LAHORE, August 16(ABC): Pakistan has reported eight deaths in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of confirmed positive cases has surged to 1,563,705. The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 30,537 on Tuesday. According to the latest figures by the National Institute of Health (NIH), at least 358 persons were tested positive for COVID-19 across …

LAHORE, August 16(ABC): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has picked Hamza Shahbaz for slot of Punjab Assembly Opposition Leader. According to sources familiar with the development, PML-N parliamentary party unanimously decided to nominate Hamza Shahbaz for the position and the party’s allies have also been taken into confidence. Hamza Shahbaz was removed from the post of CM Punjab after the Supreme …

LAHORE, August 16(ABC): Punjab education minister Murad Raas has made a big announcement about the regularisation of government teachers in the province. Raas said on Twitter that he has good news for the 14,000 teachers appointed by the Punjab education department. He said that the file for their regularisation has been initiated, signed and moved forward. “Promises made – Promises …

ISLAMABAD, August 16(ABC): PTI Chairman Imran Khan declared on Monday all his and his wife Bushra Bibi’s assets in the nomination papers to contest the by-elections from Faisalabad constituency NA-108. The former prime minister provided details of his assets to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), which showed that the total worth of his assets is more than Rs304.2 million. …

ISLAMABAD, August 16(ABC): Rain-wind with thundershower is expected in Sindh, Balochistan, Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan during the next 12 hours. Heavy falls are also expected in Sindh, Balochistan and South Punjab during the period. Temperature of some major cities recorded this morning: Islamabad twenty-four degree centigrade, Lahore twenty-seven, Karachi and Peshawar twenty-eight, Quetta twenty-two, Gilgit and Muzaffarabad …

KARACHI, August 16(ABC): A Karachi court on Tuesday overturned a decision to conduct PTI MNA Aamir Liaquat Hussain’s post-mortem. District and Sessions Judge (East) Khalid Hussain Shahani overturned the decision of Judicial Magistrate (East) Wazeer Hussain Memon who had ordered Hussain’s postmortem on June 18. The ruling came in response to an appeal filed by Dua Aamir — daughter of …

ISLAMABAD, Aug 15 (ABC): The Millennium Education Group Pakistan, carrying forward its remarkable achievement of 24 Cambridge Learner Awards in CAIE June-Nov 2021 in IGSCE and A-Level, secured an outstanding result of 1100 A* & A grades in the Cambridge Assessment International Examination-CAIE June 2022 series says a press release. The school community and teaching faculty of the Millennium Colleges …

ISLAMABAD, August 15(ABC):Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony Mufti Abdul Shakoor has announced to start refund of over five billion rupees of Hajj Support Programme from Wednesday till the end of this month. Talking to the media in Islamabad on Monday afternoon, he said 1,50,000 rupees will be refunded to every pilgrim, who performed Hajj this year under Government …

QUETTA, Aug 15 (ABC): To express solidarity with the people of Paksitan on 75th Independence Day celebrations, various Chinese companies operating in the port city of Gwadar, Balochistan province, distributed gifts, cakes, sweets and flowers amongst the people. Senior officials and staff of Hengjing Private Limited, Li Ni Trade City, Gwadar Free Zone Company, Gwadar International Terminals Limited, HK Sun, …

ISLAMABAD, August 15(ABC): National University of Science and Technology (NUST) has planned to launch “Digital Pakistan Tech Fellowship Programme” to equip youth with latest technology based insights to play an active role in developing a creative economy. In this regards, NUST has signed an MoU with Jazz which is the leading internet and mobile broadband provider, in a ceremony held …