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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa health and finance minister Taimur Khan Jhagra said on Friday that the Covid-19 testing laboratory at Khyber Medical University (KMU) is now authorised to conduct pool testing, increasing the province’s capacity by three to five times. “After successfully conducting 27 trials on pool testing, with 100pc congruence, the flagship KP coronavirus testing lab at KMU is now mandated …

At least 253 healthcare providers and medical workers have been infected with coronavirus in Pakistan so far, according to data shared by the National Emergency Operation Centre on Thursday. Based on the report, which has data up until April 22, 124 doctors, 39 nurses and and 90 health workers have been infected by the virus in the country. Ninety two …

LAHORE: As many as 77 ventilators have been found out of order in various state-run hospitals of Punjab. As a life-saving facility, the ventilator is taken as a last remedy for serious patients of coronavirus. Two persons have died and 40 new cases of Covid-19 emerged in Lahore during the last 24 hours. The Punjab government seems indifferent towards the …

LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has declared the reply of PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif in money laundering and income beyond means investigations “unsatisfactory” and summoned him for the third time on May 4. The NAB also refused to entertain the request of the opposition leader in the National Assembly to quiz him through video link. Shahbaz skipped the NAB …

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry on Wednesday ruled out the possibility of sighting the moon in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on April 23, saying it will not be possible to spot the moon during sunset with telescopes. He confirmed this based on a computer-generated image showing exact position of the moon. The image was generated by the Pakistan Space …

The Central Ruet-i-Hilal Committee will meet today (Thursday) in Karachi for the Ramazan moon-sighting, according to the spokesperson for the ministry of religious affairs. Committee Chairman Mufti Muneebur Rehman will preside over the meeting. Other zonal and district committees will also meet simultaneously, the notification from the spokesperson stated, adding that Islamabad’s zonal committee will hold a meeting at Kohsar …

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 …

ISLAMABAD: To provide high-speed internet service in a region of the erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas, the Universal Service Fund (USF) has awarded a Rs92 million contract for developing broadband in Kurram district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The contract has been awarded to Jazz to develop next generation broadband for a sustainable development project in Kurram, including the tehsils of FR …

LARKANA: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Tuesday said his government had decided to increase the number of testing facilities for Covid-19 in the province. He announced that such a laboratory would be established in Larkana soon. Mr Shah was speaking at a press conference in the office of the Larkana deputy commissioner after holding meetings with district …

• Decision taken after Faisal Edhi, who met Imran recently, tests positive for deadly virus • Countrywide death toll doubles within a week ISLAMABAD: As the total number of deaths from coronavirus surpassed 200 on Tuesday, Prime Minister Imran Khan underwent a test for Covid-19. Health authorities collected his sample and the result is expected on Wednesday (today). The decision was …