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By Kaswar Klasra Islamabad: Frontline workers fighting the Pandemic of Covid-19 in Pakistan have once again expressed gratitude for China after Beijing asked Prime Minister Imran Khan to send a plane to collect 500,000 doses of China’s Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine free of cost by January 31st.  Shah Mahmood Qureshi confirmed this in Islamabad on Wednesday addressing a press conference.“I feel pleasure to announce that our iron brother China has once again come to rescue us. The government of China has gifted us 500K doses of much needed vaccine. The Chinese foreign Minister has told me to send over a plane…

Our Staff Reporter Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday, rejected proposal of mortgaging Islamabad’s iconic F-9 park to get loan. Chairing meeting of federal cabinet, Prime Minister made it loud and clear Today that government will not take loan against buildings and parks it owns. Earlier, media reports suggested that governent was considering a proposal to get loan by mortgaging Islamabad’s biggest park. According to reports, the proposal to mortgage the F-9 park to get a loan of around Rs 500 billion will be included in the agenda of the next meeting of the federal cabinet, scheduled to be…

By National News Desk Islamabad: Pakistan’s media watchdog has suspended the licence of a TV channel for 30 days and imposed a fine of Rs 1 million on it after one of its controversial anchors voiced “contemptuous” remarks and “cast aspersions” on the judiciary. The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) took action against Bol News on Friday, according to a statement. “PEMRA suspends Bol News for 30 days, fine of Rupees one million is also imposed,” PEMRA said in a tweet. It said anchor Sami Ibrahim on January 13 “aired contemptuous remarks against the … chief justice of the…

Islamabad Telegraph Report Islamabad: November, Imran Khan told a meeting with political leaders and civil society that the difficult phase in the economic revival is over and the economy has recovered. The next month, PM Khan declared that Pakistan’s economy had made a “remarkable turnaround”. To be sure, the pandemic did play a key role in ramming Pakistan’s economy that contracted for the first time in seven decades. But the downward trend had been evident as early as mid-2018. Pakistan’s GDP grew by 1.9% in 2019, down from a decade-high of 5.8% the previous year when Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf…

By National News Desk Islamabad: The Pakistan International Airline on Friday informed the London High Court that it has paid around USD 7 million to Peregrine Aviation Charlie Ltd in the case related to two jets leased to it by the Dublin-based AerCap. This comes a week after the Malaysian authorities seized a PIA Boeing-777 at the Kuala Lumpur airport on the orders of a local Malaysian court, over the non-payment of aircraft lease dues owed to the Dublin-based AerCap. Lawyers for both the PIA and the airliner sought an adjournment as they hoped that the full amount would be…

Islamabad Telegraph Report ISLAMABAD: Poor security, inflated electricity and utility bills and unjustified ouster of hundreds of security guards were among the burning issues which prompted residents of Bahria Enclave, an upscale residential society in Islamabad, Pakistan’s Capital. In an unprecedented move, residents of Bahria Enclave staged a protest demonstration against the “unjust and illegal” hike in electricity bills and the ouster of more than 200 security guards by the Bahria Enclave on Saturday. Hundreds of families including women and children gathered in front of the Bahria Enclave’s head office and demanded the management “revoke the excessive increase in electricity…

By National News Desk Islamabad: Pakistan may not make it out of the grey list of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) next month as it is still trying to complete the task given by FATF. Arch rival India is leaving no stone unterned to push Pakistan into lack list. The FATF blacklist is a list of countries that the intra-governmental organisation considers to be non-cooperative in the global effort to combat money laundering and terroris inancing. The global watchdog will consider Pakistan ‘greylist’ status, meant for countries “under increased monitoring” during a meeting next month. The country was placed…

By Our Staff Reporter Islamabad: On Wednesday, the Pakistan Elections Commission (ECP) issued notices to 19 political parties in the Parliament concerning the review of financial statements and funds. According to media reports, a five-member bench headed by the Chief Electoral Commissioner gave the parties a deadline of 24 February to submit their replies. On behalf of the petitioner, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) counsel Shah Khawar appeared before the ECP. During the proceedings, the political finance wing of the ECP submitted a report regarding scrutiny of financial statements of all political parties serving in the parliament. The election commission directed…

By Our Staff Reporter Karachi : When the South African contingent arrived in Karachi on Saturday, it included Faf du Plessis who travelled to the country for the third time in less than four years. The middle-order batsman captained an ICC World XI team for three T20Is in Lahore in 2017 and then returned to Karachi last year for Peshawar Zalmi in the Pakistan Super League 2020 playoffs. The 36-year-old is in line to play his 68th Test but first in Pakistan when the two-Test series starts on January 26 at the National Stadium. The former South Africa Test captain…

By National News Desk Islamabad: China will provide 5 lakh doses of Covid-19 vaccines to Pakistan by January 31, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Thursday. Qureshi issued a video message after a phone call with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, stating that Beijing asked Islamabad to send an airplane to get the vaccines. “I want to give the nation the good news that China has promised to immediately provide 500,000 doses of vaccine to Pakistan by January 31,” Qureshi said. “They (China) have said you can send your airplane and immediately airlift this drug, he said. He…