BEIJING: China announced on Monday that married couples may have up to three children, a major policy shift from the existing limit of two after recent data showed a dramatic decline in births in the world’s most populous countr…

English media mogul Simon Cowell has canceled his upcoming gig as a judge on X Factor Israel,  confirmed Variety. The decision comes weeks after Israel intensified its offensive on Palestine, triggering a worldwide call for a s…

LAHORE: A sessions court on Monday dismissed a bail plea of key accused Zahir Jadoon in the murder case of 26-year-old British-Pakistani Mayra Zulfiqar. The court dismissed the bail application as withdrawn. A counsel for the a…

ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the National Coordination Committee (NCC) on COVID-19 with Prime Minister Imran Khan in chair, will be held this evening to review the pandemic situation in the country, ARY News reported on Monday. The …

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Usman Buzdar on Monday formally launched the ‘Khidmat Apki Dehleez Per’ app to facilitate the people at their doorstep. Speaking on the occasion, he said this program will improve public servi…

Maya Ali, who has been noticeably absent from social media since Eid, save for one post, has returned to update fans about her health after reports of her hospitalization. Maya, whose health reportedly deteriorated in the last …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will start exporting Sindhri mangoes to neighbouring China from June 10, adviser to the prime minister on investment and commerce Abdul Razak Dawood said on Monday. In a message on Twitter, the PM’s aide sai…

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on Monday has said as many as 10 dams are being constructed to overcome water scarcity threat in the country, ARY News reported.  This he said while addressing an inaugural ceremony o…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan likely to receive consignments of various Covid vaccines in June with over five million doses, quoting sources, ARY News reported on Monday. A PIA plane landed at Islamabad airport yesterday with about 500,0…

Shahroz Sabzwari and Sadaf Kanwal are celebrating their first anniversary and in Shahroz’s words, it’s “no run of the mill, lovey-dovey” day for the two…  Marking his first wedding anniversary with the supermodel, Shahroz took …

ISLAMABAD: The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) decided on Monday to start scheduling Covid-19 vaccination for citizens above 18 years of age from Thursday. In a message on his official Twitter handle, Planning and …

Pakistani celebs Uroosa Bilal Qureshi and husband Bilal Qureshi have welcomed their second child together – a baby boy! The couple announced the arrival of their baby on their personal Instagram accounts, with Bilal sharing a …

LAHORE: Punjab has set a new record of most vaccinations in a day after 1,8000 people received COVID jabs over the past 24 hours, ARY News reported. According to the Primary and Secondary Health Department Punjab, the process o…

Pakistani actor Sarah Khan revealed the cause of her father’s death earlier in December, sharing that he had contracted COVID-19. Sarah shared the saddening news during a morning show appearance recently. When asked whether she…

KARACHI: The Met Office has forecast a hot and humid weather in the metropolis with gusty winds, ARY News reported on Monday. Maximum temperature expected to remain between 35 to 37 degree Celsius with occasional gusty winds fr…

ISLAMABAD: Physical classes for matric and intermediate students resumed in Punjab and Islamabad today (Monday) under Covid-19 SOPs. In-person classes for eighth, ninth and eleventh graders will resume from June 7. Parents of …

KARACHI: Police on Monday booked two youth after they posted a video of aerial firing on social media in Karachi’s Sohrab Goth, ARY News reported.  According to the Senior Superintendent of Police(SSP), Sajid Ameer Sadozai, two…

Assailants opened fire on a crowd outside a concert in Florida early on Sunday, killing two people and wounding more than 20, police and media reports said. Three people got out of a white SUV and fired assault-style weapons an…

WhatsApp now won’t limit the functionality of the messaging app if any of the users don’t accept the new privacy policy. Earlier this month, the Facebook-owned company asserted that users will start losing access to most of the …

A man ate a dead snake to “protect” himself from the coronavirus (Covid-19). The incident occurred in India’s Tamil Nadu. 50-year-old Vadivel was arrested and slapped a fine of Rs7,000 after a video of him eating a venomous sna…

One of the most disturbing things in life would be to find out that a stranger has been living in your house for days. Joe Cummings of New York had such an experience back in 2009. He had even shared a video, taken with his hom…

LAHORE: A Lahore sessions court on Monday has extended the interim bail of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Jahangir Tareen and his son Ali Tareen in money laundering case till June 11, ARY News reported.  Additional Se…

ISLAMABAD: As many as 2,117 new cases of the coronavirus (Covid-19) detected over the previous 24 hours took the country’s caseload to 921,053. According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) data, the death toll …

LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson married his fiancee Carrie Symonds in a small ceremony at Westminster Cathedral on Saturday, his office said. The event was not announced in advance and media reports said guests wer…

ISLAMABAD: Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) has prepared a summary, seeking an increase in petrol prices from June 01, ARY NEWS reported quoting sources. According to sources privy to the decision, the regulator has reco…

PESHAWAR: Police on Sunday announced to cancel permits of arms licenses issued in Peshawar district, directing its holders to submit them at the concerned police station, ARY NEWS reported. Directives have also been issued to t…

LAHORE: Punjab Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid on Sunday said that the coronavirus cases going down in the province, ARY News reported. Talking to media here, health minister said that in last 24 hours 696 positive cases of co…

PESHAWAR: A rider of a renowned food delivery service arrested over charges of supplying liquor in Peshawar, said police on Sunday, ARY News reported. According to details, a rider of the food delivery service was apprehended r…

ISLAMABAD: Salma Aziz never knew that a short course under Kamyab Jawan program would change her life so much that she would become a successful YouTuber and earn money from home through an online platform, ARY NEWS reported. T…

ISLAMABAD: The National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC) has decided to establish separate COVID vaccination centres for the teachers and educational staff, ARY News reported, citing sources.  The decision has been made to …

ISLAMABAD: The National Institute of Health (NIH) has said that a passenger with Indian variant of coronavirus was reached Pakistan on May 08, ARY News reported on Sunday. The NIH in a statement has issued the details of a case…

JHELUM: In yet another incident, a youngster lost his life on Sunday after he jumped into River Jhelum to film a TikTok video, ARY NEWS reported.   According to details, the 25-year-old Sheikh Ali jumped in the River Jhelum alo…

PARIS: French rock band Indochine performed at a concert venue in central Paris on Saturday before a crowd of 5,000 fans in a welcomed return to pre-pandemic life, with the exception of masks and mandatory tests. The show at th…