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UCH SHARIF: In a tragic incident, a six-year-old girl died after being mauled by a pack of stray dogs in Uch Sharif city of Punjab on Tuesday, ARY News reported. Stray dogs savaged the minor victim in Moza Khairpur Jadded area within the remits of Dhoor Kot police station. Read More: Dog attack severely injures child in Karachi as father pleads for treatment She was rushed to a nearby medical facility where medics referred her to a Bahawalpur hospital due to her grave injuries but she couldn’t survive and succumbed to her wounds. Last month, a two-year-old boy had sustained severe wounds on his face after a stray dog attacked him in Gulzar Colony area of Karachi. Narrating the entire incident, the father of the victim, Kaleem Ullah, said a stray dog attacked his child a day back, inflicting severe injuries on his face. Read More: Nine-year-old boy mauled to death by dogs “My child was attacked by a stray dog. If he loses his eye injured in the attack then who will be responsible...

GENEVA: Countries with significant active spread of coronavirus must prevent amplifying events, as opening up without the virus being under control would be a “recipe for disaster”, the World Health Organization said on Monday. WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus recognised that many people are getting tired of restrictions and want to return to normality eight months into the pandemic. The WHO fully supported efforts to reopen economies and societies, he told a news conference, adding: “We want to see children returning to school and people returning to workplaces, but we want to see it done safely.” “No country can just pretend the pandemic is over,” he said. “The reality is this virus spreads easily. Opening up without control is a recipe for disaster.” “Explosive outbreaks” have been linked to gatherings of people at stadiums, nightclubs, places of worship and other crowds, where the respiratory virus can spread easily among clusters of people, Tedros said. “Decis...

KARACHI: A case of grenade attack over Mominbad police station has been registered against unknown attackers, ARY News reported on Tuesday. The case was registered at the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on the complaint of the station head officer (SHO). Earlier on Monday, two officials sustained minor injuries in a grenade attack by unidentified assailants near Mominabad police station in Karachi. A senior police officer had told media that unidentified men hurled a grenade on the gate of Mominabad police station, however, the timely response by on-duty officials had foiled the attack. The attackers, however, managed to flee from the scene. No death was reported in the incident, however, two policemen sustained minor injuries while jumping off the range of grenade fragments, said senior superintendent police (SSP) Fida Hussain. The police department has commenced a probe into the incident and identification of the attackers with the help of CCTV footage. The post Karachi gre...

ISLAMABAD: An accountability court in Islamabad on Tuesday decided to indict former president Asif Ali Zardari and his sister Faryal Talpur in the mega-money laundering reference on September 9, ARY News reported. The accountability court Judge Azam conducted hearing on mega money laundering case and decided to indict Asif Zardari, Faryal Talpur, others on September 9. The AC accepted exemption pleas of Asif Zardari, his sister Faryal Talpur in money laundering case and adjourned the hearing till September 9. It is pertinent to mention here that an accountability court will also indict former president Asif Ali Zardari in the Toshakhana reference on Sept 9. Mega Laundering Case Zardari, his sister and other accused are facing charges of laundering more than Rs35 billion through fake bank accounts. Zardari’s close aides Hussain Lawai and Anwar Majeed have also been nominated in the scam. Read More:  Zardari, Gillani to be indicted in Toshakhana case on Sept 9, rules court Hu...

ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court (SC) has fixed appeal of the federal government against invalidating sugar commission inquiry report for hearing, ARY News reported on Tuesday.  The federal government had challenged Sindh High Court’s (SHC) decision of nullifying the report in the Supreme Court of Pakistan. A three-member bench of the SC will take up the plea on tomorrow. The bench includes Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Gulzar Ahmed, Justice Mushir Alam and Justice Ijazul Ahsan. On August 17, Sindh High Court (SHC) had nullified the sugar inquiry commission and its report and had ordered authorities concerned to conduct a fair inquiry into the matter. A SHC division bench comprising Justice KK Agha and Justice Omar Sial had announced the reserved verdict on a petition filed by the Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA) against an inquiry commission formed by the government to probe into a sugar crisis that hit the country earlier this year. The SHC declared report of Sugar Inqu...

Zoom shares soared on Monday after the video-meeting service reported that quarterly revenue rocketed as its ranks of users more than quadrupled. The Silicon Valley-based company that has become a popular way to work, learn or socialize during the pandemic said it made a profit of $186 million on revenue of $663.5 million in the quarter that ended on July 31. That compares with a net income of $5.5 million in the same quarter a year earlier. “Organizations are shifting from addressing their immediate business continuity needs to supporting a future of working anywhere, learning anywhere, and connecting anywhere on Zoom’s video-first platform,” founder and chief executive Eric Yuan said in an earnings release. Zoom shares were up more than 22 percent in after-market trades that followed release of the earnings, which beat market expectations. Zoom reported that it ended the quarter with approximately 370,000 customers that had more than 10 employees, more than four times as many t...

ISLAMABAD: An Islamabad High Court (IHC) bench will take up today appeals of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif against his conviction in Al-Azizia and Avenfield property references. The division bench comprising Justice Amer Farooq and Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani will also hear the appeals of Maryam Nawaz and retired Captain Mohammad Safdar in the Avenfield reference. Besides, NAB’s appeals, including one seeking an increase in the PML-N supreme leader’s sentence in the Al-Azizia case from seven years to 14 years and the other against his acquittal in the Flagship reference, will also be heard. Read More: Nawaz maybe ‘at much greater risk’ if exposed to Covid-19: medical report Nawaz’s lawyer Khawaja Haris filed an application in the court the other day, requesting the bench to either allow his client’s pleader to represent him in today’s proceedings or adjourn the hearing until his return. Maryam and Capt Safdar also filed an application with a request for adjourning the Avenf...

ISLAMABAD: The coronavirus claimed four more lives across the country in the past 24 hours, taking the number of people succumbing to the highly contagious disease to 6,298. According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), 300 people tested positive for the contagion during this period, bringing the national tally of cases to 296,149. As many as 20,882 samples were tested, out of which 264 turned to be positive. Read More: Australia’s COVID-19 deaths in virus hotspot fall to two-week low The number of active coronavirus cases has gone down to 8,881 as 280,970 patients have recuperated. Besides, 1,044 Covid-19 patients are under treatment in 735 hospitals across the country, out of whom 92 are on ventilators. Six Million Cases U.S. cases of the novel coronavirus have surpassed six million as many states in the Midwest reported increasing infections, according to a Reuters tally. Also Read: How common cold viruses are being used in vaccines from Russia, China Iowa,...

SYDNEY: Australia’s second-most populous state Victoria, the epicentre for COVID-19 infections in the country, on Tuesday reported its lowest rise in virus-related deaths in two weeks as a second-wave outbreak eases. Victoria said five people died from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, the lowest one-day rise since Aug. 15, while 70 people tested positive for the novel coronavirus, a seven-week low. The fall in the number of new cases comes as the state capital Melbourne begins its fourth week of a six-week lockdown that sees residents confined to their homes, a nightly curfew imposed and large parts of the state economy ordered to close. The restrictions are set to be relaxed later this month, with State Premier Daniel Andrews scheduled to detail the timetable for easing curbs on Sunday. Health officials said Victoria is expected to reduce new daily infections to near single-digits by mid-September, down from over 700 new cases a day last month, but warned the risk of new outbreaks ...

SRINAGAR: In Indian Illegally occupied Kashmir, Indian troops in their continued acts of state terrorism martyred twenty four Kashmiris and injured 59 in the month of August. According to the data issued by the Research Section of Kashmir Media Service (KMS), these killings rendered one woman widowed and four people orphaned. During the period, at least fifty nine people were injured due to the use of brute force including firing of bullets, pellets and teargas shells by Indian troops and police personnel. The troops and police personnel also destroyed or damaged eleven residential houses and structures and also looted several houses in the month. The Indian forces in so-called operation arrested 98 people. Read more:  Kashmir struggle has taken a new turn: FM Qureshi The number of martyred during current year has jumped to 172 in occupied Kashmir. Last week, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi had said Kashmiri people’s struggle for their inalienable right to self-determi...

KARACHI: At least five people were injured on Tuesday in a blast at compressor room of a compressed natural gas (CNG) station  in Nazimabad, area of Karachi, ARY News reported. According to rescue sources, the blast occurred near Board Office Nazimabad, adding, all the injured were shifted to to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for medical treatment. The sources said the blast took place at a compressor room  of the CNG station, injuring five including operator of the station. Two motorcycles were also baldy damaged in the incident. The identification of the injured could not be established. In a separate incident of the same nature that place in Karachi, on March 24, last year, at least two person were killed and four left wounded in a cylinder explosion at the  CNG  filling station. Read more:  CNG cylinder blast injures 14 in Peshawar The incident took place in North Karachi area of the metropolis. Rescue sources had said that the explosion occurred at comp...

Our world has become heavily dependent on the internet for almost everything. Wherever we go, we need to make sure that there is a fast WiFi connection. Along with it, come the password woes that we all face. More often than not, we come across some outlandish and hilarious given to the connection. While that is one thing, their passwords can be as bizarre too. View this post on Instagram Let my neighbors use my wifi A post shared by Pablo Rochat (@pablo.rochat) on Aug 27, 2020 at 7:52am PDT One such instance went viral on the internet. A San Francisco based digital artist named Pablo Rochat posted a video on Instagram in which a poster is being displayed. On it, ‘Free WiFi’ is written as the heading in bold capital letters. Its username is called ‘Good Luck.’ Funnily enough, it is perfect for the password that is about to follow. It consists of random characters in it and it goes on and on, until the end of the building wall. Take a ...

اسلام آباد(مانیٹرنگ ڈیسک)یو اے ای نے اسرائیل سے امن معاہدہ کرلیا لیکن مراکش نے اسرائیل کو تسلیم کرنے سے انکار کر دیا۔ترک میڈیا کے مطابق مراکش کے وزیراعظم سعدالدین العثمانی نے اپنے ایک بیان میں کہا ہے کہ صہیونی قوت سے تعلقات قائم کرنا فلسطینیوں پر مزید مظالم کیلئے اس کی حوصلہ افزائی کرنے کے مترادف ہے۔رپورٹ کے مطابق العثمانی کا بیان اسرائیل یواے ای معاہدے کے بعد مراکش کے اسرائیل کو تسلیم کر نے کا خدشہ غلط ثابت ہوا۔واضح رہے کہ اس سے پہلے سوڈان سے بھی اسرائیل کو تسلیم کرنے سے انکار کردیا تھا۔ The post مراکش نے بھی اسرائیل کو تسلیم کرنے سے انکار کر دیا appeared first on JavedCh.Com . from JavedCh.Com https://javedch.com/international/2020/08/31/708282

اسلام آباد(مانیٹرنگ ڈیسک) غیرملکی نیوز ویب سائٹ alaraby.co.uk نے تہلکہ خیز دعویٰ کیا ہے کہ پاکستان اور سعودی عرب کے تعلقات میں پڑنے والی دراڑ نے سعودی حکومت کو وزیراعظم عمران خان کے مقابلے میں سابق آرمی چیف جنرل(ر)راحیل شریف کی حمایت کرنے پر مجبور کر دیا اور سعودی حکومت انہیں عمران خان کی جگہ وزیراعظم بنوانا چاہتی ہے۔ ویب سائٹ نے یہ دعویٰ کچھ پاکستانی اور بھارتی میڈیا رپورٹس کی بنیاد پر کیا ہے جن میں کہا گیا ہے کہ سعودی حکومت، سعودی عرب کی قیادت میں بننے والی اسلامی فوجی اتحاد کے کمانڈر جنرل(ر) راحیل شریف کو پاکستان کی وزارت عظمیٰ کا منصب سنبھالنے کے لیے تیار کر رہی ہے اور وہ وزارت عظمیٰ کے لیے سعودی حکومت کے ترجیحی امیدوار بن چکے ہیں۔ رپورٹ کے مطابق پاکستان اور سعودی عرب کے مابین روایتی تعلقات تھے لیکن مقبوضہ کشمیر کے معاملے پر دونوں کے تعلقات میں تلخی آئی۔ پاکستان کی طرف سے سعودی عرب کومقبوضہ کشمیر کے معاملے پر سعودی عرب کوغیرفعالیت کا موردالزام ٹھہرایا اور بار بار اس سے مطالبہ کیا کہ وہ اسلامی تعاون تنظیم کا ایک اجلاس بلائے جس کے ذریعے کشمیر کا مسئلہ اجاگر کیا جائے اور بھارت پر دبا...

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday heard a petition against Pakistan People’s Party MNA Shazia Marri over allegedly holding fake degree, ARY News reported.  As per details, the PPP lawmaker of the lower house of the parliament has been accused of holding fake degree. The Sindh High Court (SHC) has served notices to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and the University of Karachi in this context. The further proceedings in the case have been adjourned till September 22. Shazia Marri was born on 8 October 1972 in Karachi to Deputy Speaker of the Sindh Assembly Atta Muhammad Marri. The PPP stalwart remained Member Provincial Assembly of Sindh and Information Minister. Currently she is MNA of the Pakistan People’s Party. Read more: ECP disqualifies BAP MPA over fake degree Last year, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had disqualified a member of Balochistan Assembly, associated with the Balochistan Awami Party (BAP), for possessing a fake degree. A thr...

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) will take up on Tuesday (tomorrow) appeals of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and son-in-law Captain Safdar against their conviction in the Avenfield reference. The court will also take up the PML-N supremo’s appeal against his conviction in the Al-Azizia Steel Mills reference. Nawaz’s lawyer Khawaja Haris moved two miscellaneous applications in the IHC, stating that his client can’t appear before the court tomorrow and requested exemption from personal appearance on his behalf on medical grounds. The applications submitted to the IHC registrar will be taken up along the appeals tomorrow. A two-judge bench comprising Justice Aamir Farooq and Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani will hear the case. The appeals of Nawaz and Maryam against the Avenfield verdict will come up for hearing after a passage of more than a year. The accused have been out on bail since Sept 19, 2018 when the IHC suspended the 10-year, seven-yea...

LAHORE: Punjab has reported 28 Covid-19 cases over the past 24 hours, taking the total number of confirmed cases to 96,769, ARY News reported. According to Punjab Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department, two more people died from the virus in the last 24 hours. The number of people died from the disease in the province stands at 2,198. More than 943,160 samples have been tested to diagnose the presence of COVID-19 thus far, according to a statement of the health department The number of people recuperating from the infection in the province has passed 92,000. It is pertinent to mention here that the coronavirus cases are on the decline in Pakistan as 213 new infections were detected across the country over the last 24 hours, lifting the national tally of overall cases to 295,849. According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), six more people succumbed to the highly contagious disease during this period, pushing the death toll from the virus to 6,294. Read Mor...

ISLAMABAD: The water level at Rawal Dam has surged to red mark and the reservoir management has decided to open spillways of the dam, ARY News reported on Monday. Rawal Dam authorities in a statement announced opening of the spillways at 11:00 am today (Monday). “Around 6000 cusecs of water will be discharged from the lake,” according to the administration. “Rawal Dam reservoir has maximum capacity of 1752 feet water conservation, while present water level at the dam has been 1751.9 feet,” the dam management said. “After opening of the spillways the water level at Soan river will rise and water could overflow from the banks of the stream,” the dam administration said. Soan River is an important stream of the Pothohar region in North Punjab and drains much of the water of the area. It is pertinent to mention here that monsoon season this year has rained more water over Pakistan filling three major reservoirs in the country to their maximum capacity. The Water reservoir of Mangla...

Brighto Paints with its partnering firm Unique Trading Company sought to further globalize the Pakistani paint industry while simultaneously strengthening ties with Qatar by opening its second exclusive showroom in Qatar. Attendees included dignitaries and businessmen who are at the forefront of furthering economic ventures between Qatar and Pakistan such as H.E Syed Ahsan Raza Shah the Pakistani Ambassador to Qatar, Unique Trading Company Chairman Mr. Abdul- Rahman Mohammed Al-Muftah and G.M Mr. Imran Rafique. Brighto Paints has made continuous efforts to solidify relations with the State of Qatar as shown by the fact that H.E Syed Ahsan Raza Shah the ambassador to Qatar was present at the opening of this second Brighto Paints showroom. H.E Syed Ahsan Raza Shah went on to reminisce on his past visit to the Brighto Paints Showroom in Abbottabad, Pakistan which he visited due to his own personal paint needs and there he saw his picture of inaugurating the first Qatar showroom was prou...

اسلام آباد(مانیٹرنگ ڈیسک)پیمرا نے 10محرم الحرام کی خصوصی ٹرانسمیشن کے دوران نفرت انگیز مواد نشر کرنے پر 24نیوز کا لائسنس فوری معطل کر دیا ، پیمرا نے 20اگست2020 کو تمام ٹی وی چینلز کو محرم الحرام کے حوالے سے ایڈوائزری جاری کی تھی اور چینلز کو اپنی نشریات کے دوران ایسا مواد جو کہ بین المذاہب ہم آہنگی کو ٹھیس پہنچائے یا نفرت انگیزی اور فرقہ واریت پر مبنی ہو، نشر نہ کیا جائے۔ میسرز سینٹرل میڈیا نیٹ ورک پرائیویٹ لمیٹڈ(24نیوز)نے دس محرم الحرام کی خصوصی ٹرانسمیشن کے دوران نفرت انگیز مواد بغیر کسی ایڈیٹوریل کنٹرول کے نشر کیا اور پیمرا قوانین کی صریحاً خلاف ورزی کی۔ پیمرا کو سوشل میڈیا پر اس مواد کے خلاف شکایت موصول ہوئی ہیں جس پر اتھارٹی نے فوری کارروائی کرتے ہوئے پیمرا رڈیننس کے سیکشن (3 )30کے تحت24نیوز کا لائسنس معطل کر دیا ، کیونکہ نشر کئے گئے نفرت انگیز مواد سے ملک بھر میں نقص امن کا اندیشہ ہے۔ مزید برآں ، 24 نیوز کو اظہار وجوہ کا نوٹس جاری کرتے ہوئے 14روز میں جواب دہی کا حکم دیا ہے ، قانون کے مطابق چینل کو ذاتی شنوائی کا موقع فراہم کیا گیا ہے۔ چینل کا لائسنس انکوائری مکمل ہونے تک معطل رہ...

اسلام آباد(مانیٹرنگ ڈیسک)آرمی چیف جنرل قمر جاوید باجوہ چند روز میں ایک بار پھر سعودی عرب روانہ ہوں گے جس میں وہ اہم سعودی شخصیات سے ملاقاتیں کریں گے ،دونوں برادر ممالک کے درمیان پائی جانے والی غلط فہمیوں کو دور کرنے کے ساتھ ساتھ اہم امور کو حتمی شکل بھی دی جائیگی۔ میڈیا رپورٹس کے مطابق آرمی چیف کی دوسری مرتبہ سعودی عرب روانگی اگلے مہینے 15 سے 20 ستمبر کے درمیان متوقع ہے جبکہ اس دورہ میں پاک فوج کے سربراہ جنرل قمر جاوید باجوہ سعودی ولی عہد شہزادہ محمد بن سلیمان سمیت اہم سعودی شخصیات سے ملاقاتیں بھی کریں گے ۔یاد رہے کہ پاک فوج کے سربراہ جنرل قمر جاوید باجوہ نے رواں ماہ 16اگست کو سعودی عرب کا دورہ کیا تھا ،اس اہم ترین دورے میں پاک فوج کے سربراہ کے ساتھ آئی ایس آئی کے سربراہ لیفٹیننٹ جنرل فیض حمید بھی موجود تھے۔ جنرل قمر جاوید باجوہ نے حالیہ دورہ سعودی عرب میں نائب وزیر دفاع خالد بن سلمان ،سعودی عرب کے چیف آف جنرل سٹاف جنرل فیاض بن حامد الروئیلی اور سعودی کمانڈر جوائنٹ فورسز لیفٹیننٹ جنرل فہد بن ترکی السعود سے ملاقاتیں کیں اور دونوں ملکوں کے مشترکہ مفادات سمیت اہم امور پر تفصیلی تبادلہ خی...

اسلام آباد(مانیٹرنگ ڈیسک)این سی او سی کا کہنا ہے کہ پاکستان میں کورونا کیسز میں نمایاں کمی سامنے آرہی ہے اور 17اپریل کے بعد آج 31اگست کو 24 گھنٹوں میں سب سے کم 213 کورونا کیسز کی تصدیق ہوئی ، 17اپریل 2020کو کورونا کے 106 کیس رپورٹ ہوئے تھے۔مزید 6 افراد اس موذی وبا کے سامنے زندگی کی بازی ہار گئے جبکہ 207 مریض اس بیماری سے شفایاب ہو گئے۔پاکستان کورونا مریضوں کی تعداد کے حوالے سے ممالک کی فہرست میں 16 ویں نمبر پر آ گیا ہے۔ The post 17اپریل کے بعدپاکستان میں آج سب سے کم کورونا کیسز،مزید 6 افرادزندگی کی بازی ہار گئے appeared first on JavedCh.Com . from JavedCh.Com https://javedch.com/latest-news/2020/08/31/708272

KARACHI: The Sindh government on Monday demanded of the federal government to announce agriculture loan and tax waiver for rain-hit farmers of the province. Agriculture Minister Ismail Rahoo said in a statement that the provincial government declared 20 districts of the province calamity-hit due to the devastation caused by recent rains. He said the government would make all-out efforts for rehabilitation of farmers affected by monsoon rains and waive provincial agriculture tax of rain-affected crops. Read More: Karachi districts among 20 declared calamity-hit by Sindh govt He claimed the agriculture sector is already under pressure due to flawed policies of the federal government as rising prices of fertilisers, diesel, electricity, and gas have added to the woes of farmers who are running up debts. Ismail Rahoo said the calamity-hit districts suffered hugely due to recent rains that played havoc with crops of cotton, tomatoes, chilies, rice, sugarcane, and others. He demanded th...

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday extended the interim bail of former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and former petroleum secretary, Arshad Mirza, in an illegal appointment case till September 3, ARY News reported. The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) stalwart and the former petroleum secretary named in the case turned up before the court for the hearing. A two-judge bench headed by Justice Omar Sial heard the illegal appointment case. Read More:  Court to indict Ex-PM Abbasi, others after filing of LNG reference The high court extended the interim bail of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) stalwart in the illegal appointment case and sought arguments from the counsels in the next hearing. Last month, the Sindh High Court had extended till Aug 27 the interim pre-arrest bail of the former prime minister and the former petroleum secretary. On May 19, the high court had granted them bail against a surety bond of Rs500,000 each. Read More:  SHC grants ...

PESHAWAR: Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) Peshawar service has been reopened for the public, said spokesperson Trans Peshawar on Monday, ARY News reported.  The service which was temporary halted on 9th and 10th Muharram now has been restored for the general public. Residents can travel via BRT service to their desired destinations from 6am to 10pm, said spokesperson. The spokesman said BRT Peshawar is providing best travel facilities to the citizens of Peshawar and those who came from other areas. Peshawar was declared among the highly sensitive districts from security perspective during Muharram. Since BRT is the largest project of Peshawar which affects tens of thousands of people, the administration had considered it suitable to close it for two days to avoid any possible security issues. Read more:  PM Imran Khan inaugurates Peshawar BRT project The long awaited BRT Peshawar project was inaugurated by Prime Minister Imran Khan on August 13 after which a large number of pe...

ISLAMABAD: The government has so far disbursed soft loans amounting to over Rs 260 million among 552 female entrepreneurs under the Youth Entrepreneurship Scheme (YES) of Prime Minister’s Kamyab Jawan Programme. “It constitutes 30 per cent of the total disbursed loans which are amounting to one billion rupees. So far 2,190 qualified male and female entrepreneurs have received concessionary loans under the Kamyab Jawan Programme,” state-owned wire service reported, quoting a document. Read More: SBP raises loan limit for women entrepreneurs under refinance scheme Out of total disbursed loans, around 70 per cent of the soft loans went to 1,638 male candidates, who were given over Rs 690 million. The ‘YES’ was launched under the banner of Kamyab Jawan Programme in October last year with the seed allocation of Rs100 billion. Special Assistant to PM on Youth Affairs Usman said in an interview that banks have so far approved two tier financing of Rs 3 billion for 7,592 eligible business...

A bug involving US-based telecoms giant CenturyLink briefly interrupted internet service in several global markets Sunday, affecting popular streaming services, gaming platforms and webcasts of European soccer, the company and specialized media reported. “We are able to confirm that all services impacted by today’s IP outage have been restored…” the company said in a mid-morning Twitter post. “We sincerely apologize for the impact this outage caused.” Contacted by AFP, the company provided no further details. CenturyLink is based in Monroe, Louisiana. It was not immediately clear whether the disruption was related to damage from destructive Hurricane Laura, which passed through Louisiana late last week, causing widespread power outages. Apps and websites including major streaming service Hulu, as well as the PlayStation network and XBox Live platforms reported disruptions, CNN reported. France’s Telefoot soccer network was also affected, interrupting broadcasts of early-afternoo...

Schools and businesses reopened in Auckland on Monday after the lifting of a lockdown in New Zealand’s largest city to contain the resurgence of the coronavirus, but face masks were made mandatory on public transport across the country. The Pacific nation of 5 million people had appeared to have succeeded in halting community transmission of COVID-19, but a fresh outbreak in Auckland prompted the government to place the city back in lockdown earlier this month. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern scaled back the restrictions in Auckland on Sunday, but made masks compulsory on public transport. Ardern said on Monday that she was confident the new measure would be taken up across New Zealand, adding that “a bit of smiling with the eyes behind the mask” and kindness to Aucklanders in particular, would help get the country through the latest outbreak. “We have a plan that we know will work. We just need everyone’s compliance and help. If everyone sticks to those guidelines and rules, couple...

KARACHI: Several areas of Karachi remained submerged and without electricity for more than 90 hours after unprecedented rains lashed the city on Thursday, ARY News reported on Sunday. People took to social media to protest against prolonged power outages as K-Electric, the sole electricity supply company in Karachi, failed to restore power supply in some areas of the metropolis. Several areas of Karachi including Defence, Clifton, Lyari, SITE area, Orangi, Korangi, Old City Area, Yousuf Goth, Punjab Colony, Maripur  Baldia Town, Liaquatabad, Nazimabad, Gulberg, Sadar, Jacob Lines and MA Jinnah road remained without electricity since Thursday. The prolonged power breakdown sparked protests and sit-ins on Sunday in several areas, including in Gulistan-e-Johar, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Lyari and Korangi. Further, Karachi Electric (KE) said that two feeders in DHA’s Phase 4 and Muslim Commercial had been powered up. “Clifton Block 7 and two of the three feeders in Bath Island have also be...

KARACHI: Karachi to receive more showers today (Monday) under seventh spell of monsoon, said Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Monday, ARY News reported. A statement issued by the Met office said that seventh spell of monsoon rains entered Sindh on Sunday evening which could aggravate existing urban flooding and waterlogging in Lower Sindh. Under the influence of this system rain and wind-thundershowers, with isolated heavy to very showers, are expected in Karachi, Hyderabad, Thatta, Badin, Shaheed Benazirabad, Dadu, Tharparker, Nagarparker, Mirpurkhas, Islam Kot, Umar Kot, Sanghar, Sukkur and Larkana. Heavy to moderate showers are expected in parts of Karachi today, while the weather will remain cloudy. Read More:  33 die from electrocution, drowning in Karachi during record rainfall On the other hand, PMD has advised all concerned authorities to remain alert during the forecast period. The Met Office earlier issued a warning of urban flooding in Karachi, however,...

U.S. cases of the novel coronavirus surpassed six million on Sunday as many states in the Midwest reported increasing infections, according to a Reuters tally. Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota have recently reported record one-day increases in new cases while Montana and Idaho are seeing record numbers of currently hospitalized COVID-19 patients. Nationally, metrics on new cases, deaths, hospitalizations and the positivity rates of tests are all declining, but there are emerging hotspots in the Midwest. Many of the new cases in Iowa are in the counties that are home to the University of Iowa and Iowa State University, which are holding some in-person classes. Colleges and universities around the country have seen outbreaks after students returned to campus, forcing some to switch to online-only learning. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Sunday said his state was sending a “SWAT team” to a State University of New York (SUNY) campus in Oneonta in upstate New York to c...

ISLAMABAD: Coronavirus cases are on the decline in Pakistan as 213 new infections were detected across the country over the last 24 hours, lifting the national tally of cases to 295,849. According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), six more people succumbed to the highly contagious disease during this period, pushing the death toll from the virus to 6,294. Read More: India sets global record with single-day rise in coronavirus cases The number of active coronavirus cases has gone down to 8,873 as 280,682 Covid-19 patients have recuperated from the disease. As many as 18,017 samples were tested during the previous 24 hours, bringing the number of tests conducted so far to more than 2.6 million. On Aug 28, Prime Minister Imran Khan had expressed satisfaction on efforts to contain the spread of Covid-19 and rehabilitation of those infected with the virus. Read More: Global coronavirus cases surpass 25 million Chairing a meeting of National Command and Operations C...

SYDNEY: Asian shares notched a 29-month high on Monday as investors wagered monetary and fiscal policies globally would stay super stimulatory, while an upbeat reading on China’s service sector augured well for continued recovery there. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS rose 0.5% to reach its highest since March 2018, extending a 2.8% gain last week. Chinese blue chips .CSI300 firmed 0.7% to reach levels not seen since mid-2015. Surveys showed Chinese manufacturing activity edged back a tick to 51.0 in July, but services jumping a full point to 55.2 in a hopeful sign of reviving consumer demand. E-Mini futures for the S&P 500 ESc1 climbed another 0.5%, while EUROSTOXX 50 futures STXEc1 added 1%. Tokyo’s Nikkei .N225 rallied 1.9% aided by news Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (BRKa.N) had bought more than 5% stakes in each of the five leading Japanese trading companies. The Nikkei had dipped on Friday after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ...

KARACHI: A fire that erupted at godowns near Cheel Chowk in Lyari has been doused, ARY News reported on Monday. According to a fire brigade officials, six fire tenders reached the spot after getting informed about the fire and brought it under control. They further said that the fire broke out at a godown, which engulfed three others and all four godowns were turned into ashes. No loss of life was reported in the blaze. The process of cooling is currently underway at the factory. The cause behind the fire could not be ascertained. Read more:  Fire erupts at garment factory in Karachi’s area of Korangi Earlier on July 21 fire broke out at a pharmaceutical factory situated in Sharafi Goth area of Landhi in the port city. Four fire brigade and rescue teams reached the spot after being informed and brought the fire under control after a hectic effort of four hours. Rescue sources said that the cause of fire was not yet known. Rescue sources also informed that no casualty was re...

A three-year-old girl in Taiwan was caught up in the strings of a kite and lifted high into the air before being rescued unharmed. The unidentified girl was taking part in a kite festival on Sunday in the seaside town of Nanliao when she became entangled in a giant, long-tailed orange kite and was hoisted off the ground by several metres. Local reports suggest a group of people were able to catch her when she fell to the ground, with screams and yells filling the scene. She has been reported safe following the terrifying incident. News reports suggest she was understandably frightened, but suffered no physical injuries other than some scratches to her face. According to Taiwan News, she was taken to the hospital immediately after the incident and was joined by her mother. It claims the kite was meant to be carrying candles which would it would then scatter from above. It’s understood Hsinchu City’s mayor, Lin Chih-chien, has apologised for the incident. The entire festival was...

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan says the brave Kashmiris who are fighting against the worst form of military oppression and tyranny should be inspired by Karbala to stay steadfast in their courage because their struggle against tyranny and injustice will succeed as the martyrs of Karbala showed us. In his message on Youm-e-Ashur on Twitter, he said there are three important messages for people from the sacrifice of Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA), his family, and followers: “1. immortality is earned by those who give the supreme sacrifice of their lives to stand against tyranny & injustice. It is not earned simply by being rich, powerful or educated. There are 3 imp messages for us from Imam Hussain AS, his family & followers’ sacrifice at Karbala. 1. Immortality is earned by those who give the supreme sacrifice of their lives to stand against tyranny & injustice. It is not earned simply by being rich, powerful or educated. — Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) August 30, 2020 ...