KARACHI: As 500,000 more doses of Sinopharm vaccine arrived from China, the Sindh government’s plan to import 10 million doses from the neighbouring country may take another few weeks to materialise as first such shipment is likely to arrive in the third week of May, officials and sources said on Sunday. A senior Sindh government official confirmed that the authorities …

LAHORE: The students of O and A levels demanded Prime Minister Imran Khan cancel the Cambridge Assessment International Education examination on Sunday after courts across the country turned down their petitions two days ago. In an online campaign on twitter through the hashtag, #NCOCcancelexam, the students dispelled the impression that they were making the demand for being under-prepared, explaining that it …

• 118 die of virus, 5,611 more infected • 1m doses reach Pakistan • Expert warns country entering dangerous phase ISLAMABAD: With the number of Covid-19 cases hovering over 5,000 for more than a week, all provinces as well as Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) have sought services of the armed forces to get the standard operating …

The Sindh government on Monday imposed several restrictions to curb the spread of the coronavirus, including closing down all schools, colleges and educational institutions. The decisions were taken during a meeting of the provincial Coronavirus Task Force, chaired by Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah. Provincial ministers Dr Azra Pechuho, Saeed Ghani and Nasir Shah also attended the meeting. Decisions …

Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Monday that the Kisan (farmer) Card was a step in moving towards modern agriculture and would “transform and change” Pakistan. The prime minister was addressing the distribution ceremony of the Kisan Cards in Multan where he said that time would prove that this was a step towards modern agriculture. He hailed the Kisan Card …

The Supreme Court on Monday accepted Justice Qazi Faez Isa’s review petitions challenging the court’s judgement on the presidential reference against him. A 10-member bench, headed by Justice Umar Ata Bandial, was hearing review petitions filed against the court’s June 19, 2020, judgement on the presidential reference in which the court had empowered the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to …

A shootout Saturday night between at least two men left one of them dead and another wounded in Arlington, police say. Police were called shortly after 8 p.m. to an apartment complex in the 4900 block of Long Beach Drive, near U.S. Highway 287 and Sublett Road, where they found an 18-year-old who had been shot. He was pronounced dead …

Across the state, 1,682 more COVID-19 cases were reported Sunday, including 1,344 new ones and 338 older ones that were recently added by labs. The state also reported 20 COVID-19 deaths, raising its toll to 48,966. The state’s case total is now 2,824,620, including 2,457,069 confirmed and 407,551 probable. There are 2,684 COVID-19 patients in Texas hospitals, including 477 in …

Sunday started out cool, in the low 50s. But sunshine and a returning south wind brought a quick warm up by afternoon, with highs in the low 80s. The warm and dry weather pattern will continue through the start of the work week with highs in the mid 80s on Monday, in spite of increasing high clouds. Tuesday will be …

A 20-year-old man killed his mother and teenage sister in Allen and was arrested at DFW Airport as he tried to flee. Burak Hezar has been charged with capital murder after police say he killed his mother and sister before trying to flee the state.(Collin County Jail) Officers were called shortly after 9 a.m. Saturday to a home in the …