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Sun, 04 Apr 21 08:11:40 +0500
Pakistan sees highest ever number of Covid patients in critical care
NCOC chief urges need for strong enforcement of SOPs as number of critical patients reaches 3,568

Sun, 04 Apr 21 06:48:39 +0500
A minority of corrupt elements has united to escape punishment: PM
PM responds to citizens in a live telephonic session, says govt can't eliminate corruption without judiciary's support

Sat, 03 Apr 21 17:49:35 +0500
PM gives approval to reconstitute EAC
Appoints Finance Minister Hammad Azhar as vice chairman

Sun, 04 Apr 21 05:12:43 +0500
PPP gives tit-for-tat response to PDM
Demands apology from PML-N over unopposed elections in Punjab in cahoots with PTI

Sat, 03 Apr 21 06:34:26 +0500
Umar questions UK move to ban Pakistani travellers
Mosques to remain open for Taraweeh in Ramazan

Sun, 28 Jun 20 10:29:19 +0500
Public hospitals staff to be tested across Sindh
Health department to restart contact tracing for coronavirus

Sun, 28 Jun 20 18:29:02 +0500
MQM-London ‘hitman’ apprehended
Police claim he was involved in over 100 murders

Sun, 28 Jun 20 23:50:45 +0500
2,179 people diagnosed with coronavirus in Sindh
CM Murad says province's daily testing capacity has been stretched to 12,000

Sun, 28 Jun 20 18:39:33 +0500
Youngster killed while shooting TikTok video in Karachi
Faraz lost control of car due to speeding, rammed into tree

Sun, 28 Jun 20 10:56:28 +0500
Illegal plasma sale thrives in Lahore
First Covid-19 patient recovered through trial treatment last month

Sun, 28 Jun 20 10:41:58 +0500
Woman commits suicide with two daughters
Victim’s husband wanted to marry off girls against their wish

Sun, 28 Jun 20 10:45:21 +0500
Letter to Punjab IGP seeks ban on PUBG video game
Official says excessive violence in game triggers aggressive behaviour among youth

Sun, 28 Jun 20 10:51:06 +0500
NGO offers transgender people foreign scholarships
Programme will allow selected persons to attend month-long training in host country

Sun, 28 Jun 20 10:35:52 +0500
‘Pakistan’s progress linked to Balochistan peace’
NA speaker chairs parliamentary committee meeting to discuss issues facing province

Sun, 28 Jun 20 10:38:28 +0500
Balochistan collects Rs2.5b from mineral sector
Computerised weighing scales have been installed

Sun, 28 Jun 20 10:35:07 +0500
First phase of HingIaj road construction completed
Project was approved at a cost of Rs120 million

Sun, 28 Jun 20 00:50:02 +0500
Bilawal, Mengal agree on joint strategy for budget
Both leaders express concern over spread of coronavirus in country

Sun, 28 Jun 20 10:37:34 +0500
K-P wants revival of tourism hit hard by Covid
CM Mahmood Khan orders early opening of provincial tourism authority

Sat, 27 Jun 20 09:14:06 +0500
Poor internet access for students echoes in K-P assembly
Debate on Rs55.42b supplementary budget completed

Sat, 27 Jun 20 09:19:02 +0500
K-P up in arms against custodial torture
Govt asks PHC to probe yet another instance of police high-handedness

Sat, 27 Jun 20 09:19:42 +0500
Another case of police excesses surfaces
The report further showed that the additional SHO had been previously found guilty of framing a man in a fake case

Sun, 28 Jun 20 23:11:02 +0500
Virus cases in Indian Occupied Kashmir top 7,000
2,700 infections, including 41 virus-linked deaths, confirmed in last 2 weeks

Sun, 28 Jun 20 22:27:03 +0500
AJK president lauds Joe Biden for urging India to restore people’s rights in IOJ&K
US former vice president has said restrictions on dissent, such as preventing peaceful protests, weaken democracy.

Sun, 28 Jun 20 00:33:43 +0500
Hinduism being masqueraded as secularism in India, says AJK president
Masood says 13,000 Kashmiri boys have been abducted and kept in prison houses where they're being subjected to torture

Fri, 26 Jun 20 21:06:07 +0500
World leaders urged to help end Indian atrocities against Kashmiris
On International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, AJK president condemns BJP-RSS regime

Sat, 03 Apr 21 19:53:37 +0500
Futures razed and washed away
A decade and a half after the 2005 earthquake, 2010 floods, 80% of girls’ schools in the region remain non-functional

Sat, 03 Apr 21 20:07:22 +0500
Where did the antimatter go?
A young Pakistani scientist at CERN explores the fundamental questions about the mysterious elusive material

Sat, 03 Apr 21 20:31:59 +0500
One degree is all it takes
Last year’s calamitous rains in Karachi demonstrated the effects of a mere one degree Celsius shift in the Arabian Sea

Sat, 03 Apr 21 20:38:02 +0500
The gig is up!
Lay-offs prompted by the pandemic have created a huge pool of freelancers around the world

Sat, 03 Apr 21 20:48:30 +0500
The burden of death
While death penalty is still used in wide number of crimes, the number of sentences awarded has been falling steadily

Sat, 03 Apr 21 20:55:15 +0500
On breathing words
The Covid-19 pandemic provides us a catalyst to appreciate human helplessness

Sat, 03 Apr 21 15:52:27 +0500
Despite third Covid wave, mosques to open doors for Taraweeh in Ramazan
People should continue to keep offering regular prayers at home, says religious affairs ministry’s statement

Sat, 03 Apr 21 15:07:11 +0500
Holy month of Ramazan to begin from April 14, predicts sci-tech ministry
Moon will be clearly sighted in Islamabad, Lahore, Peshawar and Karachi on April 13 evening, ministry claims in tweet

Fri, 02 Apr 21 19:31:44 +0500
Verdicts in PML-N’s favours spark debate
Former ruling party has recently got relief from courts in a number of cases

Sat, 13 Jun 20 15:20:13 +0500
Over 300,000 put under 1,291 smart lockdowns
Punjab, Sindh cross grim mark of 50,000 cases

Wed, 01 Apr 20 17:32:30 +0500
Tales of survivors: ‘Isolation, not coronavirus, was my worst nightmare’
I was convinced that if my time is not up, this virus can never kill me

Mon, 23 Mar 20 06:55:24 +0500
'We honour his sacrifice': Dr Usama's fight against COVID-19
It is a national tragedy and we will award him the status of national hero, says G-B CM

Wed, 11 Mar 20 09:27:47 +0500
New coronavirus case emerges in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan's tally rises to 20
The 14-year-old boy, a resident of Skardu, was held at an isolation centre where he tested positive for COVID-19



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