stance. “Panama Papers revealed offshore assets of very corrupt people. Now another research of ICIJ (International Consortium of Investigative Journalists) …

Kelly Clarkson has officially been awarded rights to her $10.4 million Montana ranch in a divorce settlement by the court. The news has been brought to light by a report via Page Six sources who claim, “The Court further finds that the Montana Ranch and the other two Montana properties are not titled in both of the Parties’ names either as joint …