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PAKISTAN RECORDS 1,308 NEW COVID-19 CASES


October 5, 2021

ISLAMABAD: The COVID-19 has claimed 54 more lives across Pakistan over the past 24 hours, quoting National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC). The overall death toll has reached 27,947, while the total number of confirmed cases in Pakistan has been recorded at 1,252,656. During the last 24 hours, 48,907 tests were conducted out of which 1,380 remained positive at the positivity …

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England will only play Ashes with best players, insists ECB


October 5, 2021

LONDON: England will only travel to Australia for the Ashes series across December and January if their leading players are in the squad. That was the message from the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) on Monday, with the governing body saying it will announce this week if the tour will go ahead amid concerns about restrictions in place in …

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ISLAMABAD RECORDS 86 FRESH CASES OF DENGUE FEVER


October 5, 2021

ISLAMABAD: As many as 86 more people were diagnosed with dengue hemorrhagic fever in Islamabad in the last 24 hours. Of the new cases, 66 new cases were reported from the capital’s rural areas while 20 from urban areas, sources said. They said the total number of cases reported thus far this season has jumped to 457. Three patients have …

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PHC ASKS GOVT TO ENSURE ANTI-MOSQUITO SPRAY IN DENGUE AFFECTED AREAS


October 5, 2021

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Tuesday has directed the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government to ensure anti-mosquito spray in the dengue-affected areas.  The PHC bench took up the case regarding the rapid increase of dengue fever cases in the province. At the outset of the hearing Chief Justice Peshawar High Court, Justice Qaiser Rashid Khan asked the govt representative …

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Hafeez resumes practice


October 5, 2021

LAHORE: Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez after fully recovering from dengue fever resumed cricket practice here on Monday. The 40-year-old Hafeez who is part of national T20 World Cup squad, was infected with dengue virus last week. Due to the illness, the right-handed batter withdrew from the first leg of the ongoing National T20 Cup in Rawalpindi. After gaining full fitness, …

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T20 World Cup: Green Shirts to leave for UAE via charter plane on October 15


October 5, 2021

Lahore: The national men’s cricket team will leave for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on October 15 to take part in ICC T20 World Cup. According to Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), the squad will leave Lahore on a chartered flight to participate in the competition. Meanwhile, the players participating in the National T20 Cup will move from one bubble to …

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Asif, Shahid reach knockout round at national snooker


October 5, 2021

KARACHI: Defending champion and top seed Mohammad Asif and third seed Shahid Aftab consolidated their positions for making it to the knockout round of the NBP 46th National Snooker Championship here at the bank’s sports complex on Monday. Drawn in group ‘A’, four-time national champion Asif won back-to-back matches to stay unbeaten in four outings so far. First, he trounced …

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Southern Punjab leave Rawalpindi with six consecutive losses


October 5, 2021

KARACHI: Although Sou­thern Punjab, as widely anticipated given the rut they are in, crashed to a sixth straight National T20 Cup defeat, there was a flicker of hope for Pakistan’s Twenty20 Word Cup hopeful Azam Khan. Ridiculed for his lack of form in the previous games of the Rawalpindi leg — which concluded at the Pindi Cricket Stadium on Sunday …

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Up to Rs2.97 per unit rise in power tariff


October 5, 2021

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Monday notified an increase of up to Rs2.97 per unit in electricity rates for ex-Wapda distribution companies under the quarterly tariff adjustment (QTA) for one year with effect from October 1, 2021. According to an order released by Nepra, along with a schedule of tariff (SOT), the tariff increase includes a …

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