MUMBAI: The head of the world’s largest vaccine maker directly tweeted US President Joe Biden on Friday, urging him to lift an export ban on raw materials desperately needed to make more coronavirus shots. The unusual step by Serum Institute of India’s (SII) chief Adar Poonawalla underlined the crisis in providing vaccines to developing nations, many of which rely heavily …

RAWALPINDI: The police along with officials from law enforcement agencies on Thursday continued taking action against Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) and rounded up more than 50 of its members in the district, a police spokesman said. Chief of Pakistan Youth Parliament Shaheer Sialvi, who was held during a raid at his house and booked under terrorism charges, is one of them. …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan will likely inaugurate 32-km-long Margalla Avenue project on Monday. Sources said that CDA’s team remained busy on weekend to do necessary work for the inauguration ceremony. The Margalla Avenue is part of Islamabad’s master plan prepared in 1960 but it could not be constructed yet. However, the present government decided to construct this road from …

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Friday suspended the Municipal Cor­poration of Islamabad’s (MCI) notification regarding collection of fee from online food delivery service Foodpanda as publicity charges. IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah issued the suspension order after preliminary hearing of a petition filed by Foodpanda through Advo­cate Khurram Hashmi. The chief justice also sought MCI’s reply to the petition …

ISLAMABAD: Due to the shortage of manpower and engagement of police and the district administration in maintaining peace, seven sub-sectors in the capital city could not be sealed. Officials of the capital administration said the District Health Office had recommended sealing the seven areas due to an increase in the number of positive cases there. In response, the deputy commissioner …

QUETTA: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Balochistan, filed a reference related to a land scam involving six accused, including three former officials of revenue department, in the Accountability Court here on Friday. The reference is related to alleged Rs160 million loss to the exchequer caused by illegal sale of land after tampering with the revenue record of Gizarwan ward of …

LAHORE: Leader of the Opposition in National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif’s release from jail on bail in a money laundering reference may be delayed further as the Lahore High Court (LHC) bench that had granted him bail two days ago has so far not issued its written order. The LHC bench comprising Justice Sardar Mohammad Sarfraz Dogar and Justice Asjad Javed …

WASHINGTON: Ten of the 32 individuals and entities sanctioned by US President Joe Biden on Thursday for participating in Russia’s alleged cybercrimes are based in Karachi and Lahore, shows an official US statement. On Thursday, President Biden expelled 10 Russian diplomats and sanctioned almost three dozen individuals and companies in retaliation for a massive cyber-hacking of US federal agencies and …

• Package features restoration of farmland, construction of dam, motorway, gas & power supply • Sindh urged to reconsider cancellation of NOC for island project SUKKUR: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday unveiled a historic development package worth Rs446 billion to develop backward areas of PPP-led Sindh through power supply, irrigation, sports and communication projects. The package features restoration of …

Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry said on Saturday that the writ of the state could not be challenged and that the situation in the country had returned to normal after countywide protests by the now proscribed Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) over the arrest of its chief Saad Hussain Rizvi. While speaking to the media in Rawalpindi after visiting …