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MOHALI: Rishabh Pant smashed 96 to help India to 357 for six in the first Test against Sri Lanka after Virat Kohli fell agonisingly short of fifty in his 100th five-day match here at the Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium on Friday. Pant, a wicket-keeper/batsman, put on a key stand of 104 with fellow left-hander Ravindra Jadeja, who stood …

ISLAMABAD: With the number of active cases across the country surpassing the 100,000 mark, the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (Drap) on Tuesday issued show-cause notices to 15 pharmaceutical companies for failing to manufacture the most commonly prescribed medicine for Covid patients, Paracetamol, which has disappeared from many pharmacies and is reportedly being sold in the black market. In a …

Planning Minister Asad Umar on Thursday said the option of lockdown was not being considered presently despite the Omicron-driven fifth wave of the coronavirus causing daily infections to go past the 1,000 mark for the first time in nearly three months. “At this time there is no plan of [imposing] lockdowns. We are looking at [Covid] numbers very closely as …

ISLAMABAD: With the arrival of 98 new dengue cases in the hospitals of the twin cities, the patients’ tally in Islamabad alone crossed the 1,000 mark on Saturday. District Health Officer (DHO) Islamabad Dr Zaeem Zia said out of the 98 cases 73 were reported from the rural areas and 25 from the urban localities. He said 21 patients were …

RAWALPINDI: The number of active Covid-19 cases in the country crossed the 60,000 mark on Friday as 4,537 more people tested positive for the deadly virus while 86 patients died during the last 24 hours in the country. The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Friday decided to take all possible measures to assist the government in combating spread …

• 285,000 workers to vaccinate 40m children • Strict health protocols to be observed • NCOC reports over 2,800 single day cases, 46 deaths ISLAMABAD: As countrywide Covid-19 cases surpassed the 500,000 mark and the number of deaths reached 10,644 on Sunday, Pakistan will start the current year’s first polio campaign under strict precautionary measures and protocols on Monday (today). …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan reported 675 new cases of the novel coronavirus and 15 more deaths in the past 24 hours, taking the national tally of infections to 281,136 and casualties to 6,014. According to data released by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), 675 new infections were detected after 11,915 tests were conducted in the past 24 hours. Thus far, …

ISLAMABAD: While Pakistan’s tally of the novel coronavirus cases crossed the 200,000 mark on Saturday, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) did brainstorming to find reasons for a sudden decline in the number of daily tests and new cases during the past one week. The country reported 3,709 cases and 94 deaths over the past 24 hours, taking the …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan, who had to undergo the coronavirus test after he came in contact with a patient a few days ago, has tested negative, Special Assistant to the PM (SAPM) on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan tweeted on Wednesday. On the other side, the nationwide Covid-19 cases surpassed the 10,000 mark with 17 more people …

WASHINGTON: Coronavirus deaths on Saturday surged past 150,000 worldwide with nearly a quarter of them in the United States, where new rallies against lockdown orders were being held after President Donald Trump lent his support to the protesters. According to a tally, more than 2,251,690 declared cases have been registered in 193 countries and territories since the epidemic first emerged …