Author: Passad Siyal

Saturday, March 11, 2023 on Prague’s Wenceslas Square: where freedom fighters once protested against communism, thousands of demonstrators are bustling, many of them with Czech flags, but also signs with messages against NATO and support for Ukraine’s defense. Representatives of the new PRO party (“Just Respect Competence”), organizers of the official anti-poverty demonstration, are calling for an end to the arms deliveries and instead for humanitarian aid, peace talks and a government that “takes care of the interests of Czech citizens first”, as Party leader Jindrich Rajchl stressed. Later, demonstrators attempted to tear down a Ukrainian flag raised outside the National Museum…

LAHORE (Dunya News) – A car was stolen from outside of Zaman Park in Lahore on Monday. Sources said Fazal Akbar, a resident of Buner, reached Zaman Park early today [Monday] and his car was stolen by unidentified suspects. Fazal Akbar said he has submitted an application at the Race Course police station for recovery of his vehicle [White Corolla, Model 2005, No. LWN 0305, Lahore] but the case has not been registered yet. The affected citizen has appealed to the SP Anti-Vehicle Lifting Staff (AVLS) to find his car. Source: Dunya News

Pakistani police formed a five-member committee to investigate the Karachi police chief’s office attack and will also supervise the case’s progress, Dawn reported. As per the order issued from the office of the Sindh Inspector General of Police Ghulam Nabi Memon, the committee will include the Sindh Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIGP) Zulfiqar Ali Larik as its chairman while the other members included Karachi South Zone DIGP Irfan Ali Baloch, Crime Investigation Agency DIGP Muhammad Karim Khan, Karachi CTD Operations Senior Superintendent of Police Tariq Nawaz and Karachi CTD Investigation Incharge Raja Umer Khitab. The…

LAHORE: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday said Pakistan would send 171,000 tents for the earthquake affectees of Turkiye. During a meeting with a delegation of tent manufacturers, here, he said it should be ensured that tents which would be sent to Turkiye were of international standards. Consultation should be held with the Disaster Management Presidency (AFAD) of Turkiye on the specifications of the required tents, he added. The Prime Minister also constituted a committee headed by Minister for Planning Ahsan Iqbal to determine the quality of the tents. The PM said in order to meet the immediate needs of…

QUETTA: At least 40 people died when a bus plunged off a bridge in southwestern Pakistan and burst into flames, a government official said Sunday. “The dead bodies…are beyond recognition,” Hamza Anjum, a senior official of Lasbela district in Balochistan province, said at the accident site. Anjum said three survivors had been rescued and the bus was reportedly carrying 48 passengers when it hit a pillar on the bridge and careened off course. Ramshackle highways, lax safety measures and reckless driving contribute to Pakistan’s dire road safety record. Passenger buses are frequently crammed to capacity and seatbelts are not commonly…

Most infectious Covid-19 variant present in Pakistan, says AKU. Representational image.Most infectious Covid-19 variant present in Pakistan, says AKU. Representational image.XBB.1.5 is the most infectious variant of Omicron.Higher immunity cited behind low COVID-19 positivity ratio.Pakistan is among countries where over 95% of people are fully vaccinated.KARACHI: The Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) has raised the alarm that the most infectious XBB.1.5 COVID subvariant has been detected in the country through genome sequencing. It cited ‘very good immunity’ among the general population as well extremely low testing in the country behind the detection of a very small number of COVID-19 cases…

Islamabad Pakistan’s economy is currently facing one of its worst crises as the country’s foreign exchange reserves have fallen to a critical level of USD 4.5 billion, warned The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry’s (FPCCI) Businessmen Panel (BMP), according to Pakistan based The Frontier Post newspaper. FPCCI former president and BMP Chairman Mian Anjum Nisar has said that the number is likely to drop further amid debt repayment obligations of more than USD 8 billion in the first quarter of 2023. The country has made repayments of USD 600 million and USD 415 million to two Dubai-based…

HONG KONG, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) — The Education Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training of Pakistan to enhance education collaboration. The MOU provides a framework to facilitate strategic education collaboration between Hong Kong and Pakistan and covers mutually beneficial initiatives, including the exchange of expertise and experience, exchange of educational literature, teaching aids and demonstration materials, as well as exchanges of scholars, teachers, experts, students and other education personnel, according to an official press release. Choi Yuk-lin, education secretary…