ISLAMABAD: As the country witnessed a surge in Covid-19 cases with positivity rate reaching 7.36 per cent, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Friday allowed all citizens over 18 years of age to get booster dose. In a tweet, the NCOC said: “In today’s NCOC session, age limit for booster dose has been further reduced. From tomorrow onwards, citizens over 18 years will be eligible for free booster dose of their choice. Booster (one dose) will be administered after 6 months gap from complete vaccination.” It stated that vaccine doses administered across the country over the past 24…
Author: Hasnain Abid Khanzada
RAWALPINDI: As the committee formed to probe the Murree tragedy returned to Islamabad on Friday after carrying out its investigation, it seems that the Rawalpindi administration has learned something from the incidents of last weekend. The administration of Rawalpindi district has finalised a fresh contingency plan ahead of the upcoming rain and snow that has been forecast in hilly areas from Tuesday, Jan 18, and Thursday, Jan 20. The Met Office has asked all departments concerned to make appropriate arrangements beforehand. As per the new plan, the additional deputy commissioner and three assistant commissioners have been deployed in Murree to avoid…
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Human Rights on Friday said the Protection against Harassment of Women at the Workplace Amendment Bill 2022 as amended by the Senate has been passed by the National Assembly. In a statement, it said the bill was drafted by the Ministry of Human Rights to facilitate increased participation of women in the workforce and to remove lacunas in the protection against harassment law in Pakistan. The bill increased the ambit and scope of the law to include certain professions and employment models that the current legislation did not expressly mention, and provided protection from harassment to…
ISLAMABAD: Amid spiralling inflation and a significant rise in the cost of living for nearly all Pakistanis, it is perhaps fitting that the country’s first-ever national security policy acknowledges economic stability as a key component of national security. “Pakistan’s vital national security interests are best served by placing economic security as the core element of national security. The country’s security imperatives in the next decade will be driven by the need to realise its economic potential while ensuring national cohesion, territorial integrity, internal security, and citizen welfare,” states the National Security Policy (NSP) 2022-2026. Approved by the federal cabinet last week,…
The Sindh government on Saturday decided that schools across the province will remain open even as the Omicron-driven fifth wave of Covid-19 spreads at an alarming rate. The decision to continue educational activities was taken in a meeting of the Provincial Task Force on Covid-19 presided over by Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah. The meeting’s participants also decided that all public and private hospitals will be surveyed in order to determine their current capacities and to ascertain what more is needed. It was also decided to strictly implement Covid-19 standard operating procedures (SOPs). Furthermore, wearing masks at public…
Shaukat Ali Mukadam, the father of slain Noor Mukadam, recorded in an Islamabad court on Saturday his statement in the murder case of his daughter and demanded capital punishment for Zahir Jaffer — the primary accused. Noor, 27, was found murdered at a residence in the capital’s upscale Sector F-7/4 on July 20, 2021. A first information report was registered the same day against Zahir — who was arrested from the site of the murder — under Section 302 (premeditated murder) of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) on the complaint of the victim’s father. A trial court on October 14…
ISLAMABAD: Tensions remained high in the Senate on Friday after the controversial ‘mini-budget’ and other bills were bulldozed through the National Assembly, and opposition leaders traded barbs with the treasury benches over the ‘unreasonable’ hike in power tariff. The opposition leaders warned that the government’s policies would incite people to revolt while the ruling party allies continued to blame their predecessors for the current economic mess. The action began even before the formal commencement of house proceedings, when Senator Mushtaq Ahmad of the Jamaat-i-Islami rose in his seat even before Question Hour was announced and, without being recognised by the…
Megan Fox saw an exponential increase in the number of her Instagram followers after she announced that she is engaged to rapper Machine Gun Kelly. The Hollywood actress has crossed 18 million followers on the photo and video sharing app. More than 20 million people have watched Megan Fox’s video she posted to announce her engagement to rapper Machine Gun Kelly. She posted the video with caption, “In July of 2020 we sat under this banyan tree We asked for magic We were oblivious to the pain we would face together in such a short, frenetic period of time. Unaware…
American media personality Kylie Jenner revealed pictures from lavish baby shower event on Friday. The soon-to-be-mom Kylie, 24, dropped pictures from the beautiful white-and-gold giraffe-themed baby shower on her Instagram handle. She captioned the post with a white heart, angel and giraffe emoticon. In the series of nine pictures, the Kylie Cosmetics founder gave fans a glimpse into her rare maternity style as she opted for a strikingly simple white long-sleeve body-con dress for the event. The pictures include Kylie cradling her baby bump in front of three regal statues of giraffes and posing all smiles with her mother Kris…
Aiman Khan and Minal Khan have are winning hearts with new photo. The 23-year-old divas posed alongside their respective husbands for an adorable mirror selfie. Turning to her Instagram on Saturday, the mother-of-one shared a photo with her twin sister, husband Muneeb Butt and brother-in-law Ahsan Mohsin Ikram. Simply captioning the snap with a heart, Aiman garnered blessings from her fans across the world. “MashaAlllah !! Khush raho hamaeshaa !!!” wrote one Instagram user. “Love u all from india,” added another. Take a look:
