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Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Friday that despite challenges faced by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) due to Covid-19, the government managed to revive the economy with a growth rate expected to touch 5.37 per cent. Speaking during a session of the National Assembly, the foreign minister said that the government took “painful decisions” to revive the economy, and after two years the economy is in the “recovery phase”. He said he was citing this from the “unbiased” reports of the World Bank, Bloomberg and The Economist. According to Qureshi, the agri sector that was stagnant during the previous governments recorded a 3.3 per cent growth due to the measures taken by the government. He added that the large-scale manufacturing (LSM) sector also witnessed growth during the PTI’s rule. Comparing the economic development to that achieved during the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government, he said the PML-N’s economic growth at its zenith was 5 per cent, whereas

Pakistan registered its highest number of daily COVID-19 cases — 7,678 — in the last 24 hours, up from 6,808, the second-highest daily toll, since the pandemic started in 2020, official figures showed Friday morning. Previously, the highest daily toll was recorded on June 13, 2020, when the country reported 6,825 coronavirus cases, the National Command and Operation Centre's (NCOC) data showed. With the new infections, the overall cases have moved past 1.35 million. Meanwhile, as many as 59,343 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours, and the positivity ratio shot up to 12.93%. The deaths from coronavirus also went up to 23 — highest since October 15 — in the last 24 hours from five a day earlier, taking the overall death toll to 29,065, official figures showed. The cases are on the rise, but top officials have refused to impose a lockdown, saying that the country's economy could not bear the burden of another. On Wednesday, Prime Minister Imran Khan turned down the po

ICC announces Schedule for T20 World Cup. The tournament will be played in seven Australian cities from October 16 to November 13. The opening match of the mega event will be played between Sri Lanka and Namibia, while Pakistan and India's Takra will be held in Melbourne on October 23, with 45 matches between 16 teams being played in the mega event. The Super 12 round of the tournament will begin with a match between Australia and New Zealand on October 22, with Pakistan's group featuring Teams from India as well as South Africa and Bangladesh, two teams to be part of Pakistan's group from the qualifying round. Pakistan and South Africa will take on The Teams of Pakistan and Bangladesh on November 3, the Teams of Pakistan and Bangladesh will come face to face on November 6. from latest-news - SUCH TV https://ift.tt/3404JN2

Popular messaging app WhatsApp is now rolling out a useful feature for users across the globe, which will make their day-to-day messaging easier, WABetaInfo reported. According to WABetaInfo, WhatsApp has already rolled out the option to listen to your voice note before sending it. Now, it has introduced an update allowing you to pause and resume voice notes. "As you can see in this screenshot, there is a new pause button (in the previous version, there was a stop icon) that allows you to pause the voice note. In this situation, you can listen to the voice note before sending it, you can delete the voice note or you can resume the recording!" WABetaInfo said the feature is already available on WhatsApp for iOS and it is expected to be rolled out on WhatsApp beta for Android as well. from latest-news - SUCH TV https://ift.tt/3FNUWH0

The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday announced its ODI team of the year featuring two Pakistani players — Babar Azam and Fakhar Zaman — with the former given the reins to captain the honorary line-up, just as in the T20I eleven. The cricket body had unveiled its T20I team of the year a day ago, naming Azam as its skipper for his "classy best" performance in the format last year, during which he was also the leading run-scorer at the T20 World Cup. He earned the same honours for the 50-over format as well. The 11-member ODI team announced today comprises Babar Azam (c), Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Fakhar Zaman, Rassie van der Dussen, Shakib Al Hasan, Wanindu Hasaranga, Mustafizur Rahman, Simi Singh and Dushmantha Chameera. The ICC, in its statement, noted that Azam played just six ODI matches last year, "but he still managed to score 405 runs at an average of 67.50 with two centuries." The talismanic Pakistan skipper made vital contributions on tough a

Federal Minister for Energy Hammad Azhar on Thursday said that the PTI-led government will take measures to provide maximum relief to the salaried class. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, the minister said that the industrial sector grew by 7.8% and while services sector by 5%, despite the previous government's record trade deficit which was managed by the current government. He further said that inflation has affected the working class due to an increase in prices of international resources, and assured the masses that the government will provide them with "maximum relief." Shedding light on the circular debt, the minister added that the "government is paying double the amount in rents by paying Rs800 billion instead of Rs400 billion". The minister said that the government has saved the economy from bankruptcy by taking steps to reduce the circular debts. "We have to maintain the good economic indicators," he said, adding that the cou

China's capital Beijing ramped up efforts to curb COVID-19 infections, ordering checks among cold-chain firms and urging residents to cut unnecessary gatherings, as the city reported an uptick in local cases weeks before the Winter Olympics. Beijing had three domestically transmitted infections with confirmed symptoms on Wednesday, including one previously reported as a local asymptomatic carrier for Jan. 18, according to local health authority data on Thursday. That compared with one local confirmed infection for Jan. 18. The city has reported less than ten local COVID infections since Jan. 15, with both the Delta and Omicron variants detected, a tiny case count compared with the rest of the world. However, the city and China are still working under guidelines of getting any virus flare-up under control as soon as possible. The strategy takes on extra urgency as Beijing and neighbouring Hebei province will host the Winter Olympics from Feb. 4, while the ongoing Lunar New Yea