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KARACHI: Following the successful recovery of the nation’s first coronavirus positive patient in March and the donation of his plasma for the treatment of critically-affected people through passive immunisation, the Sindh government on Thursday allowed three hospitals in the province to carry out clinical trial of the process experts believe could become a breakthrough for the treatment of people affected …

Lahore: A law and order situation occurred at the Expo Centre Field Hospital when some members of the Tableeghi Jamaat and other confirmed patients of the virus refused to stay at the centre and broke open the door in a bid to come out of the premises. They were of the view that the centre admin had unnecessarily kept them …

ISLAMABAD: As more cases of the novel coronavirus and deaths were reported across the country on Thursday, the health ministry data suggests that over 150,000 people will be infected with the deadly virus by May 30. The graph of cases, which is continuously rising, will flatten in June and will start falling in July this year. Moreover, the stock of …

KARACHI: In a statement on Thursday, Sindh Information Minister Syed Nasir Hussain Shah scothched rumours that there would be any partial easing or end of the lockdown in the province in place to control the spread of Covid-19. The government move was apparently made in reaction to fervent media speculation doing the rounds since Wednesday that the lockdown in Sindh …

Journalist Nadir Hassan passed away on Thursday night at the age of 37 due to a brain haemorrhage. According to his former The News colleague Zebunnisa Burki, Hassan suffered a brain haemorrhage at his home in Karachi late last night. He leaves behind a brother, sister and mother. Hassan worked with a number of publications during his career, including Newsline, The Express Tribune, The News, …

At least 191 more healthcare providers and medical workers have tested positive for the coronavirus within a week, according to data shared by the National Emergency Operation Centre on Thursday. An earlier report shared by the centre on April 23 had revealed that at least 253 healthcare workers in the country had been infected by the coronavirus. That number has now jumped …

ISLAMABAD: Another 36 cases of Covid-19 have been reported in the capital, the single biggest increase in the city since the outbreak began. The total number of cases in Islamabad is now 297. Capital administration and police officials told Dawn that teams involved in surveillance to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in Islamabad have noticed that people living in …

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court observed on Wednesday that though it was not here to make business decisions which should be left to experts, the feasibility of projects needed to ensure that the public purpose was kept in mind. “All the future bidding projects should keep into account public purpose,” observed a three-judge implementation bench of the Supreme Court that had …

ISLAMABAD: The Pakis­tan Peoples Party-Parlia­mentarians (PPP-P) has said that any delimitation of constituencies for local government (LG) elections on the basis of provisional census results will be unconstitutional. In a letter to Chief Elec­tion Commissioner Sikan­dar Sultan Raja, in-charge of PPP election cell Taj Haider has pointed out that the 24th Amendment of the Consti­tution limited the use of the …

ISLAMABAD: As coronavirus cases surpassed the 15,000 mark with the highest number of deaths in a single day, the government on Wednesday decided to bring back 7,500 overseas Pakis­tanis in the first week of May. Moreover, at the request of Afghanistan, the government decided to allow export of non-essential goods along with essential items to the neighbouring country. Special Assistant …