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• ENT surgeon becomes latest victim as Covid-19 cases cross 12,500 mark • Pakistan not manufacturing vaccine, says PM’s aide • Doctors reiterate demand for strict lockdown ISLAMABAD: Just a week after acceding to the demand of the clergy regarding congregational prayers, the government has cautioned people that the coronavirus can rapidly spread in the month of Ramazan, rendering the frail …

ISLAMABAD: Well-known cleric and public speaker Maulana Tariq Jameel tendered an unconditional apology to media personnel as well as his fellow clerics on Friday over remarks on Thursday in which he had termed media houses “liars”. Speaking as a guest at a talk show hosted by anchor Muhammad Maalik, Maulana Tariq acknowledged that his “tongue had slipped” towards the end …

• Irresponsible attitude of people to result in stricter restrictions, warns Umar • Gill says govt being wrongly criticised for allowing congregational prayers • Yaran-i-Watan launched to augment national response to Covid-19 ISLAMABAD: As the confirmed coronavirus cases jumped past 11,700 with 248 deaths, the government on Friday decided to extend lockdown till the middle of Ramazan while cautioning the nation …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Friday some sections of the media were not doing journalism on the basis of facts. Speaking to a group of owners of private YouTube channels and social media activists at the Prime Minister Office, he highlighted how some media houses and anchorpersons had flourished with the passage of time and how others were …

A senior doctor at Peshawar’s Hayatabad Medical Complex passed away from Covid-19 early on Saturday morning, the hospital’s director Shehzad Faisal confirmed. Dr Mohammad Javed was an ear, nose and throat (ENT) specialist and had been working inside the Covid-19 ward of the hospital. “He was on the front lines to combat the coronavirus,” Faisal said. The hospital director added …

  The Lahore high Court on Saturday released its written verdict in a petition filed by doctors working as medical officers in Punjab hospitals, seeking personal protective equipment (PPE) and additional financial relief from the government. In its written order, authored by LHC Chief Justice Mohammad Qasim Khan, the court not only threw out the petition, but also ordered the …

PESHAWAR: Amid massive surge in Covid-19 active cases and rapid rise in deaths due to the infection, Provincial Doctors Association has strongly recommended complete lockdown and separate hospitals at divisional level for the infected people to contain spread of the virus and manage active patients effectively. According to the daily situation reports of health department for Wednesday, the province recorded …

LAHORE: The PML-N central executive committee has decided to join the investigation of the commission probing sugar and wheat scam. “Former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Khurram Dastigir will appear before the commission to present more facts of how Prime Minister Imran Khan and Chief Minister Usman Buzdar are directly involved in this mega scam,” PML-N information secretary Marriyum …

ISLAMABAD: While the number of Covid-19 cases has risen to almost 11,000 in the country with 742 new ones surfacing over the past 24 hours, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) revealed on Thursday that 79 per cent of these cases had been caused by local transmission of novel coronavirus. As the nature of the infection has undergone this …

AMIN of Khanewal has to be one of the unluckiest persons alive. The world is in the grip of an ugly pandemic. His own country is struggling to escape with the minimum possible damage. Not a single moment passes without someone somewhere in the great national pile-up coming up with a complaint. Doctors are getting afflicted, dying along with their …