LAHORE: Middle-order batsman Umar Akmal has filed an appeal against his three-year ban imposed on him by the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) Disciplinary Panel, headed by retired Justice Fazle Miran Chouhan for not reporting to the Board about the approaches made to him by corrupt elements on two different occasions on the eve of the 5th […]
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KARACHI: Sharing his experiences in the 17-day isolation period he had undergone after suffering from Covid-19, Sindh Governor Imran Ismail said on Sunday that the coronavirus was not the disease that essentially culminated in death. In a statement, he said that the death rate from the coronavirus was very low and its patients could defeat […]
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PESHAWAR: The first Covid-19 patient has recovered after transfusion of convalescent plasma immunisation at Hayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar. The hospital has initiated collection of plasma from the recovered Covid-19 patients as part of the national trial to reduce mortalities during the pandemic under the leadership of Prof Tahir Shamsi of National Institute of Blood Diseases […]
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LAHORE: A minor boy was found strangled after alleged sexual assault in an under-construction plaza in the Nawab Town area on Sunday. Police said 10-year-old child of Samsani village near Johar Town and his cousin went to a nearby shop to buy utensils. They found the shop closed and the cousin returned home while the […]
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RAWALPINDI: Federal Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said on Sunday that an amount of Rs240 million would be refunded to passengers, who had booked tickets on different trains, from Wednesday if the decision of resumption of train service was not made by Tuesday. “The Pakistan Railways is ready to run 30 trains in initial phase […]
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Chief Justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmed on Monday issued directions to reopen shopping malls across the country. During a hearing of a suo motu case regarding measures taken to deal with the coronavirus crisis — being heard by a five-member bench comprising the CJP, Justice Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Mazhar Alam Khan Miankhel, Justice Sajjad […]
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ISLAMABAD: Rejecting the constitution of the 10th National Finance Commission (NFC), the Pakistan Peoples Party called upon the government on Sunday to immediately withdraw its notification. Dr Nafisa Shah, the PPP’s information secretary, made the appeal while speaking at a news conference at the party’s media office. Palwasha Khan and senator Rubina Khalid accompanied her. […]
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ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development & Special Initiatives Asad Umar has assured newspaper sellers that the government will play its role for pulling them out of the financial crisis in this critical time. The minister said this while talking to a delegation of the All Pakistan Akhbar Farosh Federation headed by its secretary general […]
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ISLAMABAD: Amid disbursement of Rs1.3 billion by the finance ministry as partial payment of retirement dues to former employees of Pakistan Steel Mills, a group of suppliers, dealers, contractors and pensioners of the PSM have demanded constitution of a committee to investigate ‘deliberate destruction’ of the mills. A senior government official confirmed to Dawn “Rs1.3bn […]
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ISLAMABAD: Amid tight demand-supply conditions of high-speed diesel during the wheat harvesting season, the government has asked the oil marketing companies and refineries to beef up supplies of major transport fuels ahead of Eidul Fitr. In an advisory issued on the weekend, the petroleum division directed “all OMCs to enhance their logistics movement from Karachi […]
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