UHC monitoring in Pakistan – Newspaper
UNIVERSAL Health Coverage is always a work in progress. This is why ‘advancing UHC’ is better phrasing than ‘achieving UHC’. As I have written previously on these pages, despite a multidimensional public health crisis in the country, there have been some important developments with regard to UHC in Pakistan, including the development of the Essential […]
Six held in Karachi for credit card data theft remanded in police custody – Pakistan
KARACHI: A judicial magistrate on Thursday remanded six suspects in the custody of the Federal Investigation Agency in a case pertaining to the theft of credit card data through “spoofed calls”. On Tuesday, the Cyber Crime Wing of the FIA claimed to have arrested the six suspects — Muhammad Kashif, Umair Karim, Noshad Karim, Mehtab […]
Imran Khan vows to take cases to international stage
Listen to article Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan has stated that his party has no other options left but to take their cases to the international stage. Speaking to the media outside Adiala Jail, Imran Khan’s sister, Aleema Khan, revealed that he had expressed that they had approached both the Islamabad High Court (IHC) and the Supreme […]
PCB inducts four cricket legends into Hall of Fame 2024
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced its inductees for the prestigious PCB Hall of Fame Class of 2024 on Friday, honouring four legendary cricketers. Inzamam-ul-Haq, Misbah-ul-Haq, Mushtaq Mohammad, and Saeed Anwar have been inducted into the PCB Hall of Fame for 2024. The PCB Hall of Fame, which was established to recognise Pakistan’s cricketing legends, […]
Methane explosion traps 12 inside coal mine near Quetta – Pakistan
QUETTA: At least 12 coal miners were trapped inside a mine after an explosion caused by methane gas in the Sanjdi coal field area, around 40 kilometres southeast of Quetta. Accidents in coal mines are a frequent occurrence in Balochistan, where safety procedures are flouted by mine owners and miners are forced to work in […]
Senate panel concerned over riverside encroachments – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel on Thursday expressed serious concern over widespread riverside encroachments in four provinces that caused repeated loss of lives and properties during flood seasons and called for urgent steps for their removal and ensure constant surveillance in future. A meeting of the Senate Committee on Water Resources, presided over by Chairman Senator […]
PIA resumes flights to Paris today following four-year hiatus – Pakistan
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is set to resume its direct flights to Paris today (Friday), marking the end of a four-and-a-half-year suspension. The first flight, PK-749, operated by a Boeing 777 (AP-BGK), will depart from Islamabad International Airport (IIAP) at 12:10pm, carrying 330 passengers and 14 crew members. The inaugural flight will be seen […]
Moon to ‘Swallow’ Mars in Rare Lunar Occultation Show on January 13
Listen to article A rare astronomical event will take place as Mars disappears behind the full moon in a lunar occultation. This event, visible from the United States on January 13, marks the only lunar occultation of Mars this year. The event coincides with Mars’ opposition, when the planet will be directly opposite the sun in the […]
PSX loses 1,510 points as panic-selling continues – Business
KARACHI: Bears further tightened their grip on the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) as equity prices fell like ninepins for the fourth successive session on Thursday, dragging the KSE-100 index below the 113,000 level as nervous investors continued offloading their holdings amid growing political and economic tensions. Ahsan Mehanti of Arif Habib Corporation said selling pressure […]
The talented Mr Musk – World
ELON Musk’s journey from a precocious kid to the world’s richest man makes for an interesting biopic. From Space X to Tesla, from PayPal to the social media platform X, he seems to have done it all, and more. Musk is now all set to become the head of the new Department of Government Efficiency, […]