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Amid fears of a resurgence of Covid-19, Pakistan on Friday reported nearly 700 new cases as the positivity rate rose to 3.9 per cent. According to the National Institute of Health (NIH), 694 new coronavirus cases were recorded during the last 24 hours, up from 641 a day earlier. The number is the highest since March 10 when 723 infections …

BAHAWALNAGAR: Chief Minister Hamza Shehbaz on Wednesday sought a report from the Bahawalnagar DPO office over a viral CCTV footage of the Haroonabad city police station in which a political figure can be seen thrashing a lady doctor inside SHO’s room. Dr Maryam Hussain told Dawn that Adeel Afzal, an influential politician and her husband’s cousin, was moving freely without getting an …

QUETTA: The Balochistan Assembly has passed a Rs598 billion budget for the next fiscal year without facing any objection from either side of the aisle. The session, which started one hour and 45 minutes behind schedule, was presided over by Deputy Speaker Sardar Babar Khan Musakhail. Balochistan Finance Minister Sardar Abdul Rehman Khetran presented 102 demands for the draft in …

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights on Wednesday met for a briefing on the harassment and brutal assault of parliamentarians and political workers in violation of the fundamental freedom guaranteed under the Constitution at the Parliament House. Members of the committee noted that the same agenda was discussed previously in the Senate Committee for Interior and the stance …

Pakistan on Thursday reported 641 coronavirus cases during the last 24 hours — the highest number of daily cases in over three months since March 10, when the daily tally was 723 cases. According to the National Institute of Health (NIH), 18,813 Covid tests were conducted across the country yesterday, while two people died from the deadly virus. The national …

The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday ordered re-counting of votes for the election of Punjab’s chief minister held on April 16, instructing that the votes of 25 dissident PTI lawmakers be excluded from the counting process. A five-member bench comprising Justice Sadaqat Ali Khan, Justice Shahid Jamil Khan, Justice Shehram Sarwar Chaudhry, Justice Sajid Mahmood Sethi and Justice Tariq …

Raja Raheel Akhtar Khanzada tied the knot with Dr. Areesha Qadir Khanzada By: staff Reporter Raja Zahid Akhtar Khanzada, CEO Editor-in-Chief of Jago Times Group of Publications, and president of the Jago Times Dr. Nasreen Khanzada son’s  Raja Raheel Akhtar Khanzada tied the knot with Dr. Areesha Qadir Khanzada. The event was held in a beautiful hall in Irving, and …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday reconstituted the 18-member Economic Advisory Council (EAC) to review the prevailing economic conditions and propose stabilisation measures and corrective actions within the available resources. This replaces an earlier 22-member EAC the PM had constituted on April 29 that also included members from the coalition partners and some leading businessmen who have come under …

Pakistan has received combined economic and financial targets for the seventh and eighth reviews of its International Monetary Fund bailout programme, finance minister Miftah Ismail said on Tuesday. “Early this morning, the government of Pakistan has received an MEFP from the IMF for combined 7th and 8th reviews,” Ismail tweeted. A Memorandum of Economic and Finance Policy (MEFP) contains certain …

Unidentified assailants shot and killed two police officers assigned to polio vaccination teams and a polio worker in North Waziristan’s Datta Khel area on Tuesday, the district’s polio emergency response unit said. The victims were busy with polio vaccinations when they came under attack, an official said, adding that a child was also injured during the incident after he was …