The Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) has taken action against 57 private medical and dental colleges for violation of admission regulations.

The resolution recommended to the provincial government to ask the federal government to take steps to `turn on` Facebook`s monetisation so that its users, especially the youth, could benefit from the positive use of the media platform and earn money.

The 2021 index report highlights that the overall ranking of Pakistan was 90, against 89 in 2020 and 77 out of 100 countries in the index report 2019.

The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) gifted 100 tons of dates to Pakistan.

The center also launched a project in Amman, Jordan to distribute 16,550 Ramadan food baskets.

On April 7, 2021, the World Bank said the country had been showing signs of a fragile economic recovery with a gradual resumption of economic dynamism and was expected to achieve growth rate of 1.3pc and strengthen to an average of 2.7pc in FY23

Pakistan, in a bid to tap economic potential with Germany, will soon open a consulate in Munich, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi announced on April 13, 2021.

The UAE-hosted annual multi-lateral large force employment exercise Desert Flag-VI has concluded at Al-Dhafra airbase.