- Pakistan: Climate change causing rise in sea level, frequent cyclones, say experts
The frequency of tropical cyclones’ formation in the Arabian sea has increased 10 times during the last 20 years due to continuous rise in the sea-surface temperature, and in the years to come, the occurrence of more intense tropical cyclones is feared due to the increase in the sea temperature.
- Nafisa Shah hits out at Fawad Chaudhry over ECP remarks
PPP lawmaker Nafisa Shah has criticised information minister Fawad Chaudhry for criticising the ECP, saying that his statements were an attack on the institution.
- Pakistan calls on UN high commissioner to take notice of rights abuses in India
Islamabad’s mission to the UN in Geneva stated that India has been lying about human rights violations in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJ&K) during the 47th session of the UN Human Right Council.
- US seizes Iran’s Press TV, Al-Alam websites
US Justice Department said Wednesday it had seized 33 Iranian government-controlled media websites, as well as three of the Iraqi group Kataeb Hezbollah, which it said were hosted on US-owned domains in violation of sanctions.
- No approval from Ulema required in approving science textbooks, clarifies Education Ministry
The ministry was responding to speculation that the Ulema Board had issued a decree in which it had called for all human figures in Biology textbooks of the Single National Curriculum (SNC) to be covered with clothes.
- Bitcoin sinks below $30,000 as China crackdown deepens
Bitcoin on Tuesday fell below $30,000 for the first time since January, adding to losses sparked a day earlier when China’s central bank deepened a crackdown on cryptocurrencies.
- YouTube wins user copyright fight in top EU court ruling
The case marks the latest development in a long-running battle between Europe’s $1 trillion creative industry and online platforms, with the former seeking redress for unauthorised works that are uploaded.
- Imad takes defeat on the chin after Karachi’s exit
“Probably in hindsight, I would say that we were at least 15 to 20 runs short of setting a reasonable chase for [Peshawar Zalmi] in high pressure situation,” said Imad Wasim.
- FBR barred from acting against sugar mills
The judge observed that the petitioner could only approach the court in a tax reference after exhausting all those remedies. He noted that the petitioner was directed in the impugned notice to provide the requisite documents/record to the FBR.
- Biden’s reluctance in engaging Pakistan stunning, says US senator
A senior US senator, Lindsey Graham, on Tuesday described American President Joe Biden’s reluctance to reach out to Prime Minister Imran Khan as ‘stunning,” and warned that ignoring Pakistan while withdrawing from Afghanistan could lead to a disaster.
- Crude oil rose 34 cents to $73.19 a barrel
- Gold rose $4 to $1,781.40 an ounce
COVID-19 Updates:
- With 930 new COVID-19 cases, 39 deaths recorded in the last 24 hours
- 33,005 COVID-19 cases are active in the country
- The total death tally of Covid-19 stands at 22,073
- 1,338 people recovered from Coronavirus in the last 24 hours
- The positivity rate of Covid-19 is recorded at 2.04%
- Over 179.1 million are infected globally
- More than 3.8 million have died due to the virus
- Over 130.9 million recovered from COVID-19
- Punjab reports 110 Covid-19 cases, 13 deaths
- 100 Covid cases detected in KP, 103 in Balochistan
