Author: Noshaba Kanwal

Islamabad: There is a positive news from economic side that International Monetary Fund (IMF) would resume in Pakistan within a few weeks. IMF plan will arrive based on understandings which include tax reforms, higher collections and improvements in power sector. This news is delivered by Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, on Tuesday at a news conference. Dr. Hafeez Sheikh claimed that IMF plan will arrive in a few weeks with a formal structure and soon it will be fully operational. He said that Pakistan was in good terms with IMF and all…

Abu Dhabi: Good news for Abu Dhabi Freelancers! Now they can earn a valid ‘Freelancer license’ if they are residents, citizens or even non-residents of UAE. The license will cover 48 type of business activities in the emirate. The announcement has been made by the Department of Economic Development in Abu Dhabi. The criteria to get the freelancer license is to prove their valid skillset. UAE residents will also have to get prior approval if they are already employed in public or private sector. The approval to show if they have chosen similar activity for freelancing than their regular job.…

Islamabad: On Wednesday, the US Embassy apologize in Islamabad after coming under fire for retweeting a hate post by PML-N Leader Asad Iqbal. The news broke out when someone using US embassy’s official Twitter account committed a blunder. Ahsan Iqbal tweeted after Donald Trump’s defeat in election that ““We have one in Pakistan too. He will be shown way out soon. Insha Allah!” He remarked this on a Washington Post article titled ‘Trump’s defeat is a blow for the world’s demagogues and dictators’. The retweet was soon deleted after post by the embassy but the Twitterati captured the screenshots. The…

Dr. Albert Bourla, Pfizer’s C.E.O. announced that his coronavirus vaccine is showing more than 90% positive results on trials. He shared on Monday that upon its early vaccine trials, vaccine was found incredibly effective in curing the Covid-19. The world is anxiously waiting for a positive response in terms of the development of vaccine as the pandemic has killed almost 1.2 million people. Pfizer worked with German drug maker BioNTech, concluded that the vaccine was tested on volunteers who had no symbols of coronavirus and analyzed that the vaccine is more than 90% effective. The vaccine is also effective for…

Since the US Presidential Election voting starting, Donald Trump addressed the nation from the White House for the first time on Thursday. He declared himself victorious in the US Presidential Election for the second time in a week. After these false claims made by the ex-president many news network opted to cut off their feed from the 16 minutes speech. The Republicans condemned the false claims made by Trump to misguide the Americans of the US Presidential election results. Host Brian Williams of MSNBC immediately stopped the live stream of the speech just after few minute condemning: ” Here we…

Death cases in Pakistan surged to 26 reportedly due to the novel corona virus in last 24 hours. The number of fatalities reached to 6,893 in the overall nationwide tally. The National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), recorded 1,302 new positive corona virus cases in the second spell of this pandemic. The active coronavirus cases crossed 15,317 from 14,646 in a day. The number of recovered cases is also commendable reaching 316,665. In the past 24 hours, almost 32,376 Covid-19 tests have been carried out for the detection of new cases. So far, 4,573,768 tests have been conducted all over…

Imran Khan addressed in a press conference that Pakistan will not undergo complete lockdown again. National Coordination Committee (NCC) is against imposing a complete lockdown in the country and decided to impose smart lockdown instead. The SOPS and policies would be strictly implemented under the announcement of National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC). Due to sudden increase in Covid-19 cases in Pakistan, NCC has made this decision of reimplementing the lockdown. Before that when cases went down, people started roaming freely and attended gatherings due to which it spread again. The NCOC issued a notice that SOPs are followed at…

PM Imran Khan is happy with the fact that “Pakistan is heading in the right direction.On Wednesday”,  Prime Minister Imran Khan said that, the country’s current account witnessed a record surplus of $792 million in the first quarter of the current fiscal year. The updated data is released by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP). The central bank said that it is the “first quarterly surplus in more than five years”. The surplus increased due to the record remittances during the month of September and monthly increase in exports. In the month of September, the surplus was recorded at $73m,…

Retired Captain Mohammad Safdar, husband of Maryam Nawaz, arrested early morning on Monday. The Sindh Police arrested him from Karachi hotel. Maryam Nawaz claimed that the police arrested her husband while she was sleeping and they barged in through the door. Later in the day, PML-N vice-president Maryam Nawaz was informed during her press conference that Capt Safdar has been granted bail. The bail given by judicial magistrate to her husband against surety bonds of Rs100,000 in Karachi. She was accompanied by JUI-F chief Fazlur Rehman, PPP leader Raja Pervaiz Ashraf and other political leaders in the press conference when…

Gujranwala: The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) arranged a Jalsa in Gujranwala on Friday. The PDM Jalsa was organized to warn and criticize Prime Minister Imran Khan, that his government’s days were numbered. The Jalsa on Friday took place at a packed venue in the Gujranwala city. Maryam Nawaz Addressed the PDM Jalsa Addressing the crowd at the PDM Jalsa location, Maryam Nawaz said that she fought for the businesses that were destroyed during the existing government’s period. She stood for the censored journalists to give them their rights back. “People [journalists] who stood with the truth were fired from their…