Beijing has hit ‘temporary herd immunity’
Medical staff members, wearing protective clothing at the Wuhan Red Cross Hospital in Wuhan. — AFP/File BEIJING: Beijing has reached “temporary herd immunity” and its COVID outbreak is nearing an…
SC registrar office scraps PTI plea against Mohsin Naqvi’s appointment as Punjab caretaker CM
An undated photograph of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. — Reuters Petition “not maintainable”, says Supreme Court’s Registrar Office. Apex court says plea does not justify connection to Article 184(3).…
Defence minister calls for national consensus to kick off anti-terror operation
Defence Minister Khawaja Asif speaks on the floor of the National Assembly on January 31, 2023. — YouTube/PTVNewsLive “Massacre of people in mosque neither happens in India nor in Israel.”…
US says Russia not complying with last remaining nuclear treaty
State Department spokesman Ned Price takes a question during a news conference at the State Department in Washington, DC. — AFP/File WASHINGTON: The United States said on Tuesday that Russia…
Gen Asim says ‘cowardly acts’ can’t shake zero-tolerance policy against terrorism
Chief of Army Staff General Asim Munir chairs the 255th Corps Commanders’ Conference at the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi on January 31, 2023. — ISPR Peshawar blast perpetrators to be brought to…
Blinken voices sorrow for martyred ‘innocent’ Palestinians
Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas (R) meets US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, on January 31, 2023. — AFP Blinken’s final stop of ME…
Zardari urges govt to raise minimum wages of unskilled workers
PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari addresses a press conference in Karachi, on May 11, 2022. — Twitter/MediaCellPPP “It is the responsibility of the govt to provide relief to the masses.” …
Death toll rises to 51 as rescue operation continues
Rescue operation enters third day. 5 students rescued alive from freezing waters. Bodies of teacher, skipper also pulled from lake. PESHAWAR: Bodies of 51 students and teachers recovered while five…
Green energy investment tops $1 trillion, matches fossil fuels
An aerial view shows wind turbines in the countryside, and the photovoltaic (PV) solar panels making up the Great Wilbraham Solar Park, near Fulbourn, east of Cambridge in Eastern England.…
Pakistan reports first ‘confirmed’ case of BF.7 variant of COVID-19
This undated transmission electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2, also known as novel coronavirus, isolated from a patient in US. — Reuters/File Pakistan on Tuesday reported its first “confirmed” case of…
