Pakistan

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The positivity rate of coronavirus tests in Peshawar has exceeded 19 per cent and is the highest in the country, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) was told on Friday. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa capital has a positivity rate of 19.65pc, the forum was told in a meeting today. Peshawar is followed by Karachi, where the positivity rate stands 17.73pc. …

tahi ISLAMABAD: The government has no intention to recognise Israel and is determined to stand by the oppressed Palestinians as well as Kashmiris, according to Hafiz Tahir Ashrafi, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Middle East and Religious Affairs. Talking to the media on Wednesday, Hafiz Ashrafi, who heads the Pakistan Ulema Council (PUC), said the prime minister had …

MUZAFFARABAD: A villager of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) lost his life on Wednesday evening after an Indian sniper shot at him from across the restive Line of Control (LoC) while he was heading home on a motorbike, officials said. Chaudhry Ansar Mahmood, said to be in his mid-thirties, was about to reach his home in Gohra Mehri hamlet when …

ISLAMABAD: As daily cases of Covid-19 surpassed 3,000 on Wednesday, federal Information Minister Shibli Faraz criticised the opposition parties’ boycott of a meeting of the parliamentary committee on the pandemic and announced that cases would be registered against organisers of political gatherings and the leaders attending these events. The opposition parties, in line with their decision that they would not attend any …

LAHORE: Former patron-in-chief and founding leader of the Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), Pir Afzal Qadri, on Wednesday stirred a controversy around the group’s leadership when he questioned the succession of “mentally unstable” Saad Hussain Rizvi to lead the party after the death of Khadim Hussain Rizvi. In a video clip where Afzal Qadri could be seen addressing from a platform, he …

ISLAMABAD: An accountability court on Wednesday issued a written order confirming the report filed by National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on freezing the ‘properties’ of Senate Deputy Chairman Saleem Mandviwala. Mr Mandviwala, on the other hand has moved privilege motions in the Senate against NAB Chairman retired Justice Javed Iqbal, NAB Director General (Rawalpindi) Irfan Naeem Mangi, the investigating officer, the …

PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said on Thursday that he is self-isolating after testing positive for Covid-19 but that he will address the upcoming opposition rally via video link. Bilawal’s diagnosis comes just a day before the engagement of his sister, Bakhtawar Bhutto-Zardari, to a Dubai-based businessman and four days before the Pakistan Democratic Movement’s (PDM) next rally in Multan scheduled for November …

LAHORE: Prime Minister Imran Khan visited the Chaudhrys of Gujrat at their residence here on Wednesday for the first time since he assumed the office over two years ago. PM Khan’s visit to inquire after PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain may lead to improve the relations between the two allies, which had been strained for quite some time over a …

Six members of the Pakistan cricket squad, which is currently on a tour to New Zealand, have tested positive for the coronavirus, New Zealand Cricket (NZC) said on Thursday. The team also received a “final warning” for flouting quarantine rules. New Zealand health authorities revoked the players’ ability to train while in isolation at their Christchurch hotel, making clear they …