KARACHI: Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah said on Sunday that in terms of detection of new coronavirus cases, deaths of patients and plane crash tragedy the month of May proved to be the heaviest and worst as far as loss of human life was concerned. In a statement issued from the CM House, he […]
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• 2,785 more contract coronavirus in a day, tally rises to 71,068• Minister asks officials to plan strategy for further easing restrictions ISLAMABAD: As over 54,000 people contracted the novel coronavirus and more than 1,100 patients died in Pakistan during the month of May, the percentage of tests with positive result has also increased tremendously. The […]
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MQM-P leader Farogh Naseem on Monday said that he has resigned from his post as law minister on the “request of the prime minister of Pakistan”. Naseem has stepped down in order to represent the government in the presidential references filed against Supreme Court judge Justice Qazi Faez Isa. In an official statement, Naseem said: […]
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An alarming summary presented by the Punjab Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department to Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar almost two weeks ago had revealed that “no workplace and residential area of any town is disease-free” in the provincial capital, and that total virus cases in the city are estimated at around 0.7 million, it emerged […]
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Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday announced further easing of lockdown measures across the country, even as he appealed the nation to adopt standard operating procedures (SOPs) and other precautionary measures to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. He was addressing the nation after a meeting of the National Coordination Committee (NCC). “I want […]
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LONDON: The European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator told Britain on Sunday that the economic damage wrought by the coronavirus crisis made it especially important the sides reach a new trade deal. EU and UK negotiators will enter a fourth and last scheduled round of talks this week that could determine if a comprehensive new agreement […]
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ISLAMABAD: The Ethiopian government has sought extension in the waiver to export red kidney beans to Pakistan. Pakistan had lifted the ban on export of red kidney beans from Ethiopia for three months, which expired in March this year, but the Ethiopian government could not avail of the facility due to novel coronavirus outbreak. The […]
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BANKS did well in the first quarter of 2020. And chances are their performance during the second quarter will also be OK — thanks to their aggressive investment in government debt papers and modest growth in private-sector lending. Relaxed rules for the treatment of bad loans and provisioning against them in the wake of Covid-19 […]
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ISLAMABAD: The government on Sunday reduced prices of all petroleum products except High Speed Diesel (HSD) to partially pass on the impact of massive international price reduction to the masses. The revised prices will remain effective till June 30. In doing so, the government increased the rate of petroleum levy on petrol by more than […]
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The Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation rate slowed to 8.2 per cent year-on-year in May, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) said on Monday. The inflation rate was 8.5pc in April, and currently stands at 10.94pc for the period from July to May, 2019-20. CPI peaked in January, registering 14.56pc year-on-year. Food inflation, with a weight of […]
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