Islamabad, Aug 31: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has announced a third confirmed case of monkeypox in barely two weeks. Dr. Irshad Roghani, the director of public health, revealed that a 51-year-old tourist from the Orakzai area had contracted the virus after landing at Bacha Khan Airport during a trip overseas. Dr. Roghani claims that the suspected patient was discovered by airport medical teams during standard passenger screening. The patient was taken right away for diagnostic testing to Police Line Hospital in Peshawar. He continued by saying that blood samples were quickly taken by Police Lines Hospital’s Rapid Response teams and submitted to…
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Islamabad, Aug 31: The TikTok is introducing a new feature called “Manage Topics” that would allow users to have more control over there For You feed. Now available to users in the United States, this tool lets users personalize their feed by changing the prominence of different categories including sports, travel, humor, and food. Users must go to Settings, click “Content Preferences,” then select “Manage Topics” in order to use the feature. Here, users can adjust the quantity of content in their feed that is relevant to particular themes by dragging a slider. Each topic has a “information” button next…
Islamabad, Aug 31: Pakistan’s batting lineup encountered early difficulties on Saturday on the second day of the second Test match against Bangladesh, as Abdullah Shafiq was out for a duck in the opening over. Shan Masood, the captain of Pakistan, acknowledged that he would have made the same choice if he had won the toss, but Bangladesh won and decided to field. He added that the team would aim to give their best performance over the course of the four-day tournament. Masood revealed that there have been a few changes to the Pakistani team for the Rawalpindi match. Fast bowlers…
Islamabad, Aug 31: RIYADH: King Abdulaziz Medical City in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (KAMC-RD) has effectively corrected a teenage patient’s thalassemia by using CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats) gene editing technology. The King Abdulaziz Medical City in Riyadh (KAMC-RD), which is under the Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs (MNGHA), has successfully treated a 13-year-old patient with thalassemia major. This is the first instance of advanced gene therapy being used outside of clinical trials and research settings. After a successful gene cell transplant, the young patient who had required blood transfusions every three weeks since birth is now entirely…
Islamabad, Aug 31: KARACHI: As a result of the severe weather that makes flying planes during cyclone Asna difficult, a number of flights from Karachi to both local and foreign locations have been delayed, according to sources cited by ARY News. The aircraft PK-308 operated by Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) from Karachi to Islamabad experienced a delay of seven hours. The PK-309 PIA flight from Islamabad to Karachi is running four hours behind schedule. The flight from Karachi to Multan has also been postponed by four hours. Similar to domestic travel, international travel has also been impacted. For example, a…
Islamabad, Aug 31: The August revenue collection target set by the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) was exceeded by more than Rs. 100 billion. Provisional estimates show that, as of August 2024, FBR has collected Rs. 785 billion, short of the objective of Rs. 898 billion, or Rs. 113 billion. Up till August 30, 2024, the FBR collected Rs. 340 billion in income tax, Rs. 335 billion in sales tax, Rs. 58 billion in federal excise, and Rs. 93 billion in customs duty. Even while the final bank clearance would increase FBR’s provision statistics for August by a few billion…
Islamabad, Aug 31: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) on Friday ordered OMCs, including PSO and GO, to maintain High-Speed Diesel (HSD) stocks in accordance with established practice, taking serious note of media reports regarding a slowdown in diesel upliftment due to imports allowed to OMCs. According to a press statement, “The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) has taken note of reports circulating in various newspapers regarding a slowdown in diesel upliftment due to imports allowed to Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs)”. Pakistan’s dependence on imported petroleum products necessitates careful preparation, which is often done two months in advance,…
Islamabad, Aug 31: With immediate effect, Federal Minister for Planning Ahsan Iqbal assumed the role of Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission following Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s acceptance of Mohammed Jehanzeb Khan’s resignation on Friday. The Establishment Division announced that Khan’s resignation was accepted with immediate effect and that one month’s salary will be substituted. Khan will nevertheless carry out his responsibilities as the Special Investment Facilitation Council’s Apex Committee Secretary (SIFC). Sources claim that Khan and Ahsan Iqbal, the minister of planning, disagreed on a variety of topics. Regarding the Deputy Chairman, the minister had also voiced concerns to…
Islamabad, Aug 31: Ambassador Rizwan Saeed Sheikh today received a high-level delegation headed by Honorable Justice Shahid Waheed, a senior judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. The delegation included Honorable Justices of the High Court of Lahore, Sindh, Peshawar and Islamabad, Judges of the District Judiciary and Additional Attorney General. Mrs. Martina Polášek, Secretary General of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) at the World Bank, Mr. Zamrak Khan and members of Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP) of the US Department of Commerce were accompanying the delegation. The delegation is currently visiting the United States to…
Islamabad, Aug 30: 39 Pakistani nationals had their work visas revoked by Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) as part of an effort to stop foreign workers from abusing their visas. The Pakistani laborers used their work visas from Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) to travel to Croatia and subsequently other EU nations, including the Schengen Area, according to information released by the SFA of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The authorities in Bosnia have issued a warning, stating that anyone found to be abusing their work licenses to enter other countries unlawfully will have their credentials revoked. In addition, as part of the ongoing…
