- Pakistan NSA refutes reports claiming he met Israeli officials secretly
The clarification from the NSA came after the Foreign Office’s statement denied Israeli media report that he visited Tel Aviv last November and met Mossad chief.
- Pakistan reports lowest coronavirus cases since October 25
The country reported the lowest coronavirus cases in a single day since October 25, when 707 new cases of the infection were reported in a single day.
- Eight PTI MPAs barred from Sindh Assembly over ‘disorderly conduct’
Sindh Assembly Speaker Agha Siraj Khan Durrani on Monday barred eight lawmakers belonging to the PTI over their “disorderly conduct” during the session when they brought a charpoy inside the to register their protest.
- Tourism can pull country out of financial crisis: PM Imran
Prime Minister Imran Khan has said tourism offers excellent potential for boosting the country’s revenue and employment opportunities and it is his vision to keep Pakistan clean and green to attract tourists from across the world to this heavenly land.
- Britain hails Pakistan’s Covid response
British High Commissioner Christian Turner on Monday appreciated Pakistan’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
- India behind anti-Pakistan propaganda on social media, minister tells NA
Expressing concern over the ongoing anti-Pakistan propaganda campaign on social media, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry on Monday said that during the recent protests by the (TLP) on the blasphemy issue, more than 300,000 tweets originated from Indian city of Ahmedabad within three-and-a-half minutes.
- Mask-free and ´low risk´, Italy welcomes milestone
Italians were finally able to go outside without masks after the whole country became a “low-risk” zone for coronavirus, a milestone for the first European country to be hit by the global pandemic in February 2020.
- UN human rights chief calls for reparations over racism
In order to achieve racial justice countries should “make amends for centuries of violence and discrimination, including through formal acknowledgment and apologies, truth-telling processes, and reparations in various forms”.—UN chief
It praises Black Lives Matter and says the group should “receive funding, public recognition and support”.
- Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict: Unilateral ceasefire declared
Ethiopia’s government has declared a ceasefire in its war-torn Tigray region, as rebel fighters claim control of the regional capital Mekelle.
- Mexico marijuana: Top court decriminalizes recreational use of cannabis
Mexico’s Supreme Court has decriminalized the private recreational use of cannabis by adults, calling the current prohibition unconstitutional.
- US judge throws out Facebook anti-trust lawsuits
Judge James Boasberg ruled that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)’s anti-trust complaint against the social networking giant was too vague.
- Hong Kong bans all incoming flights from UK over Covid concerns
The UK is to be classified as an “extremely high-risk” country, the highest rating Hong Kong has for pandemic travel.
- Gas crisis deepens as supply to industries, CNG outlets halted
Two state-owned companies announced complete closure of gas supply till July 5 to industries and CNG stations following a decline in gas availability, low pressure in the system and dry docking of LNG terminal.
- Mobile, internet banking doubles
The value of mobile banking, internet banking and e-commerce transactions have more than doubled during the third quarter current fiscal year (Q3FY21) compared to the same period in FY20, the State Bank said in its latest report.
- Morata scores as Spain beat Croatia in thriller to reach quarters
Alvaro Morata and Mikel Oyarzabal scored in extra time as Spain held off a remarkable Croatian fightback to win 5-3 in a pulsating Euro 2020 last 16 match in Copenhagen for a place in the quarter-finals.
- Clouds of Venus ‘simply too dry’ to support life
It’s not possible for life to exist in the clouds of Venus, says an international research team led from Queen’s University Belfast, UK.
COVID-19 Updates:
- With 735 new COVID-19 cases, 23 deaths recorded in last 44 hours
- 32,153 COVID-19 cases are active in the country
- The total death tally of Covid-19 stands at 22,254
- 784 people recovered from Coronavirus in the last 24 hours
- The positivity rate of Covid-19 is recorded at 2.05%
- Over 181.3 million are infected globally
- More than 3.9 million have died due to the virus
- Over 132 million recovered from COVID-19
- 72 virus cases reported in KP, 19 in Balochistan
- Punjab records 136 new Covid infections, 11 deaths
- Islamabad, AJK and GB collectively record 77 Covid cases
- Pakistan reports 784 Covid recoveries
- 410,009 Covid vaccines administered across Pakistan on June 28: NCOC
- New Zealand to partially restart ‘travel bubble’ with Australia
- 1.5m doses of Moderna jabs being sent to Pakistan: US
- 3 Australian cities lock down in fight against Covid-19 Delta variant
- Chile raises Covid-19 spending, urges citizen caution with Delta variant circulating
