Stamps, posters to mark Bhutto's birth anniversary
Pakistan will issue special stamps and souvenir posters on Saturday to mark the 55th birth anniversary of slain former premier Benazir Bhutto while a public holiday has been declared in Sindh, her home province.
The Rs 4 stamps and Rs 20 posters will be available at post offices across the country from June 21, Bhutto's birth anniversary.
The government of Sindh province, the traditional stronghold of Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party, has declared a public holiday to mark the anniversary.
PPP workers, led by party Chairman and Bhutto's widower Asif Ali Zardari, will donate blood to mark the day. The party has issued strict instructions that there should be no celebrations and cake cutting to mark the anniversary.
The main function will be held at Liaquat Bagh in Rawalpindi, where Bhutto was assassinated after addressing an election rally on December 27 last year.
A camp will be set up at Liaquat Bagh where party workers will donate blood. Later in the evening, a commemorative function, including recitations from the Quran and a vigil, will be held at the site to pay homage to Bhutto.
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah will flag off a fast train from Larkana to Karachi on the day.
Meanwhile, an exhibition of Bhutto's photographs was organised at PTV's headquarters in the federal capital on Thursday. The exhibition titled "Portrait of Courage" was inaugurated by Information Minister Sherry Rehman, a close aide of the late PPP chairperson.
Less time to read?
Try Quickreads
-
US CDC publishes guidelines on monkeypox vaccine. Details here
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday published recommendations by its group of independent experts on a smallpox vaccine that limit its use to only people who work closely with viruses such as monkeypox. The publication of the vote by the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, which took place in November last year, formalizes the recommendations.
-
US SEC looking into Musk's Twitter stake purchase
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is looking into Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk's disclosure of his stake in Twitter Inc in early April, according to a letter the agency sent to him that month. Musk was offered a board seat shortly after his initial disclosure and has since gone on to attempt to buy the company outright in a $44 billion deal to take it private. An SEC spokesperson declined to comment.
-
Texas shooting: Cops took 45 minutes to confront gunman, kids kept calling 911
Nearly 20 officers stood in a hallway outside of the classrooms during this week's attack on a Texas elementary school for more than 45 minutes before agents used a master key to open a door and confront a gunman, authorities said Friday.
-
Watch: Imran Khan storms out of presser, his fans & critics fight on Twitter
Former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan on Friday stormed out of a press conference in Peshawar after he was questioned by a journalist on his party Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf's role in the social media, Pakistan website Geo TV reported. This comes a day after the former prime minister and several senior leaders were booked for arson and vandalism in Islamabad during Azadi March.
-
Monekypox spreads to over 20 nations; Global tally nears 200: Full list here
More than 20 countries across the globe have reported detections of Monkeypox cases so far taking the total tally to nearly 200, the World Health Organisation. It had reported its first infection on May 18. Canada: Canada has a total of 25 infections of Monkeypox. Spain: The European nation has so far logged 84 cases of disease. The number saw a significant rise on May 26 when the country logged 25 cases.
