Pakistani physician heading a Phase III clinical trial for a Chinese Covid-19 vaccine candidate has urged people to volunteer. Ejaz A. Khan, who is heading the trial at Islamabad’s Shifa International Hospital, urged people to join hands in order to overcome their hesitance towards immunisation programmes. Pakistan launched the trial last week for Ad5-nCoV, a vaccine candidate co-developed by CanSino Biologics.
Hafiz Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi has been appointed as special representative to the prime minister on religious harmony. Maulana Ashrafi, who is also chairman of Pakistan Ulema Council (PUC) and president of Muttahida Ulema Board, is known for speaking out against social injustice and advocating for ending discord based on faith. The appointment of Maulana Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi shall be in honorary capacity.
Prime Minister Imran Khan has directed Foreign Office (FO) and Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to use all legal means to bring back PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif from UK. This important decision was taken in a meeting of the federal cabinet chaired by PM Imran Khan. It has been decided to write a fresh letter to the British government for repatriation of Sharif.
Pakistan’s Muhammad Rashid made 45 records to his name by defeating S.Navin Kumar from India by cracking the most walnuts head to head in a minute. Rashid cracked 254 walnuts whereas, Kumar cracked 239. The Pakistan Academy of Martial Arts is the only academy in the entire world with over 50 records as Rashid Naseem has earned and put his name in each of the category.
Lahore Capital City Police Officer Umar Sheikh, while speaking to the Senate human rights panel again laid the blame on the Motorway gang-rape victim. During the hearing, the CCPO was berated by the panel for expressing his “presumption” that the incident took place because the victim “was travelling late at night without her husband’s permission”.
A poll conducted by UAE-based publication Khaleej Magazine suggests that Prime Minister Imran Khan is a better premier than his predecessors of the last 15 years. According to the poll results PM Imran took the lead with 93.2% votes. Imran was followed by former prime ministers Nawaz Sharif and Shahid Khaqan Abbasi who managed to get only 4.7% of the total votes.
Nearly two dozen young men gathered outside Nawaz Sharif’s Avenfield House in London on Sunday evening and yelled slogans against him. Young men in hoods and face masks gathered on Dunraven Street, across from Sharif’s home, to shout “Go Nawaz Go”. Many of them held placards saying “We stand with Pak Army”, as well as one that read “Nawaz Sharif is a thief”.
PML-N leader Talal Choudhry got beaten up in Faisalabad by brothers of MNA Ayesha Rajab Baloch for allegedly harassing her. Talal suffered form head and arm injuries and underwent surgery at a private hospital in Lahore. The family of the lawyer denied any link to the incident. Chaudhry’s close associates also tried to dispel the impression that he was tortured by Ayesha’s family members.
Despite carrying out the highest number of tests of Covid-19 in Pakistan in one day, the positivity ratio continued to be stable at below 2 per cent. Out of a total of around 42,299 tests, only 799 came out positive. Significant build-up in Covid-19 testing is being done to carry out sentinel testing at educational institutions in order to identify early trends, if any.
Prime Minister Imran Khan during his address to the UN General Assembly warned the international community that India was planning another “ill-conceived misadventure”. In his address via a video link, the PM said that India is the only country in the world with state sponsored state-sponsored Islamophobia but added that Pakistan was ready to “fight for its freedom to the end”.