Pakistan

LAHORE: Renowned religious scholar Maulana Tariq Jameel was admitted to a hospital on Sunday after testing positive for coronavirus. The Maulana announced on his Twitter account: “I was not feeling well from the last few days and on getting tested for Covid-19, it came positive and was admitted to the hospital on the advice of the doctors.” He requested his …

KARACHI: Amid the growing number of coronavirus cases with Karachi emerging as a key hotspot urban centre in the country, a 100-bed Covid-19 Infectious Disease and Research Centre at the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital (ASH) is feared to close its operation after less than a month it became functional as the local administration has failed to meet its financial commitment for …

RAWALPINDI: In a second blast in the garrison city of Rawalpindi this month, over two dozen people including women and children were injured in the busy Ganj Mandi area on Sunday. The explosion, which took place at around 2pm just a few hundred metres from the Ganj Mandi police station and close to a water filtration plant, also damaged a …

LAHORE: As shallow westerly wave persists in the northern parts of the country, fog is likely to prevail in the plain areas of Punjab and upper Sindh on Monday and beyond. The Air Quality Index in mega Punjab cities including Lahore started worsening with increasing cold weather. According to the meteorological office, cold and dry weather was recorded in most …

ISLAMABAD: As many as 3,369 cases and 72 deaths were reported due to Covid-19 in a single day on Sunday across the country. The highest positivity ratio was observed in Karachi which was 18.92pc, followed by Peshawar, 18.08pc and Hyderabad, 15.26pc. The total number of active cases, which surpassed the 50,000 mark last month, has come down to 46,629 while …

ISLAMABAD: Capital Development Authority (CDA) has restored more than 50 parks, including F-9 Park, and installed portable toilets in them. Tenders have been issued for uplifting of Srinagar Highway and Landscape of Golra Interchange. The fountains across the city will be restored soon. According to detail, CDA’s work for repairing, restoration, and beautification of all the small and big parks …

MULTAN: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that rallies and public gatherings are not only a threat to human lives, but also equally damaging for the country’s economy. Addressing various functions in connection with the public contact campaign in NA-156 and NA-157 constituencies here on Sunday, Mr Qureshi said the government was not afraid of rallies and gatherings, but …

Health officer claims capital has hit its peak Expert believes cases dropped due to rain Pindi also receives less patients ISLAMABAD: With the positivity rate dropping by 2pc in the last two weeks and the number of cases also falling in the federal capital, the district administration is hoping that the city might have hit the peak of the second wave. …

ISLAMABAD: Though the nomination of prominent lawyers Babar Sattar and Tariq Jahangiri for the office of additional judge of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) sailed through the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) smoothly on Dec 3, the bi-partisan parliamentary committee may witness a stormy session over the issue when it meets on Dec 17. Certain quarters are not happy with …

• Reiterates stance on NRO • Buzdar says Punjab people have rejected opposition’s negative politics LAHORE: Soon after the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM)’s public meeting at Minar-i-Pakistan on Sunday, Prime Minister Imran Khan lambasted the joint opposition for “endangering people’s lives during Covid-19 spike” and reiterated that he would not give an NRO to the opposition leaders. “Let me once again reiterate: …