Pakistan is sending 600 medical professionals to Kuwait, and a first batch of 221 doctors, nurses and technicians is all set to fly out on Thursday after a gap on 13 years. A second group of 200 medical professionals will also fly to Kuwait in the coming months, under an agreement signed between the two countries in July this year.
Lowy Institute, an Australian think tank, has placed Pakistan as the 15th most powerful country in Asia after it made significant diplomatic gains last year. According to the Asia Power Index 2020, Pakistan, under the leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan, has taken numerous initiatives to improve diplomatic ties with other nations. Overall, Pakistan scored 15.2 out of 100 in the Index.
The demand for Pakistani flags is on the rise in Azerbaijan as Baku’s conflict with Armenia over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh territory rages on. In a tweet on Monday, Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Ali Alizada, revealed the news while thanking Pakistan for siding with Baku in its conflict with Armenia.
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Monday revealed that Tik Tok will invest half-million dollars for the training of content producers, after the app was blocked for immoral content. PTA also revealed that Tik Tok has blocked 4 million videos during the last three months and suspended 25000 accounts. This was revealed before the Senate standing committee on Information and Technology.
The Italian government has included Pakistan in work visa category called ‘Decreto-Flussi’, which will allow its nationals to avail seasonal and non-seasonal work visas for the year 2020-21 More than 30,000 work visas would be issued by the Italian authorities to the nationals from a few non-EU countries, including Pakistan. Pakistani workers in agriculture, tourism, construction and freight forwarding sectors can avail this opportunity.
Pakistan has been re-elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) with an overwhelming majority securing 169 votes in the 193-member UN General Assembly. In the elections held in New York on Tuesday, Pakistan secured the highest number of votes among the five candidates from the Asia-Pacific region vying for four seats.
Pakistani TikTok community is angered and devastated after Chinese application TikTok was banned in Pakistan. To many, the platform was their identity and their livelihood. As the reality of the ban set in, many of the biggest stars vented their anger at the move, terming it as yet another blow to creative freedom in Pakistan.
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has blocked video-sharing app TikTok, citing “immoral and indecent” content. According to a press release, in view of “complaints” and the “nature of content being consistently posted on TikTok”, PTA issued a “final notice” to the app. TikTok was given “considerable time” to respond and comply with instructions to effectively moderate “unlawful online content”, said PTA.
In a historic decision, Pakistan has become the first Muslim country to make it illegal for a man to take dowry. In the latest development by the Minister of Religious Affairs of Pakistan has decided to ban the tradition of dowry, in which groom and his family asks for a dowry and then they put it on display. The details
Everyday Muhammad Zarnosh picks up his toolbox and reaches for his young son’s hand, to work as a repairman in an impoverished neighborhood in Karachi. Zarnosh, now in his thirties, experienced gradual vision loss since birth but lost complete eyesight ten years ago. Since then, he has had to depend on friends and family to move around, but that hasn’t stopped him from working.