ISLAMABAD: As many as two million more doses of Sino­vac vaccine reached Pakistan from China on Tuesday. On the other hand, the Natio­nal Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) confirmed presence of different variants of coronavirus, including the delta (Indian), beta (South African) and alpha (UK) variants, in Pakistan and detection of their cases in May and June. According to a …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston police are investigating after a suspect is dead following an officer-involved shooting in southeast Houston. Chief Troy Finner told his officers were responding to a disturbance call at the Villa Paree Apartments in the 7500 block of Park Place Blvd., near Hobby Airport. HPD commanders and PIO en route to an officer-involved shooting at 7525 …

ISLAMABAD: The country’s political leadership on Tuesday commended nei­gh­bouring China for its assistance during the Covid pandemic and said China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) was beyond partisan politics for them. Leaders belonging to ruling and opposition parties demonstrated the rare unanimity in their views while addressing the World Political Parties Summit in connection with the celebrations on the occasion of …

BAGRAM: The US left Afghanistan’s Bagram Airfield after nearly 20 years by shutting off the electricity and slipping away in the night without notifying the base’s new Afghan commander, who discovered the Americans’ departure more than two hours after they left, Afghan military officials said. Afghanistan’s army showed off the sprawling air base on Monday, providing a rare first glimpse …

Adviser to the Prime Minister on Commerce Abdul Razak Dawood said on Tuesday that the Pakistan-US relationship would not impact the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Appearing on DawnNewsTV show Live with Adil Shahzeb, he was asked whether Pakistan-US relations could have an impact on CPEC. “I don’t think so,” he responded, adding that the US knew how important the project was for Pakistan …

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Tuesday directed chief executive officer (CEO) of Cantonment Board Clifton (CBC) and administrator of Defence Housing Authority (DHA) to file counter affidavits to an application seeking contempt proceedings against them for not submitting to the court details about works regarding storm-water drainage. The two-judge bench headed by Justice Mohammad Shafi Siddiqui asked the CEO …

PESHAWAR: Minister for elementary and secondary education Shahram Tarakai on Tuesday said that the board examinations for 10th and 12th grades would begin on July 10 ‘by all means in the larger interest of the students’. Accompanied by education secretary Yahya Akhunzada and director Hafiz Ibrahim, the minister told a news conference here that the candidates for both matriculation and …

Prime Minister Imran Khan congratulated the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) — the nerve centre of Pakistan’s coronavirus response — the team of the Ehsaas Programme and the State Bank of Pakistan after The Economist ranked Pakistan among the best performing countries for handling the coronavirus pandemic. The Economist’s normalcy index tracks the progress of 50 countries’ return to pre-pandemic life on the …

China’s central bank warned companies on Tuesday against assisting cryptocurrency-related businesses as it shut down a software firm over suspected involvement in digital currency transactions. Beijing has turned a sharp eye on cryptocurrency in recent months as it widens its regulatory crackdown on the tech sector. Cryptocurrency trading is banned in China, and authorities have recently closed mines and warned …

JAKARTA: Indonesia said on Tuesday it was importing emergency oxygen from neighbouring Singapore as hospitals crumbled under the weight of Covid-19, with the Delta variant continuing to wreak havoc around the globe. Faced with the threat of the highly infectious strain which continues to exact a heavy toll in human tragedies and to disrupt sports events worldwide, the global vaccination …