ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet on Tuesday approved easing lockdown restrictions in the country gradually after May 9 to open earning facilities to workers and daily wage earners provided strict implementation of the coronavirus-related preventive measures suggested by the government is ensured. The National Coordination Committee (NCC) will meet on Wednesday (today) in which the Centre […]
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A special committee formed by the Sindh government to probe the death of Dr Furqanul Haq – who became the third member of the medical fraternity in Karachi to have died from the coronavirus – concluded in its report that “misjudgment” on part of the medical officer at Civil Hospital was the cause of his […]
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WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday said “enormous evidence” showed the new coronavirus originated in a lab in China, further fuelling tensions with Beijing over its handling of the outbreak. Pompeo’s comments came as Europe and parts of the United States prepared to cautiously lift virus lockdowns as signs emerge that the […]
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WASHINGTON: The head of the maker of remdesivir, an anti-viral shown to reduce recovery times in Covid-19 patients, said on Sunday the company has been exporting the drug and is making it available to patients in the United States through the US government. Gilead Sciences CEO Daniel O’Day said the company is donating its entire […]
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The acting top US diplomat for South Asia announced her retirement on Sunday, as President Donald Trump looks increasingly likely to go a full term without a Senate-confirmed State Department official focused on the subcontinent. Alice Wells, a career diplomat who has served as acting assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asia for […]
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The Foreign Office (FO) on Monday rejected India’s “baseless and fallacious contention” regarding the Supreme Court’s decision to allow the federal government to conduct the upcoming general elections in Gilgit-Baltistan (GB). On April 30, the top court had allowed the Centre to conduct the elections under the Election Act 2017 and amend the related law […]
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There were signs on Monday that the coronavirus pandemic was easing significantly in some parts of Europe but getting worse in India and Russia. Meanwhile, pressure to reopen kept building in the United States — which has only seen a slight drop in reported daily new cases — as tens of millions have lost their […]
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LAHORE: The sports community of the country, one of the worst hit due to Covid-19, has finally received a good news that Federal Minister for Inter-provincial Coordination (IPC) Dr Fehmida Mirza has decided to take the four provincial sports boards besides Azad Jammu Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan sports officials on board for a session to find […]
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LAHORE: Former chief executive of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Arif Ali Khan Abbasi has supported ex-national side captain Salim Malik and said he has already paid a huge price for the match-fixing offence and has the right to perform his role in the game of cricket. Talking, Abbasi said Fakharuddin G Ebraheem — one […]
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