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  • WHO approves world’s first Malaria vaccine

    The World Health Organization (WHO) has endorsed the widespread rollout of the first malaria vaccine with the experts hoping that it could save tens of thousands of children’s lives each year across Africa.

    Hailing it as “an historic day”, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that after a successful pilot programme in three African countries, the RTS,S vaccine should be made available more widely.

    The WHO recommendation is for RTS,S – or Mosquirix – a vaccine developed by British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline.

    “This is a vaccine developed in Africa by African scientists and we’re very proud,” said Ghebreyesus.

    According to European Medicines Agency, Mosquirix is a vaccine that can be administered to children aged 6 weeks to 17 months to help protect against malaria.

     It also helps protect against infection of the liver with the hepatitis B virus, but European Medicines Agency warns that the vaccine should not be used only for this purpose.

    The vaccine was developed by GlaxoSmithKline in 1987. However, it does face challenges: Mosquirix requires up to four doses, and its protection fades after several months.

    Still, scientists hope that the vaccine could have a major impact against malaria in Africa.

    Since 2019, 2.3 million doses of Mosquirix have been administered to infants in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi in a large-scale pilot programme coordinated by WHO.

  • VIDEO: Firdous Ashiq Awan lashes out at crowd

    VIDEO: Firdous Ashiq Awan lashes out at crowd

    Former Assistant to Chief Minister (CM) Punjab, Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan, addressed a rally in Rasoolpur, Sialkot, when people started chanting slogans against her and expressed their complaints and reservations, reported Geo News.

    At first, the former aide tried to calm the crowd but eventually, things got out of hand.

    In response to the crowd’s slogans, Firdous said: “If you people had employed similar efforts [during the elections] as you are doing now, I would have still been part of the assembly.”

    In response, people said that they had voted for her.

    She argued that there is some conspiracy against her. She said, “I will work for my constituency, as no one else will.”

    Rasoolpur is Awan’s constituency, from where she lost her National Assembly (NA) seat on Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) ticket to Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) Chaudhry Armaghan Subhani.

    Earlier in May, Awan humiliated Assistant Commissioner (AC) Sialkot Sonia Sadaf during a visit to Ramzan Bazaar in Sialkot.

    In June, Awan made headlines when she slapped Pakistan People’s Party’s (PPP) MNA Qadir Khan Mandokhel. The incident took place off-air after the two were seen brawling with each other on Express News‘ talk show, ‘Kal Tak with Javed Chaudhry’.

  • ‘Cheap substitutes’: Ahmed Ali Butt slams transnational producers for casting Indians for Pakistani characters

    ‘Cheap substitutes’: Ahmed Ali Butt slams transnational producers for casting Indians for Pakistani characters

    Ahmed Ali Butt in his recent Instagram story has slammed big international productions for not casting Pakistani actors to play the character of a Pakistani in movies and films. The Punjab Nahi Jaungi actor also criticised the production houses for casting Indian actors instead.

    “Why can’t these productions cast original Pakistani actors for such roles? Same goes for films, if you’re making a film and it’s about a Pakistani city, why is it cheated somewhere else?”

    He also raised the point of international productions not shooting in real region of Pakistan when they have to portray the country on celluloid.

    Netflix’s super hit series Squid Game is winning worldwide acclaim and the Pakistani character, Ali Abdul, played by Anupam Tripathi has won appreciation. The Jhooti star seems to have this character and more in mind as he raises the point of Indian actors playing Pakistani characters in big TV series. 

    Ahmed recnetly revealed that he lost a whopping 25kgs over a period of six months.Talking to Vasay Chaudhry during his show Ghabrana Mana Hai, Butt opened up on his weight loss journey besides talking about his marriage and upcoming projects.

  • Hania Amir reveals her favourite celebrity couple, opens up on relationship status

    Hania Amir reveals her favourite celebrity couple, opens up on relationship status

    Actor Hana Amir took to Instagram to conduct a ‘Question and Answer’ (Q&A) session in which the Anaa star has revealed her favourite couple in the industry. She also opened up on her current relationship status during the session.

    A netizen asked the Parwaaz Hai Junoon diva that who is her favourite couple from industry to which she replied, “Sarah and Falak.”

    Sarah Khan and Falak Shabir Love Story – How Falak fell in Love with Sarah! - Showbiz Hut

    Another user asked the star about her relationship status, and Hania mentioned that she is single and she is not looking for some one.

    On the work front, Hania will be seen in upcoming drama serial ‘Sang-e-Mah’ which currently being shoot in Islamabad. Atif Aslam will make his small screen debut in the drama. It’s a trilogy series with Sang-e-Mah, and Sang-e- Siyah in the pipeline.

  • ‘Liberal Pakistan’: Ahsan Mohsin blasts troll for terming Minal as ‘besharam biwi’

    ‘Liberal Pakistan’: Ahsan Mohsin blasts troll for terming Minal as ‘besharam biwi’

    Actor Ahsan Mohsin Ikram hit back at a troll on Instagram for making derogatory comments on his better half Minal Khan.

    Social media’s trolling culture doesn’t seems to ease down, however celebrities have started responding back to their naysayers.

    Netizen slammed Jalan star’s choice of dressing

    The Parchayee duo is currently on their honeymoon in Dubai after a stay in Maldives for over four days.

    Ahsan’s father Moshin Ikram recently schooled cyber trolls for insensitive comments on his social media posts.

    On the work front, Minal was last seen in ARY’s Ishq Hai opposite Danish Taimoor.

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    Ahsan Mohsin Ikram hits out at trolls for cursing death upon him and Minal Khan


    Iqra, Kinza and Areeba adore Minal-Ahsan’s honeymoon diaries in Maldives

    Video: Minal, Ahsan ring in honeymoon in Maldives, Kinza and Saboor adore

  • Nawaz Sharif’s late wife Kulsoom’s fake vaccination entry

    Nawaz Sharif’s late wife Kulsoom’s fake vaccination entry

    After former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s fake coronavirus vaccination entry, a fake Covid vaccination entry was made under his late wife Kulsoom Nawaz’s name, reports Geo News.

    As per details, Begum Kulsoom Nawaz got her first dose of Sinovac on October 5. The second dose is scheduled for November 6.

    Begum Kulsoom Nawaz passed away in September 2018 due to cancer.

    Another fake Covid vaccination entry was also made under former Finance Minister Ishaq Dar’s name as well. Dar is currently in London.

    He was registered in Multan Health Unit for a single Sinovac dose.

    The Primary and Secondary Health Care Department Punjab has constituted a two-member committee to investigate the matter within the next 24 hours.

  • Young doctors boycott hospital services across the country

    The Young Doctors’ Association (YDA) on Wednesday boycotted Out-Patient Department (OPD) services across the country, Daily Times reported.
    They are protesting against torture of their colleagues in Islamabad during a protest outside Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC).


    According to the YDA spokesperson, only emergency services are being provided at the hospital. The move comes a day after police manhandled their fellow doctors in the federal capital during a protest against National Licensing Examination (NLE).


    They criticised the government and the doctors said that this is the first time in the country’s history that the police brutally attacked doctors.


    The protests are causing severe difficulties to the patients coming to the hospitals.
    Services Hospital Lahore have suspended their services.


    In Faisalabad, the doctors from the YDA platform have suspended OPDs and also the operation theatre services at the Allied Hospital. They also staged a protest and strongly condemned the torture and arrest of their colleagues in Islamabad. They vowed not to accept NLE law at any cost.


    Hundreds of young doctors across the country have been protesting against the PMC. The doctors have demanded that the compulsion to sit the National Licensing Exam should be withdrawn.


    The Pakistan Medical Commission has announced that in order to practice in Pakistan, doctors will have to take a licensing exam after completing five years of education.

    Young doctors say the additional examination was unfair as they had already passed the same exam to obtain their MBBS degrees.


    On Tuesday, at least 20 doctors were arrested after they tried to enter the PMC building. The Islamabad police baton-charged the protesters.

  • Lt Gen Nadeem Ahmed Anjum appointed as new DG ISI

    Lt Gen Nadeem Ahmed Anjum appointed as new DG ISI

    Lieutenant (Lt) General Nadeem Ahmed Anjum has been appointed as the director-general of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), the post previously held by Lt Gen Faiz Hameed.

    Lt Gen Anjum was previously the commander of Karachi Corps. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general in September 2019, reports Dawn.

    Hailing from the Pakistan Military Academy’s (PMA) 78th Long Course and the Punjab Regiment, Lt Gen Anjum has also served as the commandant of the Command and Staff College, Quetta.

    The new DG ISI has also previously remained the inspector general of the Balochistan Frontier Corps (North) and commanded a brigade in Kurram Agency, Hangu.

    A graduate of UK’s Royal College of Defence Studies, Lt Gen Anjum also holds a degree from the Asia-Pacific Centre for Security Studies, Honolulu.

    Lt Gen Anjum is a native of Mohra Sheikhan, Kontrilla, in Rawalpindi district’s Gujjar Khan.

  • Pakistani celebrities wish PM Imran Khan on his 69th birthday

    Pakistani celebrities wish PM Imran Khan on his 69th birthday

    October five marks the birthday of Prime Minister Imran Khan, one of the most loved former cricketer in the history.

    Imran Khan has fans around the world, as his stardom isn’t limited to Pakistan alone. Cricketing legends admire him for the skipper he was, leading Pakistan to its first and only ‘World Cup’ victory back in 1992.

    Imran Khan was born in Lahore in 1952, October 5, 2021 marks his 69th birthday. Pakistan has been avidly wishing its leader, while celebrities also wished their PM.

  • IBA reinstates expelled student who spoke out against alleged harassment on campus

    IBA reinstates expelled student who spoke out against alleged harassment on campus

    The Insitute of Business Administration (IBA) reinstated Mohammad Gibrail, a student who was expelled by the university administration a week ago for speaking out against the alleged harassment incident on social media.

    The decision was taken by IBA’s Executive Director (ED) of the institution S Akbar Zaidi after hearing the appeal against the Disciplinary Committee’s decision, which took place on September 29. Zaidi reinstated Gibrail as a student with immediate effect, as per Geo News.

    Jibran Nasir, the lawyer for Gibrail, confirmed that the student had been reinstated. He tweeted, “Congratulations to all students! Gibrail’s admission on appeal to [IBA, ED] has been restored unconditionally,” adding that the ED had also “committed reforms to make IBA safer, give students representation in admin affairs and expeditious and transparent inquiry into the harassment case”.

    During the hearing, Gibrail reaffirmed his respect for the IBA and the Executive Director and reportedly withdrew those parts of his appeal which were unrelated to his expulsion.

    On August 25, Gibrail had reported the alleged sexual harassment incident on a public Facebook post. He stated, “This was actually the incident of workplace harassment that took place in front of my eyes in IBA’s Finance Department where I saw a person whom, I inquired his identity late, named Tanveer yelled at a female employee of IBA in that Finance Department and burst on her.”

    After this, students of IBA started protesting against the administration to take notice of this issue. Despite looking into the matter, IBA’s Disciplinary Committee expelled Gibrail a few days after the incident.