The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) has recommended closing down cinemas, theaters and shrines across the country as coronavirus cases continue to rise. The NCOC also suggested early and extended winter vacations in schools and colleges to reduce the disease spread and ensure the safety of students. For restaurants, only take-away and outdoor dining to be allowed till 10 pm.
The United States embassy in Islamabad apologised today for retweeting an “unauthorised” post about PM Imran Khan by PML-N leader Ahsan Iqbal. The tweet, which compared to Imran Khan with Trump as a dictator sparked outrage on social media, as government officials, including a federal minister and the Sindh governor, called upon the embassy to respect diplomatic norms and issue an apology.
Pakistani rupee became the third best-performing currency in Asia after the currency hit almost eight-month high at Rs158.91 against the US dollar in the interbank market. With fresh recovery of Rs0.18 on Monday, the rupee has cumulatively regained Rs9.52 or 5.65% over the past 11 weeks since touching all-time low of Rs168.43 on August 26.
The drug maker Pfizer announced that an early analysis of its coronavirus vaccine trial suggested the vaccine was robustly effective in preventing Covid-19. Pfizer, which developed the vaccine with the German drugmaker BioNTech, released only sparse details from its clinical trial, based on the first formal review of the data by an outside panel of experts.
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) has announced a PUBG Mobile Pakistan Challenge 2020, with a prize pool of Rs. 10 million. The registration process for PUBG Pakistan Challenge 2020 will start on 9 November and will close on 15 November. PUBG Mobile is increasingly recognizing the love and support the Pakistani gaming community has shown to the game and announced to introduce dedicated Urdu voice packs in the game.
The new Main Line-1 railway project will transport people from Karachi to Lahore in just seven hours, announced Prime Minister Imran Khan. PM Khan said the biggest investment worth $6 billion in the railways is coming to Pakistan through the Main Line-1 project. He said the role of the railways is “crucial” in “Naya Pakistan” because it is a cheap and comfortable way to travel.
In a touching story of kindness that transcends politics, a Pakistani man living in Dubai has been the primary, live-in caregiver to his former neighbor, an Indian who is blind. For a year and a half, the two friends, Tomichan Puthuparambil Thomas, 63, from Kerala and Mohammed Asad, 36, from Azad Jammu and Kashmir, have been sharing a tiny room with a bunk bed.
The United Arab Emirates has relaxed its Islamic laws by allowing the consumption of alcohol, criminalising “honour killings” among other legal reforms as it looks to boost investment and become an even more attractive tourist destination. In its legal reforms, the UAE has also scrapped punishment for allowing unmarried couples to live together. The Gulf country has also criminalised the “honour killings” custom.
The highly sought after PlayStation 5, is suddenly owned by quite a few of your friends and pictures have started popping up on Instagram. However, the real reason is that people are using a filter to trick their friends into believing that they’ve got their hands on the console early. An Instagram filter called PS5 BOX allows users to turn boxes into PlayStation 5.
Karachi, Pakistan’s financial hub, has the worst rated public transport in the world, according to a report by internationally acclaimed magazine Bloomberg. The magazine’s report states that the corruption, mismanagement, and clashes of interest seized all positive momentum in the development of the city in the late 1990s. The condition of the roads, the enforcement, and the abidance of rules are all in a terrible state.