Supreme Court ordered to stop all illegal constructions on Margalla Hills immediately, while hearing a case on the protection of Margalla Hills. A restaurant, Monal has cut down 200 trees for illegal expansion, the CDA chairperson told the court. The bench said that the restaurant should be stopped from doing so and it should plant the trees it has cut.
The Private Schools Association of Karachi has demanded that it should be allowed to reopen schools after Eid. Tariq Shah, the associations’s president appealed that schools should also be granted permission to reopen amid SOPs as everything else in the country is resuming. He further added that according to an international study, students between the age of one to 17 have strong immunity so there is no point in keeping the schools closed.
Pakistan’s shopping malls and markets to stay open on weekends until the Eid, clarified Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed on Tuesday. He added that they are looking out for the entire country and they cant close their eyes and ears to what is happening in the country. On Monday, the court ordered all provinces to open shopping malls so that people can prepare for Eidul Fitr.
Prime Minister Imran Khan has launched the cash disbursal programme under the Ehsaas Emergency Cash for workers who are worst affected by the coronavirus crisis and have become jobless. The prime minister has committed that for each rupee provided by donors, Rs4 will be committed by the government.
The Afghan Taliban have announced that they will start a regular jihad in India after Eid-ul-Fitr. India’s capital New Delhi has been terrified after this announcement. Afghan Taliban have taken this decision due to the indiscriminate atrocities perpetrated on Muslims and other minorities by the RSS, BJP, and other similar terrorist organizations in India, besides the massacre of Kashmiris by India. Taliban have announced open revenge against Indians.
United States President Donald Trump recognised the services of a 10-year-old Pakistani-American girl named Laila during a ceremony to honour ‘coronavirus heroes’. According to the US Embassy in Islamabad, Laila and her friends are part of a girl scouts group from Maryland and donated 100 boxes of cookies to nurses and firefighters.The ceremony paid tribute to Americans who have been helping people in the front line fighting the coronavirus pandemic.
Pakistan will be manufacturing the anti viral drug Remdsivir within two months according to Special Assistant on National Health Services Dr Zafar Mirza. The drug will also be available for COVID-19 patients in Pakistan. Dr Mirza said that five companies in the world had been granted the license to manufacture the drug, Pakistani company being one of them.
The Islamabad administration has issued orders to open all malls, shopping centres and markets across the clock. Barbershops and all commercial centres will stay open for Eidul Fitr, said Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Hamza Shafqaat. The orders will be implemented from Monday onward. Earlier in the day, the Supreme Court instructed all provinces to open shopping malls along with all markets.
Turkish actor Esra Bilgic who plays Halima Sultan in the popular series Diriliş: Ertuğrul may be on her way to Pakistan once the current pandemic crisis settles. In a lovely exchange with a Pakistani fan on Instagram, Bilgic revealed how she was humbled by the love she had received in the country. On a picture of Bilgic a Pakistani fan had talked about the show’s impact in Pakistan to which Esra replied.
Ever since PTV started airing Dirilis Ertugrul, it has been the subject of many debates and it could destroy the local industry, according to Yasir Hussain. Hussain also shared something, and from the looks of it, he is not happy. Taking to Instagram, he shared,” PTV should make decent dramas and use our own actors and technicians. Those actors which are capable and pay their taxes. Both [Imported] clothes and Turkish dramas can destroy the local industry.”