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JHELUM: Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry on Sunday said that 2021 would witness an implementation of uniform syllabus policy across the country till matriculation, ARY NEWS reported. “We have devised a policy under one-nation, one curriculum project and its implementation upto matriculation will begin across the country from 2021,” he said while addressing a Dastar-e-Fazilat conference at Pind Dadan Khan. He said that it was unfortunate that no attention was diverted during the past 70 years towards improving the situation of seminaries and the students there remained neglected and were not owned by the state. “Billions were earmarked for improving education standards but no money was diverted towards improving seminaries’ status.” He said that they have prepared the uniform syllabus with the consultation and approval of the seminaries. The federal minister further defended his views over using technology for moon sighting and said that the moon would not...

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan said that Afghan peace deal has testified the stance of Prime Minister Imran Khan, ARY News reported. In a tweet on Sunday special assistant said Prime Minister Imran Khan has been suggesting that dialogue is the only way forward of the Afghan issue. Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan said Pakistan’s role in peace process deserves to be written in letters of gold. #AfghanPeaceDeal testifies what @ImranKhanPTI always said, that dialogue is the only way forward. Afghans suffered due to war & deserve stability. Peace in Afghanistan is imperative to stability in region. Pak role in peace process deserves to be written in letters of gold. pic.twitter.com/x63GkQwbfI — Dr. Firdous Ashiq Awan (@Dr_FirdousPTI) March 1, 2020 She said Afghans suffered due to war and deserve stability, adding that peace in Afghanistan is imperative for the stability of the whole region. Following successful dia...

WASHINGTON: Former Vice President Joe Biden’s victory at South Carolina has reshaped the Democratic presidential campaign and positions him as a moderate alternative to Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders who is leading the nomination race with support of 51 delegates. Biden has surged to second with support of 40 senators ahead of the Super Tuesday. Former US Vice President Joe Biden scored a convincing victory in South Carolina, riding a wave of African American support and ending the winning streak of rival Bernie Sanders. The victory came at a crucial moment in Biden’s 2020 bid as the moderate Democrat bounced back from underwhelming performances in the first three contests. The race now quickly shifts to next week’s “Super Tuesday,” when voters in 14 states award one-third of the total number of presidential delegates. Seven candidates remain in the race to take on Donald Trump in the November US presidential election. As well as Biden and the 78-year-old Sanders, who came second...

اسلام آباد(مانیٹرنگ ڈیسک)وزیراعظم عمران خان نے پیٹرولیم مصنوعات کی قیمتیں کم نہ کرنے کے حوالہ سے آئی ایم ایف اور وزارت خزانہ کا دباؤ مسترد کر دیا۔ پٹرولیم مصنوعات کم ہونے سے متعلق اندرونی کہانی سامنے آ گئی،نجی ٹی وی کے مطابق وزیراعظم عمران خان پٹرولیم مصنوعات کی قیمتوں میں کمی کیلئے ڈٹ گئے۔ ذرائع کا کہنا ہے کہ آئی ایم ایف اور وزارت خزانہ چاہتے تھے کہ پٹرول،بجلی اور گیس قیمتیں بڑھیں تاہم وزیراعظم نےقیمتیں کم نہ کرنےکی ایڈوائس ماننے سے انکار کر دیا۔ ذرائع کے مطابق وزیراعظم نے پیٹرولیم مصنوعات کی قیمتیں کم نہ کرنے کے حوالے سے آئی ایم ایف اور وزارت خزانہ کا دباؤ مسترد کر دیا اور پٹرولیم قیمتوں میں کمی کیلئے براہ راست ہدایات دیں۔ وزیراعظم کا کہنا تھا کہ بجلی اور گیس کی قیمتوں میں بھی اضافہ نہیں ہونا چاہیے۔ The post عمران خان نے عوام کی خاطر آئی ایم ایف سے ٹکرلے لی ، تمام دبائو مسترد ، جرات مندانہ فیصلے نے قوم کے دل جیت لئے appeared first on JavedCh.Com . from JavedCh.Com http://javedch.com/latest-news/2020/03/01/663495

لاہور( این این آئی ) غربت کے خاتمے اور سماجی تحفظ کے بارے میں وزیراعظم کی معاون خصوصی ڈاکٹر ثانیہ نشتر نے کہا ہے کہ احساس پروگرام کے تحت مستحقین کا انتخاب شفاف انداز میں کیا جائیگا،ملک بھر کے 23پسماندہ اضلاع کی375 یونین کونسلوں میں احساس آمدن پروگرام کا آغازکیا جارہا ہے۔ایک انٹر ویو میں انہوں نے کہا کہ وزیراعظم عمران خان کی قیادت میں شفافیت تحریک انصاف کی حکومت کی اولین ترجیح ہے۔۔غریبوں اور معاشرے کے محروم طبقات کی بہتری کیلئے محققین اور نجی تنظیموں کو آگے بڑھ کر حکومت سے تعاون کیلئے بھی مدعو کیا۔انہوں نے امید ظاہر کی کہ احساس پروگرام جلد معاشرے کے مستحق طبقات کو غربت سے نکالے گا۔انہوں نے کہا کہ ملک کے 23پسماندہ اضلاع کی375 یونین کونسلوں میں احساس آمدن پروگرام کا آغاز کیا جارہا ہے۔ The post اب ہوگی تیز ترین ترقی اور خوشحالی!32پسماندہ اضلاع کی375 یونین کونسلوں میں ’’احساس آمدن پروگرام ‘‘کا آغاز appeared first on JavedCh.Com . from JavedCh.Com http://javedch.com/pakistan/2020/03/01/662540

Deaths in Iran from coronavirus have hit 43, the highest number outside China, and the total number of infected people has risen to 593, according to Iranian health official. The country is at the epicenter of the outbreak in the region, with several countries in the Middle East reporting cases of the coronavirus stemming from Iran. “Unfortunately nine people died of the virus in the last 24 hours, increasing the death toll to 43,” Health Ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur told state TV, calling on people to stay at home. Health Minister Saeed Namaki on Friday warned of “a very difficult week” ahead in Iran, which only announced its first infections and deaths from the coronavirus on Feb. 19 and where the death rate among confirmed cases has been around 10%, compared to around 3% elsewhere. Tehran has ordered the shutting of schools until Tuesday and extended the closure of universities and a ban on concerts and sports events for a week. Authorities have also banned visits to hos...

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has announced to close Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan amid apprehensions of outbreak of the novel coronavirus, ARY News reported on Sunday. The government has issued a letter with regard to closure of the Pak-Afghan border crossing at Chaman in the first phase. Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan will remain closed from March 02 (Monday) for seven days, according to a notification of the Ministry of Interior. The Chaman border crossing will remain closed for seven days in the first phase, the order said. The decision has been taken in view to avoid the outbreak of novel coronavirus, the letter said. The porous border with Afghanistan is a cause of concern for Pakistan after the new coronavirus erupted in neighbouring Iran. Islamabad has closed its border crossings with Iran while Kabul has also suspended all travel to the country, which has reported 43 deaths out of nearly 543 infections — making it one of the hardest hit countries outside the...

LAHORE: A speeding truck on Sunday hit a motorcycle in Bhati Gate area of the Punjab’s provincial capital and killed three youngsters, ARY NEWS reported. According to police, three youngsters were travelling on a motorcycle at Bhati Gate when a speeding truck overran them, killing all of them on the spot. “The deceased were identified as Arsalan, Ahmad and Akhter,” the authorities said adding that the truck driver fled away from the scene soon after the incident. The police has registered a case into the accident. In September 2019, at least three people were killed and one other critically injured in an accident in Lahore. Police officials said that the head-on collision between a vehicle and an auto rickshaw took place near Wateen Chowk in Lahore on Sunday evening . Read More:  Road accident claims three lives in Gujrat Police and rescue official, after being informed, rushed to the scene and shifted the bodies and the injured to the hospital. The deceased were identifie...

A former interior minister was sworn in as Malaysia’s premier Sunday, marking the return of a scandal-mired regime to power after the last government’s collapse but ex-leader Mahathir Mohamad slammed the move as illegal. The Southeast Asian nation was plunged into turmoil a week ago as Mahathir’s reformist “Pact of Hope” alliance, which stormed to a historic victory in 2018, collapsed after a bid to force out leader-in-waiting Anwar Ibrahim. Mahathir — who was the world’s oldest leader at 94 — then quit, triggering a race for the premiership which he ultimately lost to little-known Muhyiddin Yassin, who heads a coalition dominated by the country’s ethnic Malay Muslim majority. The decision Saturday by the monarch to pick Muhyiddin was greeted with shock as Mahathir’s allies claimed he had enough support to return as leader, and sparked widespread anger that the democratically elected government was being abruptly ejected. The king appoints the country’s prime minister, who must sh...

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony on Sunday said that over 60,053 applications have been received so far under Government Hajj Scheme. According to a ministry spokesman, the designated banks had received 60,053 Hajj applications under the Government Hajj Scheme till Saturday. The government scheme applications will be received until March 6. The banks have already been directed to receive hajj applications on Saturday and Sunday. This year, a total of 179,210 Pakistani pilgrims will perform the sacred religious ceremony. The applicants must get a receipt and bank stamp from the banks. The Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony had earlier on Feb 21 restrained banks from receiving Hajj forms from Feb 24 (Monday) till further directives in this regard. Read more:  ‘PM Imran Khan willing to establish Malaysian-led model of Hajj fund’ The ministry has also announced the policy for Hajj pilgrims under the government scheme ...

China on Sunday reported 35 more deaths from the new coronavirus, taking the toll in the country to 2,870. The number is lower than the 47 fatalities reported by Chinese authorities on Saturday. The National Health Commission also reported 573 new infections, bringing the total number of cases in mainland China to 79,824. While still in the hundreds, the figure for new infections is far lower than the huge, daily increase in cases China was recording in January and February. All but one of the 35 deaths were in Hubei province, whose capital Wuhan is the epicentre of the outbreak. The new coronavirus, which has killed nearly 3,000 people and infected more than 86,000 in dozens of countries, is believed to have first emerged late last year in a Wuhan market that sold wild animals The post China reports 35 more virus deaths, 573 new cases appeared first on ARY NEWS . from ARY NEWS https://ift.tt/3afwfDW

KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) mostly witnessed bearish trend throughout the week and lost 2,265 points during the trading, ARY News reported on Saturday. The stocks expert say due to outbreak of coronavirus in several countries of the world and detection of two of the cases in Pakistan is shaking confidence of the traders. The 100-Index failed to main level of 38,000 points and was closed at the level of 37,983 points during the trading week which begun on Monday and ended on Friday. According to the weekly report, 86 crores shares worth 37 billion rupees were traded during the week and the market capitalization witnessed decreases of Rs 436 billion last week and was recorded at Rs7,094 billion. Read more: PSX witnesses bearish trend as index loses 101 points In previous week, the market kept struggling for sustainability when confusion and uncertainty surrounded investors when the IMF, in its concluding remarks affirmed that Pakistan had been successful in completin...

Global stocks slumped again Friday to mark the largest weekly drop since the 2008 global financial crisis over fears the coronavirus could wreak havoc on the world economy. Crude oil prices tumbled as well and analysts said central banks, especially the US Federal Reserve, might have to shift into crisis-resolution mode with urgent interest rate cuts. Frankfurt headed the losses in Europe, shedding almost 3.9 percent as the market closed. Leading European stock markets have lost more than 10 percent in just one week, with London’s FTSE 100, which fell by 3.4 percent on Friday, dropping 11.3 percent. Wall Street also had another difficult day, with the Dow finishing down 1.4 percent at 25,409.36, which meant a drop of more than 12 percent for the week. But US indices cut their losses after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell released a statement saying the US economy remains “strong” but vowing to “use our tools” to provide support if needed. The markets in Shanghai, Sydney and T...

Pakistan’s hot favourite celebrity couple Sajal Aly and Ahad Raza Mir are all set to tie the knot soon.  The pair has already started sending out wedding invitations to friends and family as fans eagerly wait for one of the biggest celebrity weddings of the year. The actors invited British Deputy High Commissioner, Mike Nithavrianakis, to their big day, who took to Twitter to share that it was wonderful meeting them. Thank you! Hope to see you at the wedding @MikeNith1 https://t.co/YtOOYBJuhq — Sajal Ali (@Iamsajalali) February 28, 2020 “They’ve been ‘married’ on-screen several times. Now for the real deal. Best wishes to them both,” he wrote. The Mom actress thanked him and said “Hope to see you at the wedding.” Earlier, a photo of a cake which had ‘Ahad aur Sajal ki dholki’ written over it went viral. The lovebirds got engaged in July last year after dating for a while. The post Sajal Aly, Ahad Raza Mir are already sending out wedding invites appeared first on...

ISLAMABAD: In an order to prevent the spread of coronavirus cases in Pakistan, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on Saturday installed modern thermal scanner at Islamabad airport for passengers coming from abroad, ARY News reported. According to details, the newly installed thermal scanner will automatically check fever and flu and more passengers will be scanned in less time. The scanner is able to evaluate suspicious coronavirus patients with 100 per cent accuracy. The installation of a thermal scanner comes after the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) last month announced to import three thermal scanners aimed at tackling coronavirus airports. “The imported scanners will be made available at the airports in Karachi, Islamabad, and Lahore,” he said. Meanwhile, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has strict safety measures at all airports of Pakistan following the emergence of two confirmed coronavirus cases in Pakistan. The CAA has also made submission of health dec...

اسلام آباد(آن لائن)وزیراعظم آفس نے بجلی کی قیمتوں میں اضافے کی خبر کو بے بنیاد اور من گھڑت قراردیدیا ، بے بنیاد خبر چلانے والے نجی ٹی وی چینل کیخلاف قانونی چارہ جوئی کی جائے گی۔ میڈیا رپورٹس کے مطابق ترجمان وزیراعظم آفس کی جانب سے جاری بیان میں کہا گیا ہے کہ بجلی کی قیمتوں میں کوئی اضافہ نہیں کیا گیا اس حوالے سے ایک نجی ٹی وی چینل کی جانب سے بے بنیاد اور من گھڑت خبر چلائی گئی ، حکومت اس نجی ٹی وی چینل کے خلاف قانونی کارروائی کیلئے پیمرا میں جائے گی ۔ترجمان کے مطابق وزیراعظم عمران خان بجلی صارفین کو ریلیف دینے کے لئے کوشاں ہیں اور بجلی کے نرخ کم کرنے کے لئے اقدامات اٹھا رہے ہیں ۔ The post بجلی کی قیمتوں میں اضافے کی خبر میں کتنی سچائی ہے؟ وزیراعظم آفس نے بڑا اعلان کردیا appeared first on JavedCh.Com . from JavedCh.Com http://javedch.com/latest-news/2020/02/29/663270

اسلام آباد (مانیٹرنگ ڈیسک)پی ٹی آئی حکومت میں پٹرول کی قیمت میں اب تک کی سب سے بڑی کمی کرنے کی تیاریاں، یکم مارچ سے پیٹرول کی قیمت میں فی لیٹر 6 روپے اور ڈیزل کی فی لیٹر قیمت میں ساڑھے 7 روپے کی کمی کی سمری تیار کر کے وزارت خزانہ کو بھجوا دی گئی ۔ تفصیلات کے مطابق اوگرا کی جانب سے یکم مارچ سے پیٹرولیم مصنوعات کی قیمتوں میں کمی کیلئے سمری تیار کر کے وزارت خزانہ بھجوا دی گئی ہے۔اوگرا نے پیٹرول کی فی لیٹر قیمت میں 6 روپے جبکہ ڈیزل کی فی لیٹر قیمت میں ساڑھے 7 روپے کمی کی سمری تیار کی ہے۔ بتایا گیا ہے کہ وزارت خزانہ وزیراعظم عمران خان سے مشورہ کرنے کے بعد نئی قیمتوں کا اعلان 29 فرور ی کو کریں گے جبکہ نئی قیمتوں کا اطلاق کل سے ہوگا۔ The post پی ٹی آئی حکومت میں پٹرول کی قیمت میں اب تک کی سب سے بڑی کمی؟ عوام کو شاندار خوشخبری سنا دی گئی appeared first on JavedCh.Com . from JavedCh.Com http://javedch.com/latest-news/2020/02/29/663268

اسلام آباد(مانیٹرنگ ڈیسک)سابق وزیر اعظم میاں نوازشریف کو ریلیف دینے میں عمران خان کے ساتھیوں کا اہم کردار ہے۔تجزیہ نگار عمران یعقوب خان کا کہنا تھا کہ اب پنجاب حکومت ان رپورٹس کو خود غلط کہہ رہی ہے جس کی بنیاد انہوں نے نوازشریف کو علاج کے لئے جانے کی اجاز ت دی تھی۔تجزیہ نگار کا کہنا تھا کہ فواد چوہدری کو شاید پتہ نہیں ہے کہ پنجاب میں بھی ان کی ہی حکومت ہے اور قیادت بھی انہی کی موجود ہے۔ان کی پارٹی قیادت نے ہی فیصلہ کیا تھا کہ نوازشریف کو ریلیف دیا جائے تا کہ وہ علاج کے سلسلے میں بیرون ملک جا سکیں۔ اب حکومت کو ان کی پیش کردہ رپورٹس کا خیال آگیا ہے کہ وہ جعلی تھیں جب کہ حکومتی ارکان نے خود ریلیف دینے کا فیصلہ کیاتھا۔بات کرتے ہوئے ان کا کہنا تھا کہ جس کمیٹی نے نوازشریف کو جانے کی اجازت دی تھی اس کی سربراہ پاکستان تحریک انصاف کی ڈاکٹر یاسمین راشد تھیں ۔اس سے ثابت ہوتا ہے کہ نوازشریف کو ریلیف دینے میں عمران خان کے ساتھیوں کا بہت اہم کردار ہے۔ The post سابق وزیر اعظم نوازشریف کو ریلیف دینے میں عمران خان کے ساتھیوں کا ہاتھ نکل آیا appeared first on JavedCh.Com . from JavedCh.Com htt...

گوجرانوالہ (آن لائن) گوجرانوالہ میں بیوٹی پارلر میں نوکری کا جھانسہ دے کر لڑکیوں کو دبئی لے جانے اور پھر ان سے جسم فروشی کروانے والے گروہ کا انکشاف ہوا ہے۔ ایف آئی اے گوجرانوالہ کے مطابق دبئی سے واپس آنے والی 2لڑکیوں رخسانہ کوثر اور میمونہ تاثیر کی درخواست پر 4رکنی گروہ کیخلاف مقدمہ درج کر کے عدیل نامی ایک ملزم کو لاہور سے گرفتار کیا گیا۔ گروہ میں گرفتار ملزم عدیل، اس کی بیوی نائلہ، عبیدالرحمان اور شمائلہ شامل ہیں۔ متاثرہ لڑکیوں کا کہنا ہے کہ ملزمان بیوٹی پارلر میں نوکری کا جھانسہ دے کر دبئی لے گئے جہاں انھیں قید کر کے جسم فروشی پر مجبور کیا گیا، موقع پاتے ہی ہم بھاگ کر پاکستانی سفارتخانے پہنچیں جہاں سے واپس ہمیں بھجوایا گیا۔ متاثرہ لڑکی میمونہ تاثیر کے مطابق دبئی میں جہاں انھیں رکھا گیا وہاں اور بھی 10 لڑکیاں قید تھیں۔ ایف آئی اے حکام کا کہنا ہے واقعے کی تحقیقات جاری ہیں، دوسرے ملزمان کو بھی جلد گرفتار کر لیا جائے گا۔ The post نوکری کے بہانے لڑکیوں کو دبئی لے جا کر جسم فروشی کروانے والے گروہ کا انکشاف ،بھاگ کر آنیوالی میمونہ تاثیر نےسب کچھ بتا دیا appeared first on JavedCh.Com...

CHAGAI: Only Pakistani citizens stuck up in Iran will be allowed entry in Pakistan, the border authorities at the Taftan border said in a statement, ARY News reported on Saturday. The citizens of Iran and other countries will not be permitted entry in Pakistan from the border crossing, officials said. Pakistan has temporarily closed all the five entry points at the border with Iran — Taftan, Gwadar, Turbat, Panjgur and Washuk — as a precautionary measure to contain the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). Iran is struggling to contain the virus’ outbreak as the number of infected persons in the country rose to 388 cases and the tally of deaths rose to 38 on Friday — the highest outside China. The border officials have also clarified that only Iranian citizens will be allowed to return their country from Pakistan. Pakistani citizens returned from Iran last evening are being kept under quarantine, officials further said. Taftan border between Iran and Pakistan was temporarily ope...

GUJRANWALA: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Saturday, arrested an accused involved in human trafficking in Gujranwala, ARY News reported. As per details, the Anti-Human Trafficking Cell of the FIA apprehended  accused namely, Adeel from Gujranwala, who along with his racket comprising his wife, Abdul Rehman and Shumaila, was involved in girls trafficking to Dubai. “The girls were forced to do illicit work,who were being sent to Dubai under disguise of offering jobs them”, the FIA officials said. The FIA authorities further said that the group was busted by two girls, who reached back to Pakistan from Dubai. According to the both girls, more than ten girls are stranded in Dubai, currently. In November, last year, the FIA had claimed to arrest six people including two human traffickers from Islamabad airport. the FIA had arrested two agents, Talha Shehzad and Jawad Ghani, involved in human trafficking in Islamabad, when they were flying with four people to  Qatar...

ISLAMABAD: Several cities of Punjab as well Peshawar and other parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have received first rainfall of spring, ARY News reported on Saturday. Met Office has predicted that upper parts of KP, upper Punjab, Islamabad, Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan regions will receive more rain with wind-thunderstorm, snowfall and at some places hailstorm on Saturday under the influence of a westerly weather system. Several parts of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, as well as Balochistan’s Sibi, Barkhan, Panjgur and Zhob, Sindh’s Larkana district, Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan regions received rainfall with wind and thunderstorm in a fresh spell of rainy weather. Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has also forecast more rainfall in upcoming month of March. In Punjab Murree received 46mm rainfall, while Layyah 30mm, Mangla and Jhang 28mm, Jhelum and Chakwal 26mm, Faisalabad 23mm, Toba Tek Singh 22mm, Rawalpindi 21mm, Hafizabad 20mm, Sahiwal 16mm and Lahore 15mm rainfall. In Khy...

KARACHI: Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) stations reopened across Sindh on Saturday morning for 48 hours, ARY News reported. According to a spokesperson of Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC), CNG will be available at the filling stations from 8:00 am on Saturday till Monday morning. The decision to open stations was announced after witnessing improvement in the gas pressure of SSGC, the spokesperson added. On Sunday, the SSGC announced to open the  CNG stations in the province  for 12-hours but later permitted them to remain open for 24 hours. It is pertinent to mention here that a 12-hour schedule was followed by the SSGC authorities during the past weeks in the province owing to a  shortage  in gas supply due to ongoing winter season. The post CNG supply resumes across Sindh for 48 hours appeared first on ARY NEWS . from ARY NEWS https://ift.tt/2vileD8

Prominent Pakistani singer and actor Ali Zafar’s highly anticipated Pakistan Super League song will be out on Sunday. The singer took to social media on Friday to make the announcement. In a video message posted on his Instagram and Twitter, he said he is overwhelmed by the response he received and expressed gratitude to his fans. He had asked people to be a part of the video by copying his dance steps, recording it and sending him a video. The Dear Zindagi actor said people have sent him videos from different parts of the world including Paris and London and he is impressed by their dancing talent. He shared that his Gmail account had crashed due to a large number of mails he received during the last few days. UPDATE ! Video aa rahee hai. #bhaeehazirhai #cricket #anthem #pakistan pic.twitter.com/dHjK2xfsw6 — Ali Zafar (@AliZafarsays) February 28, 2020 He said the song and the video are expected to be released by Sunday evening. Ali also shared that he has been shootin...

China on Saturday reported 47 more deaths from the new coronavirus, raising the death toll in the country to 2,835. The National Health Commission also tallied 427 new cases, an increase from the previous day, bringing the total number of infections to 79,251. One person died in Beijing and another in Henan province, while 45 died in Hubei. All but four of the new cases were in Hubei, and 420 were in its capital, Wuhan, where the virus is believed to have originated in a market that sold wild animals. While the number of new cases rose from 327 on Friday, they remain in the hundreds, far below the huge, daily increases that China was recording more than 10 days ago. The World Health Organization said earlier this week that there were now more daily cases abroad than in China. China has placed 56 million people in Hubei under strict quarantine for more than a month and limited crowds across the country in an unprecedented effort to contain the virus. Officials say the country ha...

امام ابن جوزی رحمة اللہ علیہ نے ایک نہایت ہی سبق آموز واقعہ بیان کیا ہےاصفہان کا ایک بہت بڑا رئیس اپنی بیگم کے ساتھ دستر خوان پر بیٹھا ہوا تھا دسترخوان اﷲ کی نعمتوں سے بھرا ہوا تھا اتنے میں ایک فقیر نے یہ صدا لگائی کہ اﷲ کے نام پر کچھ کھانے کے لیے دے دو اس شخص نے اپنی بیوی کو حکم دیا کہ سارا دستر خوان اس فقیر کی جھولی میں ڈال دو عورت نے حکم کی تعمیل کی جس وقت اس نے اس فقیر کا چہرہ دیکھا تو دھاڑیں مارکر رونے لگی اس کے شوہر نے اس سے پوچھا……..جی بیگم آپ کو ہوا کیا ہے ؟اس نے بتلایا کہ جو شخص فقیر بن کر ہمارے گھر پر دستک دے رہا تھا وہ چند سال پہلے اس دنیا کا سب سے بڑا مالدار اور ہماری اس کوٹھی کا مالک اور میرا سابق شوہر تھا چند سال پہلے کی بات ہے کہ ہم دونوں دسترخوان پر ایسے ہی بیٹھ کر کھانا کھارہے تھے جیسا کہ آج کھارہے تھے اتنے میں ایک فقیر نے صدا لگائی کہ میں دو دن سے بھوکا ہوں ﷲ کے نام پر کھانا دے دو یہ شخص دسترخوان سے اٹھا اور اس فقیر کی اس قدر پٹائی کی کہ اسے لہولہان کردیا نہ جانے اس فقیر نے کیا بد دعا دی کہ اس کے حالات دگرگوں ہو گئے کاروبار ٹھپ ہوگیا اور وہ شخص فقیر و قلاش ہوگیا ا...

LAGOS: The sight of discarded plastic bottles and bags floating in the open drains of Nigeria’s megacity Lagos moved visual artist Adeyemi Emmanuel to despair. So one day last year he began collecting bits of discarded plastic and used them to make a backpack. Seeing a way to raise environmental awareness in fashion-conscious Nigeria, Emmanuel in November launched a line of bags, wallets and gift boxes made of 20% leather and around 80% plastic waste, called ECO. He collects chips of used plastic by hand, such as leftovers from picture frames, primarily from craft workshops. He then shapes them to fit his designs, spraypaints them and incorporates them into basic leather bags that he finds in second hand markets or gets from specialist leather shops. “I just keyed myself into creating something out of that waste,” said the 23-year-old, whose main job is a sculptor. The bags sell for between 8,000 and 30,000 naira ($22-$83) via Emmanuel’s Instagram account where his creations are s...

LONDON: Britain’s Prince Harry and singer Jon Bon Jovi recreated one of the Beatles’ best-known album covers on Friday, walking across the zebra crossing outside Abbey Road recording studios in north London. Harry was at the studio to meet the singer and members of a military veterans’ choir in one of his last engagements as a senior member of the royal family. As countless Beatles fans have done since the 1969 release of the Abbey Road  album, the pair walked across the black and white pedestrian crossing, this time led by a military veteran in a wheelchair. Earlier, a video of the two wearing headphones, with Bon Jovi strumming a guitar before beginning to sing was posted on the official Instagram page of Harry and his American wife Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. The couple announced in January that they would step down from their duties as senior royals, spend more time in North America and aim to become financially independent. The Invictus Games Choir, who are r...

LOS ANGELES: Filming of Netflix Inc’s big-budget Dwayne Johnson movie Red Notice  had been scheduled to move to Italy in the coming weeks, but producers now are exploring other locations due to the coronavirus outbreak in the country, a source close to the production told Reuters on Friday. The possibility of relocating that portion of the production is not expected to force a hiatus in filming of the movie, which also stars Deadpool actor Ryan Reynolds and Wonder Woman  actress Gal Gadot, the source said. Netflix has not announced a release date, and the company had no comment on production locations. Red Notice  is a global crime thriller about an Interpol agent who tracks the world’s most-wanted art thief. It is among the streaming service’s most-expensive movies to date with a budget of roughly $160 million, Hollywood trade publication Variety reported. Production on Red Notice  is currently underway in Atlanta, the location that had been planned to host the...

Washington and the Taliban are set to sign a long-sought deal in Doha on Saturday that would see the two foes agree to the withdrawal of thousands of US troops from Afghanistan in return for insurgent guarantees. The agreement, which could herald the start of a new era for Afghanistan after decades of conflict, is expected to also lead to a dialogue between the Kabul government and the Taliban that, if successful, could ultimately see the Afghan war wind down. But the position of the Afghan government, which has been excluded from direct US-Taliban talks, remains unclear and the country is gripped by a fresh political crisis amid contested election results. The deal, drafted over a tempestuous year of dialogue marked by the abrupt cancellation of the effort by US President Donald Trump in September, is expected to lay out a timetable for a US force withdrawal. “There’s been so much speculation about the contents of the deal… we know the broad outlines but it’s not even clear wheth...

QATAR: Foreign Minister (FM) Shah Mehmood Qureshi will attend the signing ceremony of peace agreement between the United States and Afghan Taliban as representative of Pakistan in Doha today (Saturday). Representatives from fifty countries, including foreign ministers of different countries, will attend the signing ceremony of the agreement. Meanwhile, talking to Pakistani community in Qatar, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said peace agreement between the United States and Afghan Taliban will open new avenues of development in the region. He said peace in Afghanistan will open up our links with Central Asia. FM Qureshi said with peace and stability, there will be numerous opportunities for promoting bilateral trade between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Read more: FM Qureshi says Int’l community lauded Pakistan’s role in Afghan peace process He said peace in Afghanistan will enable Pakistan to benefit from the CASA 1000 power project and overcome the energy crisis in the coun...

KASUR: Five people were killed and nine others were severely wounded as boiler of a factory, situated in Kasur district, exploded here on Saturday. According to the police, the incident took place in the area of Phool Nagar. The boiler explosion claimed lives of five labourers and injured nine others. The injured were rushed to a nearby medical facility in critical condition by the rescue teams. Identities of the dead and injured could not be ascertained , according to the initial reports. Read more:  Two labourers killed in Lahore factory boiler explosion In the month of February 2017, more than 20 people were injured when a factory boiler exploded in Sheikhupura. A boiler of a factory — located near Khanpur– had exploded, due to which 20 people suffered burns. A portion of the factory building also collapsed following the explosion. Rescue sources had said that 20 injured were rushed to District Headquarters Hospital (DHQ) Sheikhupura for medical treatment. The post Fact...

UN chief Antonio Guterres on Friday described an increase in fighting in northwest Syria that killed dozens of Turkish troops as “one of the most alarming moments” of the nine-year-old war and – along with most UN Security Council members – called for a ceasefire. The 15-member Security Council met on Friday after 33 Turkish soldiers were killed in Idlib, one of the deadliest attack suffered by Turkey’s army in nearly 30 years. “We call for the Russian Federation to immediately ground its warplanes and we call for all Syrian forces and their Russian backers to withdraw to the ceasefire lines first established in 2018,” U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Kelly Craft, told the council. Turkey and Russia gave opposing accounts to the Security Council of what happened. Russia’s UN Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia said Turkish troops shared coordinates with Russia, which were then given to Syrian government forces, to avoid conflict on the ground. He said Russian warplanes were not prov...

KARACHI: Chief Minister (CM) Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah has on Saturday expressed deep grief and sorrow over the Rohri railway station accident, ARY News reported. Syed Murad Ali Shah has directed the provincial health department to ensure provision of best medical to the injured of the accident.  Emergency has been imposed in hospitals of Khairpur district. At least 19 people lost their lives and more than 30 sustained injuries as Pakistan Express train collided with a passenger bus at a railway crossing near Rohri railway station.   Police officials and rescue teams rushed at the scene immediately and commenced relief activities. Police said that 19 persons died and more than 30 people were wounded in the incident. Read more: At least 73 dead, scores injured as fire engulfs three bogies of Tezgam Express Rescue activities shifted affected people to the hospital. Rangers officials. The wounded persons include Khurram Mumtaz (25-year-old), Faisal s/o Jawaid (35), Habibu...

LAHORE: Banking court has directed to auction properties of PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif’s son-in-law Imran Ali Yousaf, ARY News reported. During the hearing in the banking court no 4, private bank’s lawyer said Imran Ali Yousaf not returning loan of the bank. The counsel said that Ali Imran Yousaf was repeatedly contacted for the return of loan but he didn’t respond. The court, while issuing the advertisement, has ordered to carry out the auction on March 27. The two kanal land to be auctioned for Rs48 mn. Imran Ali is facing charges of receiving Rs 130 million graft from Ikram Naveed. On August 7, in 2018, the accountability court had declared Ali a proclaimed absconder on NAB’s request. He first had appeared before NAB investigators in April but has since missed his scheduled hearings and left the country for London. In May, the NAB again summoned Ali as he was asked to bring details of a transaction of over Rs 100 million deposited to his bank account from the account of th...

Prominent Pakistani actress Ayeza Khan has hit back at trolling criticizing her for choosing to play an infamous character ‘Mehwish’ in hit drama Meray Paas Tum Ho. The starlet took to Instagram to pen down a lengthy note after some social media users took a dig at her following a tweet which said that Ayeza was met with the famous dialogue ‘Do takkay ki larki’ of the drama at the airport recently which made her uncomfortable. Responding to this, the actress remarked “Oh please, someone said something and everyone believed it? Is there any video proof?” “I am surprised how bloggers and other pages sharing this without even bothering to ask me,” Ayeza wrote. She continued: “Let me tell you guys one thing very clearly. I am an actor and play characters and keep playing different characters in the future. I am receiving so much love from the people around me, the hugs, the kisses, the praises I can’t tell you. Thank you so much for loving me as Mehwish” The post Ayeza Khan respond...

LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday directed to seal top departmental stores and bakeries in Punjab province over violating the court orders to abandon the use of plastic bags while it also barred the water companies from using plastic bottles, ARY NEWS reported. The court said that a seven day time to implement the orders could be given to bakeries and stores if they submit an affidavit of implementing the orders within the stipulated time. Heading the proceedings, Justice Shahid Karim said that if the businessmen are least concerned on the matter than they have no right to carry out their activities. I am also issuing notices to the water companies using plastic bottles, he said and added that the world has already shunned the use of plastic bottles and have now adopted glass bottles for the purpose. The judge further said that in the next phase the court would ban the use of plastic material in the restaurants and bakeries. “The consumers raise a hue and cry over bannin...

QUETTA: The Pakistan-Iran border crossing at Taftan on Friday remained close for the sixth consecutive day as immigration and crossings from both sides remained halted amid confirmation of two virus cases in the country, both of whom had travelled to Iran for pilgrimage, ARY NEWS reported. According to the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) Balochistan, an emergency has been declared in the provincial areas bordering Iran and screening process of 270 pilgrims who returned to Pakistan was undergoing at Pakistan House in Taftan. “The authorities have already closed down educational institutes in the province till March 15,” they said. The PDMA further said that the authorities have prepared the standard operating procedures (SOPs) to be followed for the pilgrims who will be returning from Iran. “Currently there are hundreds of Pakistanis stranded at the Iran border and we have decided to bring them back in groups of 1000 people after screening process on a daily basis,”...

اسلام آباد (مانیٹرنگ ڈیسک) پاکستان میں کرونا وائرس کے دونوں مریض خطرے سے باہر ۔ اہلخانہ کے ٹیسٹ بھی منفی قرار ۔ تفصیلات کے مطابق وزیراعظم کے معاون خصوصی برائے صحت ڈاکٹر ظفر مرزا نے سماجی رابطے کی ویب سائٹ ٹویٹر پیغام میں کہا ہے کہ پاکستان میں کرونا وائرس کے شکار دونوں مریضوں کی حالت اب خطرے سے باہر ہے ۔ ان کا مزید کہنا تھا کہ اس حوالے سے دونوں مریضوں کے اہلخانہ اور دوست احباب کے بھی ٹیسٹ کیے گئے تھے جو منفی آئے ہیں ۔ دوسری جانب پاکستان میں ’’کرونا وائرس‘‘ کے کیس سامنے آنے پر جڑواں شہروں کی انتظامیہ نے جڑواں شہروں میں جان لیوا اور مہلک ’’کرونا وائرس ‘‘ کے ممکنہ خطرات سے نمٹنے کے لئے راولپنڈی و اسلام آبادکے سرکاری ہسپتالوں میں ہائی الرٹ کرتے ہوئے ہسپتالوں کی ایمرجنسی وارڈزاور او پی ڈی میں خصوصی کائونٹر قائم کر کے ہسپتالوں کے اندر آگاہی بینرز اور پمفلٹس لگانے کے علاوہ ’’کرونا وائرس‘‘ سے بچائو کی ہدائیت کردی گئیں ہیں جبکہ ڈاکٹروں ، نرسوںاورپیرا میڈیکل سٹاف کو الرٹ رہنے کی ہدائیت بھی کر دی گئی ہے جبکہ اسلام آباد کی انتظامیہ نے شہربھر میں دفعہ 144نافذ کرتے ماسک...

روم(این این آئی)رومن کیتھولک کے روحانی پیشوا پوپ فرانسیس علیل ہوگئے اور انھوں نے پہلے سے طے شدہ ایک مذہبی جلوس میں شرکت نہیں کی ہے۔میڈیارپورٹس کے مطابق ویٹی کن نے ایک بیان میں کہا کہ83سالہ پوپ کی طبیعت معمولی خراب ہوئی تھی۔وہ اپنا معمول کا کام کریں گے لیکن وہ سانٹا مارٹا کے نزدیک ہی ٹھہریں گے۔واضح رہے کہ پوپ فرانسیس ویٹی کن میں واقع اس ہوٹل میں ٹھہرتے ہیں۔لیکن ویٹی کن نے یہ وضاحت نہیں کی کہ پوپ کو کیا عارضہ لاحق ہوا ہے لیکن بدھ کو ایک مذہبی اجتماع کے دوران میں پوپ کو کھانستے ہوئے دیکھا گیا تھا اور ان کی ناک سے پانی بہ رہا تھا۔ان کی طبیعت ایسے وقت میں ناساز ہوئی ہے جب اٹلی میں بھی مہلک کرونا وائرس پھیل چکا ہے اور اس سے ملک بھر میں چار سو سے زیادہ افراد متاثر ہوئے ہیں مگر یہ کم وبیش تمام افراد ملک کے شمالی علاقوں میں رہتے ہیں۔ روم میں کرونا وائرس سے تین افراد متاثر ہوئے تھے لیکن وہ شفایاب ہوچکے ہیں۔ The post عیسائیوں کے روحانی پیشوا پوپ فرانسس بھی کورونا وائرس کا شکار ہوگئے؟ویٹی کن نے تشویشناک صورتحال خبرسنا دی http://javedch.com/international/2020/02/28/663016 appeared first on Jave...