Tourists are more accustomed to seeing kite surfers or kayaks off the idyllic coast of Umm Al Quwain, in the United Arab Emirates. But today they have gathered on sun loungers to sip coffee and gaze at the unusual sight of a 5,000-ton oil tanker grounded on the sand. For the crew inside the Panama-flagged MT Iba, however, being grounded on the beach marks another harrowing chapter in an almost four-year ordeal at sea. It is one of the worst.
February 9, 2021
DUBAI, Feb 9 (Reuters) – Nearly four years into their odyssey at sea, the five-member crew of oil tanker MT Iba is tantalizingly close to shore, yet still unable to set foot on dry land.
Bleary-eyed and wearing tattered clothes, the men are exhausted from an ordeal that has kept them from their families and aboard the 5,000-tonne vessel long after its owner abandoned it in the Gulf.
What started out as a regular seafaring job turned into what the men call a nightmare, when the tanker’s owner, Alco Shipping, fell into financial trouble and stopped paying their salaries 32 months ago.
Lahore
February 3, 2021
LAHORE:Punjab Governor Chaudhry Sarwar has said that vaccination of every Pakistani against coronavirus is the first priority of the government.
Providing COVID-19 vaccine to Pakistan is a testament of Pak-China perennial friendship. He said this while addressing the launching ceremony of a book on Telemedicine at King Edward Medical University on Tuesday. Vice-Chancellor KEMU Prof Dr Khalid Masood Gondal, Pro-Vice-Chancellor Prof Asad Aslam Khan, Chairman HEC Punjab Dr Fazal Ahmad Khalid, Registrar KEMU Dr Riasat Ali, Incharge Telemedicine Department Prof Dr Bilquees Shabir, Dean Public Health and Preventive Medicine and Editor Telemedicine book Prof Dr Saira Afzal were present.
National
February 3, 2021
LAHORE: Punjab Governor Chaudhry Sarwar has said that vaccination of every Pakistani against coronavirus is the first priority of the government.
Providing COVID-19 vaccine to Pakistan is a testament of Pak-China perennial friendship. He said this while addressing the launching ceremony of a book on Telemedicine at King Edward Medical University on Tuesday.
Vice-Chancellor KEMU Prof Dr Khalid Masood Gondal, Pro-Vice-Chancellor Prof Asad Aslam Khan, Chairman HEC Punjab Dr Fazal Ahmad Khalid, Registrar KEMU Dr Riasat Ali, Incharge Telemedicine Department Prof Dr Bilquees Shabir, Dean Public Health and Preventive Medicine and Editor Telemedicine book Prof Dr Saira Afzal were present.