Whose policy is it anyway?
LAST week, the spectacle of the prime minister blaming an unidentified ‘elite’ for imposing a lockdown was bewildering. By doing so, not only was he disowning the actions taken by his own government......
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ArchiveOPD attendant at Karachi charity hospital dies of coronavirus
An attendant at the outpatient department (OPD) of a charity-run hospital in Karachi died of the coronavirus on Wednesday, officials said.Noman Ahmed, 32, worked as an attendant at Al-Khidmat......
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ArchiveOver 90,000 health workers infected with Covid-19 worldwide: nurses group
At least 90,000 healthcare workers worldwide are believed to have been infected with Covid-19, and possibly twice that, amid reports of continuing shortages of personal protective equipment, the......
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ArchiveMaths teacher-turned-top Kashmiri fighter killed by Indian troops
Indian troops killed four Kashmiri fighters in gun battles in Indian-occupied Kashmir on Wednesday, including the commander of the biggest separatist group fighting New Delhi in the disputed......
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ArchiveCoronavirus spreads among Indian police enforcing world's largest lockdown
Hundreds of Indian police have tested positive for the novel coronavirus in recent days, raising alarm among an overstretched force as it attempts to enforce the world’s largest lockdown.Some 3......
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ArchiveGenetic mutation study finds new coronavirus spread swiftly in late 2019
A genetic analysis of samples from more than 7,500 people infected with Covid-19 suggests the new coronavirus spread quickly around the world late last year and is adapting to its human hosts,......
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ArchiveIran's Rouhani pledges 'crushing response' if US extends arms embargo
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani threatened a “crushing response” on Wednesday if the United States goes ahead with plans to extend an embargo on Iranian trade of conventional arms, which the United......
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ArchiveInquiry finds Dr Furqan's death result of Civil Hospital doctor's 'misjudgment'
A special committee formed by the Sindh government to probe the death of Dr Furqanul Haq – who became the third member of the medical fraternity in Karachi to have died from the coronavirus –......
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ArchiveGilead Sciences in talks with pharma companies in Pakistan, India to start remdesivir production
US pharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences on Tuesday said that it was in talks with drug companies in Pakistan and India to start remdesivir production.Remdesivir is an experimental antiviral drug......
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ArchiveFire breaks out at UAE residential tower, seven injuries reported
Firefighters brought under control a fire that broke out at a residential tower in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday night, Sharjah’s government media office said.Seven people were......
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ArchiveAfghan govt, Taliban not living up to commitments: US Defence Secretary
US Defence Secretary Mark Esper said on Tuesday that the Taliban were not living up to their commitments under an agreement signed this year, amid signs the fragile deal is under strain by a......
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ArchiveUS infection rate rising outside New York as states open up
Take the New York metropolitan area’s progress against the coronavirus out of the equation and the numbers show the rest of the US is moving in the wrong direction, with the known infection rate......
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ArchiveWomen hail victory as Sudan moves to ban genital cutting
Hakam Ibrahim was seven when, like most Sudanese girls, she became a victim of female genital mutilation — an age-old practice decried as horrific that the post-revolution government is now banning.A......
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ArchiveViolation of SOPs for mosques aggravates virus situation in KP
PESHAWAR: The brazen violation of standard operating procedures (SOPs) set for mosques led to critical situation of Covid-19 in the province, according to official reports.The reports informed......
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ArchivePHC orders release of Mufti Kifayatullah
MANSEHRA: The Peshawar High Court’s Abbottabad Circuit Bench on Tuesday ordered Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl leader Mufti Kifayatullah’s release on bail bond of Rs100,000.“The PHC bench has granted bail......
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ArchiveWhose policy is it anyway?
LAST week, the spectacle of the prime minister blaming an unidentified ‘elite’ for imposing a lockdown was bewildering. By doing so, not only was he disowning the actions taken by his own government......
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ArchiveSHC suspends Sindh govt notification for 20pc cut in two-month school fees
KARACH: The Sindh High Court on Tuesday suspended a new notification issued by the provincial education authorities to provide 20 per cent concession to parents in school fees for two months till May......
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ArchiveAustrian league says it can’t operate with government quarantine rule
VIENNA: Austria’s professional football league will not be able to restart following the coronavirus outbreak if the government insists a whole team must be quarantined in the case of a player......
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ArchiveBabar a special talent: Tom Moody
ISLAMABAD: Former Australian cricketer Tom Moody believes Pakistan’s talented batsman Babar Azam was a special talent, who would be going to be in top five Test batsmen of the decade.“Babar has......
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ArchiveStay away from complacency, Babar tells women cricketers
KARACHI: World’s top ranked T20I batsman Babar Azam, while holding a teleconference call with 15 international and emerging women batters on Tuesday, revealed that he makes it a point to watch all......
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ArchiveShoaib Akhtar willing to coach any nation, even India
NEW DELHI: Former Pakistan Test fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar said he is ready to coach pacers from any country — even if an offer from arch-rivals India came his way.In an interview with a social......
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ArchiveIBA makes admissions process ‘flexible’
KARACHI: Keeping in view the prevailing lockdown enforced to contain the spread of coronavirus, the Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi, on Tuesday announced steps to help......
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ArchivePakistan manufacturing oxygenators needed for Covid-19 patients: Fawad Chaudhry
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has begun manufacturing oxygenators that 80pc of Covid-19 patients require as part of their treatment for the first time, along with making ventilators using indigenous......
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ArchiveVery hot, dry weather forecast for Karachi today
KARACHI: Very hot and dry weather is likely to prevail in the city on Wednesday, the Meteorological department has said.The maximum temperature is expected to range between 40 and 42 degrees......
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ArchiveTraders want govt to clearly define hoarding, stock
LAHORE: Rice traders and seed and poultry associations fear that the recently promulgated anti-hoarding law will be misused to hurt their and the country’s interests.Representatives of Rice Exporters......
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ArchiveLHC moved for separate graveyards for virus victims
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Tuesday issued notices to the provincial and district governments on a petition seeking establishment of separate graveyards for people dying of coronavirus.A......
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ArchivePims seals MCH, operating theatre after 15 staffers test positive
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) Mother and Child Hospital (MCH) and the operating theatre in the Children’s Hospital were sealed on Tuesday after 15 people from both......
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ArchiveCovid-19 cases among workers returning from UAE alarm govt
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has raised concerns with the United Arab Emirates that workers are returning home from the Gulf nation with high rates of Covid-19 and that crowded living conditions in the UAE......
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ArchiveSindh planning package for doctors, says Bilawal
KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has said that doctors fighting bravely the Covid-19 pandemic are national heroes, adding that the Sindh government is planning to give......
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ArchiveBalochistan reports highest number of Covid-19 cases in a day
QUETTA: Balochistan reported highest number of Covid-19 cases in a single day on Tuesday as with the new 174 cases the province’s tally of Covid-19 cases reached 1,495.According to the daily......
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ArchiveLast month was warmest April on record: study
PARIS: Last month tied 2016 for the hottest April on record worldwide, with particularly high temperatures over western Europe and north-central Asia, the European Union’s climate monitoring network......
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ArchiveGuidelines for home isolation finalised in Punjab
LAHORE: The Punjab health authorities on Tuesday finalised guidelines for home-isolation of Covid-19 patients for approval from Chief Minister Usman Buzdar.The new guidelines were shared at a meeting......
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ArchiveGovt agrees to convene NA session from 11th
ISLAMABAD: The main opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Tuesday agreed to withdraw its requisition notice after the government announced that it would convene the National Assembly......
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ArchiveGovt clears documents to avail $305m loan from ADB
ISLAMABAD: The government on Tuesday cleared documents to avail a $305 million loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB).The amount will be used for providing relief to the vulnerable segments of......
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ArchiveCourt extends former PM Abbasi’s bail in view of pandemic
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday extended the protective bail of former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and former federal secretary for petroleum Arshad Mirza due to the......
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ArchiveDutch scientists claim finding virus-fighting antibody
PARIS: An antibody that can stop the new coronavirus infecting cells in laboratory tests has been identified by researchers in the Netherlands, in what scientists say could help the development of......
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ArchiveWhite House fears truth, says Pelosi as deaths, infections rise
WASHINGTON: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi accused the White House on Tuesday of being “afraid of the truth” as an internal Trump administration report warned that coronavirus infections in the United......
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ArchiveDecision on opening businesses in Peshawar on 9th
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government will make a decision on opening business outlets after a meeting of the National Coordination Committee (NCC), which is scheduled to meet in Islamabad on......
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ArchivePTI supports traders’ demand for business resumption in Karachi
KARACHI: Supporting traders’ demand that the provincial government allow reopening of their business activities by May 8, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf on Tuesday vowed to resist any government action......
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ArchiveWHO urges governments to probe initial Covid-19 cases
GENEVA: The World Health Organisation said on Tuesday that a report that Covid-19 had emerged in December in France, sooner than previously thought, was “not surprising”, and urged countries to......
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ArchiveRetired SSG commando killed in ‘encounter’
CHAKWAL: A retired commando of the Pakistan Army’s Special Services Group (SSG) was shot dead and three police constables sustained bullet injuries in an alleged “encounter” in a village near Chakwal......
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ArchiveGood time to broaden tax base, says OICCI
ISLAMABAD: An influential group of international investors operating in Pakistan has asked the government to make effective use of the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) to ensure......
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ArchiveECC takes up power sector debt restructuring today
ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet will meet on Wednesday (today) to consider a heavy agenda including more than Rs1.1 trillion worth of restructuring of the power......
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ArchiveBalochistan govt extends lockdown for two weeks
QUETTA: The Balochistan government on Tuesday extended lockdown across the province for another two weeks, keeping all inter-city and inter-province travel as well as shopping malls closed to prevent......
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ArchiveIHC proposes policy to decide criminal pleas in three months
ISLAMABAD: A day after ordering acquittal of some suspects in criminal cases and acknowledging loopholes in the criminal justice system, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday proposed a policy......
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ArchivePassenger train service may resume on 10th
LAHORE: Keeping in view the government’s strategy to ease lockdown restrictions, address growing public transport issues and provide an affordable travel facility to the people desiring to celebrate......
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ArchiveUK becomes first country in Europe to record 30,000 deaths
LONDON: Britain became the first country in Europe on Tuesday to confirm more than 30,000 coronavirus deaths, and infections rose sharply again in Russia, even as other nations made great strides in......
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ArchiveNew Zakat system based on ‘ground realities’ suggested
ISLAMABAD: Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani, an Islamic scholar and a former judge of the Shariat Appellate Bench of the Supreme Court, has suggested replacing the entire Zakat system, especially after......
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ArchiveWhy we are seeking justice for our son, Daniel Pearl
Assalam-o-Alaikum and Ramazan Mubarak.Eighteen years ago, in 2002, we lost our son, Daniel Pearl, who was kidnapped and brutally murdered in Karachi, Pakistan.We still remember the day Daniel was......
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ArchiveStuck in Pakistan
A FEW days ago, Dr Moeed Yusuf, special adviser to the prime minister, held a press conference. One of its main goals appeared to be the provision of reliable information (and some explanations)......
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