KARACHI: A recently replaced senior doctor serving at the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) claimed on Thursday that the hospital management had decided to ignore all guidelines during the ongoing Covid pandemic only because of “political” reasons. The situation, he said, could lead to rise in mortality among operated-upon patients of the hospital which was as high as 26 …

LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Thursday detected another $2.9 million alleged money laundering transactions of PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif’s sons – Hamza and Salman. “Hamza Shehbaz (opposition leader in Punjab Assembly) and Salman Shehbaz had laundered $2.9m through 18 persons, most of them never visited the United Kingdom,” an official source told Dawn on Thursday. All the suspects involved in …

ISLAMABAD: Members of the federal cabinet on Thursday announced a Rs600 billion package for development projects in south Balochistan. The announcement was made by Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar along with Information Minister Senator Shibli Faraz, Minister for Defence Production Zubaida Jalal and Minister for Communication Murad Saeed. The projects will be implemented in nine districts of southern …

ISLAMABAD: A key federal minister says the government is determined to introduce electoral reforms with or without support of the opposition parties, with PPP Senator Raza Rabbani opposing the Senate vote through show of hand, terming it against the basic spirit behind the creation of the upper house. Talking to here on Thursday, federal Minister for Narcotics Control Azam Swati said …

ISLAMABAD: The utilisation of ventilators allocated for Covid-19 patients in the capital has increased to 61 per cent, the second highest occupancy ratio in the country, officials of the capital administration on Thursday. They said 295 ventilators were available in different hospitals in the capital city out of which 70 were allocated for the coronavirus patients. Currently, 43 of the …

ISLAMABAD: As more than 2,500 Covid-19 cases over the past 24 hours were reported on Thursday after a gap of over four months, the number of critical patients is also continuously increasing with 234 patients being treated on ventilators. Balochistan is the only province in which there is no patient on ventilator. The data released by the National Command and …

PESHAWAR: The burnt body of a seven-year-old girl was found in a graveyard of Badhber area here on Thursday morning, a day after she went missing. The incident was the second of its kind in the area in less than a week’s time as last Saturday, the body of a four-year-old boy with ruptured abdomen was recovered in a neighbouring …