War against virus
TO do or not to do… that is the dilemma facing Prime Minister Imran Khan and he is not alone. Many rich economies ground to a halt under stringent lockdowns to contain the contagion but most of the......
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ArchiveSindh police turns focus on testing after 15 policemen diagnosed with Covid-19 in Karachi
At least 15 police personnel have so far tested positive for the coronavirus in Karachi, prompting higher authorities to direct senior officers to get tests done of the infected policemen's family......
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ArchivePost-crisis global realities
THE future holds much uncertainty with an unfolding health crisis convulsing the world. But the reality that will continue to shape the post-pandemic world is this. While unprecedented global......
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ArchiveNew research suggests far more people have had the coronavirus with no symptoms
A flood of new research suggests that far more people have had the coronavirus without any symptoms, fueling hope that it will turn out to be much less lethal than originally feared.While that’s......
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ArchiveDentists, hair salons, beaches: Lockdowns ease in most parts of the world but not in US
Tattoo parlours and hair salons in Denmark. Beaches in Australia. Bookstores in Germany. Nations around the world took advantage Monday of their flattening coronavirus infection curves to tentatively......
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ArchiveNovak Djokovic opposes compulsory coronavirus vaccination
Novak Djokovic faces a dilemma if it becomes compulsory for players to get vaccinated before they can begin competing once the tennis season resumes following the hiatus created by the coronavirus......
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ArchiveNo transparency in govt measures to combat virus, says CJP Gulzar Ahmed
Chief Justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmed on Monday lamented the lack of “transparency” in the steps the government has taken to combat the coronavirus pandemic so far.The observation was made during a......
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ArchiveLHC seeks response from Punjab govt over dismissal of factory workers during lockdown
The Lahore High Court on Monday sought a detailed response from the Punjab government on a petition challenging the dismissal of hundreds of thousands of factory workers and private employees during......
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ArchiveIndia reports biggest one-day virus spike as lockdown eased
India recorded its biggest single-day spike in coronavirus cases on Monday as the government eased one of the world's strictest lockdowns to allow some manufacturing and agricultural activity to......
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ArchiveUS crude oil falls to lowest level in 2 decades as virus throttles demand
US crude crashed to below $15 a barrel on Monday, its lowest level for over two decades, as concerns about a virus-triggered demand shock and lack of storage eclipsed an output cut deal.West Texas......
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ArchiveAt least 16 killed in Canada's worst-ever shooting rampage
A gunman who drove a mock-up police car killed at least 16 people in an Atlantic Canada shooting rampage, federal police said on Sunday, the worst case of its kind in Canadian history.The shooter,......
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ArchiveSoldier martyred in North Waziristan attack
MIRAMSHAH: One security man embraced martyrdom while three others received injuries in an attack on a checkpoint in North Waziristan tribal district on Saturday night.Police said unidentified people......
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ArchivePost-crisis global realities
THE future holds much uncertainty with an unfolding health crisis convulsing the world. But the reality that will continue to shape the post-pandemic world is this. While unprecedented global......
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ArchiveReporting the crisis
THE Spanish flu — which claimed around 50 million lives between 1918 and 1920 — did not originate in Spain. It probably emerged in American military forts before spreading through Europe, fuelled by......
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Archive5,336 Tableeghi activists allowed to return home
LAHORE: The Punjab home department’s Corona Crisis Management Cell’s (CCMC) daily situation report generated around Saturday midnight states some 5,336 Tableeghi activists have so far tested negative......
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ArchivePunjab CM for direct aid supply to the needy in absence of Ramazan bazaars
LAHORE: Chief Minister Usman Buzdar has said the deserving people will be provided direct fiscal aid in Ramazan under a special package as Ramazan bazaars were not being set up this year in view of......
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ArchiveWearing masks made mandatory for air passengers
RAWALPINDI: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has made wearing surgical masks for passengers and crew mandatory. Moreover, personal protection equipment (PPE) will be required to be worn by the crew......
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ArchiveSome markets partially reopen as lockdown relaxed on traders’ demand
HYDERABAD: Life returned to several markets, bazaars and commercial lanes in different districts of Sindh during day time though some specified businesses have not been allowed to open under the......
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Archive‘Swiss prosecutor joined secret meeting with FIFA’s Infantino’
BERLIN: A Swiss prosecutor investigating corruption in football met in secret with FIFA president Gianni Infantino, German and Swiss media alleged Friday, further fuelling allegations of collusion......
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ArchiveUEFA plans to resume Champions League from August 7
LONDON: European football’s governing body UEFA is mulling to continue the Champions League matches suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic on August 7-8, after the domestic leagues have reached their......
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ArchiveI would pay to watch Saeed Anwar bat: Nasser Hussain
ISLAMABAD: Former England Skipper Nasser Hussain has picked Pakistan’s Saeed Anwar among the four cricketers whom he would pay to watch.The other three cricketers include India’s Virat Kohli, West......
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ArchivePPP criticises package for construction industry
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Sunday criticised the package announced by the government for the construction industry and termed it “a windfall profit package for property......
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ArchiveGovt trying to save people from unemployment: Suri
QUETTA: Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Qasim Khan Suri has said that the federal government is making all-out efforts to save people from unemployment and severe impact of the coronavirus......
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ArchiveBalochistan to give interest-free loans
QUETTA: The Balochistan government has decided to give interest-free loans to people to compensate them for the losses suffered due to lockdown triggered by the coronavirus.The provincial cabinet had......
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ArchiveLyari emerges as new coronavirus hotspot in Karachi after 67 test positive
KARACHI: The Sindh government as well as the political leadership of the province are caught in another challenge after finding Lyari and its neighbouring areas as a new hotspot for the Covid-19......
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ArchiveFavouritism, political infighting mar Covid-19 relief operations in Sindh
KARACHI: Distribution of rations and other relief goods have become highly politicised in the province as political parties are criticising each other for the sake of point scoring.According to......
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ArchiveDawood hints at scheme for small businesses
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Commerce, Textile, Industry and Investment Abdul Razak Dawood said on Sunday that the government was finalising a scheme to support small and medium......
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ArchiveDFID, FAO to provide £1m more to fight locust upsurge
ISLAMABAD: The UK Department for International Development (DFID) and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations virtually signed on Sunday an amendment agreement regarding the......
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Archive37 transporters returning from Afghanistan test positive for virus
LANDI KOTAL: Thirty-seven of the total 108 Pakistani transporters, whose swab samples were taken 28 hours after their arrival from Afghanistan on Friday, tested positive for coronavirus, officials......
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ArchiveLandi Kotal tribesmen ignore social distancing at weddings, funerals
LANDI KOTAL: The residents of Landi Kotal in Khyber tribal district are ignoring government restrictions to check the spread of coronavirus by showing up in large numbers on almost all social......
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ArchiveCovid-19 claims 10 lives in single day in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa recorded 10 more deaths due to Covid-19, the highest number in a single day since the onset of the pandemic, bringing the death toll to 60 in the province.The new deaths......
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ArchiveAJK leader urges world to not forget Kashmir during crisis
MUZAFFARABAD: Indignant at “complete silence” of the United Nations over the happenings in India-held Jammu and Kashmir, Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Sardar Masood Khan on Sunday warned of......
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ArchiveCoronavirus death toll tops 160,000
PARIS/WASHINGTON: More than 160,000 people have died from the new coronavirus around the world, almost two thirds of them in Europe, according to a tally on Sunday based on official sources.A total......
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ArchiveDeath sparks unrest at major migrant camp in Greece
ATHENS: A fire ripped through one of Greece’s largest migrant camps leaving widespread damage and many people homeless after the death of an Iraqi woman sparked unrest, officials said on Sunday.The......
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ArchiveTrump’s Ramazan remarks stir fear among American Muslims
WASHINGTON: Muslim organisations in the United States issued guidelines on Sunday for Ramazan advising against congregational prayers and community iftars, hours after President Donald Trump asked......
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ArchiveJohnson ‘on top of things’, but under fire over initial virus response
LONDON: The British government insisted on Sunday that Prime Minister Boris Johnson was “on top of things” as he recovers from the coronavirus facing criticism of his early handling of the......
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ArchiveSBP acts swiftly for a change
WHILE reaffirming the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) warning that the economy may contract 1.5 per cent during this fiscal year, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) slashed its policy rate from......
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ArchiveWill the rate cut help PSX gain firmer footing?
“THE moving finger writes; and having writ, moves on: nor all thy piety nor wit shall lure it back to cancel half a line, nor all thy tears wash out a word of it,” are some of the best lines written......
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ArchiveFinding luck in the pandemic
THE coronavirus pandemic has put economies in turmoil. The global economy is estimated by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to face negative 3 per cent growth this year. No major economy worth......
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ArchiveDevelopment budget likely to be further cut
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s development spending will be further cut during the current and next fiscal years as part of a larger fiscal rearrangement to put the $6 billion Extended Fund Facility (EFF)......
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ArchiveCovid poses threat to normal holding of NA budget session
ISLAMABAD: The coronavirus pandemic is likely to create a constitutional crisis for the country as the first meeting of a special parliamentary committee will on Tuesday decide how the National......
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ArchiveNations offer wide mix of solutions for easing lockdowns
BERLIN: Pressure mounted on Sunday on governments to ease the economic pain of coronavirus lockdowns after protests from those fearing for their livelihoods. Authorities responded with a range of......
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ArchiveSustenance in the midst of lockdown
THE future depends on the Covid-19 trajectory, but the good news is that Pakistan will not run out of food anytime soon. Thanks to the nature and the farming community, Pakistan is food secure for......
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ArchivePM likens Modi govt to Nazis in Germany
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday said Narendra Modi’s government by intentionally and violently targeting the Muslims in India was diverting backlash of people over its [faulty] policy......
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ArchiveCentre calls for ‘smart lockdown’
• Covid-19 cases cross 8,000 mark • Chaman, Torkham borders to open twice a weekISLAMABAD: While the confirmed cases of Covid-19 surged past 8,000 with the addition of 514 new ones and 20 deaths by......
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ArchiveUnsung heroes
“NO matter what we do, nobody loves us,” said a friend, currently serving as a deputy commissioner. I asked him the reason behind his pessimistic statement, and he went on to explain that everyone......
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