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At least four injured in blast in Balochistan’s Turbat


January 10, 2021

At least four people were injured in an explosion in Turbat’s Cinema bazaar in Balochistan on Sunday, police officials said. The injured were shifted to District Headquarters Hospital, Turbat for medical treatment while police and Frontier Corps (FC) personnel cordoned off the area and started investigations. The attack is believed to have been carried out by militants seeking to target …

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Govt optimistic of getting Covid vaccine soon


January 10, 2021

• WHO urges manufacturers to prioritise vaccine supply • Gallup survey says over 70pc Pakistanis think govt handled Covid-19 crisis well ISLAMABAD: As the international coalition Covax, which has pledged to provide 50 million free doses of Covid-19 vaccine to Pakistan, secured contracts of two billion doses, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health Dr Faisal Sultan expressed optimism …

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New IGP assures Osama’s family of justice


January 10, 2021

ISLAMABAD: The newly-appointed inspector general of police (IGP), Qazi Jamilur Rehman, visited the house of Osama Satti on Saturday to condole with his family and assured them that justice would be provided as the case was being investigated purely on merit. IGP Rehman further said that progress on the case would be shared with the family as well as the …

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PML-N to take part in Senate polls, by-elections


January 10, 2021

LAHORE: One of the main opposition parties, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), on Saturday announced that it would take part in the Senate polls and any option of resignations from assemblies would be “weighed” after that. The PML-N also said that the opposition parties in the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) would jointly contest the Senate elections and by-polls. The PML-N …

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Cruz slams Biden for likening him to Hitler propagandist, but has alluded to Nazis himself to make a political point


January 10, 2021

Sen. Ted Cruz called President-elect Joe Biden’s likening of him to Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels “vicious partisan rhetoric,” but the Texan isn’t innocent of invoking the Holocaust to make a political point. Cruz came under fire for invoking the Holocaust in 2013, when he compared Obamacare appeasers to “pundits” who told people to just “accept the Nazis,” in a marathon …

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Dallas County tops 3,000 daily cases for 1st time; state opens therapeutic centers in North Texas


January 10, 2021

Dallas County on Saturday announced 3,194 coronavirus cases, all of them considered new and marking the first time the county has announced more than 3,000 in a day. Ten new COVID-19 deaths also were reported. Meanwhile, the state announced Saturday that Fort Worth and Irving will each be home to centers where certain patients can seek therapeutic infusion to fight …

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