LONDON: If coronavirus vaccinations are rolled out widely, life could return to “normal” by next winter, one of the scientists behind the front-running coronavirus vaccine told British television on Sunday. Ugur Sahin, the Turkish co-founder of German firm BioN, told the BBC’s The Andrew Marr Show that “this winter will be hard” without any major impact from vaccinations. Together with US giant …

MULTAN: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Sunday that India was conspiring to damage the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project by creating unrest in the country. Talking to the media here, he said Pakistan had solid proof that India was trying to create law and order situation in the country and for the purpose it had given Rs80 billion …

The Foreign Office (FO) on Monday rejected a statement by the Indian Ministry of External Affairs denying the “irrefutable evidence” provided by Islamabad regarding India’s sponsorship of terrorism in the country. “Fully exposed, India has typically resorted to sophistry, obfuscation and re-fabrication. Bland denials and regurgitation of an old litany of charges, however, will not change facts,” a statement by …

KARACHI: While the provincial government seems to have focused on mega projects with international donor organisations’ support, the repair and maintenance work of roads and streets in almost every part of the city has long been halted by the contractors of the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) due to non-payment of their dues, piling miseries on people. While confiding this to Dawn, …

MULTAN: The Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) arrested former PML-N MNA Abdul Ghaffar Dogar on Sunday on the charges of forgery and illegal occupation of a piece of land. Mr Dogar was arrested when a PML-N delegation, led by Rana Sanaullah, was in Multan to finalise the arrangements for the Pakistan Democratic Movement’s rally. The PML-N is making preparations for the rally, …

ISLAMABAD: Three people died of Covid-19 and over 600 more contracted the virus in the twin cities on Sunday as the situation started to worsen in hospitals. Islamabad recorded 461 positive cases whereas Rawalpindi reported 142 new patients, the highest number in the garrison city since June. Some areas such as Bhara Kahu, I-8, G-7, G-9, G-6, E-11 and G-11 …

LAHORE: After many days of alarming air quality index (AQI) and thick smog blanketing Lahore and other industrial hubs, several cities and towns received wind and thunderstorm on Sunday, providing relief to the people encountering respiratory and other health issues due to the continuous vaporous weather. “The rain on Sunday and as predicted for Monday (today) will give a sigh …

MUZAFFARABAD: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Sardar Masood Khan on Sunday asserted that India’s naked aggression along the Line of Control (LoC) and involvement in terrorist activities inside Pakistan had exposed New Delhi before the international community. “The world community is now convinced that India is a terrorist state which is bent upon destroying peace and security of not …

Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah said on Monday he had tested positive for the coronavirus. In a statement released by the CM House, he said he had a mild fever on Friday and got himself tested after Friday prayers. “On the advice of my doctors, I have gone into isolation,” he said, adding that he was currently only experiencing …

PESHAWAR: Pakhtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) chief Manzoor Pashteen has said that despite peace talks spike in violence has put a question mark on the ongoing peace process in Afghanistan. Addressing a massive rally in Miramshah, the headquarters of North Waziristan tribal district, on Sunday, he said that on one hand the Taliban and Afghan government had started peace talks and …