PARIS: French fashion designer Sonia Rykiel, the so-called Queen of Knitwear, died on Thursday at the of 86 after a long battle with Parkinson?s disease, her dauther told AFP.
?My mother died at 5:00 this morning at her home in Paris from the effects of Parkinson?s? Nathalie Rykiel said.
KARACHI: Pictures of MQM’s Qauid have been removed from Mukka Chowk and Jinnah Ground.
When contacted MQM leaders did not comment nor did they say who had removed these pictures.
In Hyderabad, pictures of the party’s Quaid have been removed from Latifabad area.
The development comes in the wake of MQM leader Farooq Sattar announcing that the party was distancing itself from provocative statements made by the MQM Quaid and his assuming control of the party.
Sattar further said that decisions regarding the MQM would now be made from Pakistan.
PARIS: French fashion designer Sonia Rykiel, the so-called Queen of Knitwear, died on Thursday at the of 86 after a long battle with Parkinson?s disease, her dauther told AFP.
?My mother died at 5:00 this morning at her home in Paris from the effects of Parkinson?s? Nathalie Rykiel said.
PORT HURON: Hundreds of Americans illegally ended up in Canada after inclement weather forced the participants of the river party down the river into Canadian territory.
About 1,500 Americans taking part in the annual Port Huron Float Down party last weekend on the St. Clair river which runs between US state of Michigan and Canadian province of Ontario. The revelers had to be rescued by coast guard personnel after strong rain and winds sent them across the border into Canada.
QUETTA: Two more Congo Virus patients were shifted to the isolation ward on Thursday.
The Fatima Jinnah General and Chest Hospital has four patients under treatment for the virus. Hospital administration said that their health is improving.
Samples of their blood have sent for PCR Tests to Karachi, Quetta does not have facilities to conduct the test.
Death toll from the Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever or Congo virus in Pakistan has climbed to 19 this year, with five deaths reported in Karachi, twelve in Quetta and two in Bahawalpur.
Congo virus is a viral disease that is commonly spread by ticks found on hairy animals.
With Eid-ul-Azha almost upon us, health experts are advising citizens to take special preventive measures to avoid contracting the virus.
According to them, healthcare workers caring for patients with suspected or confirmed Congo virus or handling specimens from them should implement standard infection control precautions.
These include basic hand hygiene, use of personal protective equipment, safe injection practices and safe burial practices, Dr Wasim Khawaja a public health specialist at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) said.
He said that to reduce the risk people should wear protective clothing like long sleeves or long trousers and wear light coloured clothing to allow easy detection of ticks on the clothes.
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ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office spokesman, Â Mohammed Nafees Zakaria during the weekly news briefing said the people of Balochistan had responded to statements of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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The spokesman said the situation in Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK) was being continuously monitored and human rights issues were also being highlighted by the Pakistani media. Â
He added that over 80 Kashmiris had been martyred and 7,000 injured by Indian security forces.
Mr. Zakaraia further said that John Kerry had expressed his desire to visit Pakistan, however, a schedule for his visit had not been received.
Speaking on the SAARC conference, the spokesman said Pakistan was hopeful for this conference.
When asked about Altaf Hussain’s statements, the spokesman replied that Pakistan’s Interior Ministry was in contact with the British Home Office.
ISLAMABAD: Those wishing to cross the Afghan border into Pakistan without travel documents will not be allowed in, Pakistan’s advisor to the prime minister on foreign affairs told the Senate standing committee on Thursday.
Aziz said facilities are being made available for more effective border management. He added, that four gates are being erected on the Pak-Afghan border. The gates are being erected on the Pakistan side of the border Aziz told the committee.
Aziz informed the joint meeting of Senate of Pakistan’s standing committees on foreign and defense affairs that Kabul has been told to take serious steps for dialogue with the Taliban.
The solution to Afghanistan’s problems lie in dialogue and cannot be solved with a military solution, Foreign Secretary Azaz Chaudhry told the committee adding, that most of the border management work was being conducted at the Torkham border.
