Pakistan

For the first time in the country’s history, 600 out of 4,000 apartments will be given to slum dwellers as Prime Minister Imran Khan performed the ground-breaking of the low-cost housing units in the capital’s Farash Town on Thursday.…
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Bhutan on Wednesday said it had given about 60 percent of its entire population a first jab against Covid-19 since the Himalayan kingdom started an ambitious vaccination drive nine days ago. The tiny nation wedged between India and China…
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REUTERS: New Zealand on Wednesday decided to ban travellers from India after the country continued to report a high number of coronavirus cases. The move comes after New Zealand recorded 23 new positive coronavirus cases at its border on…
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Prime Minister Imran Khan's ex-wife, Jemima Khan, on Wednesday criticised her husband for his statement on the rape of women, saying the Imran Khan she knew was more about men acting modestly than policing women. A few days ago, the…
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LAHORE: The Punjab government will soon procure a million doses of the coronavirus vaccine, said provincial health minister Dr Yasmin Rashid on Thursday. The minister said the purchase of the doses will be made after the federal cabinet…
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ISLAMABAD: The Federal Government needs to fix what speakers at a webinar on April 6 said was a long-standing issue of lack of electricity in Gilgit-Baltistan. Dawn’s GB correspondent Jamil Nagri said at the webinar “Tourism in Pakistan…
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ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that building multi-dimensional relations with Russia is a key priority for Pakistan. "We believe a strong relationship contributes to regional stability and global security," FM…
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One in three people who overcome Covid-19 suffer from a neurological or psychiatric diagnosis six months on, according to the largest study so far published on the mental toll that long-Covid takes on survivors. Authors said the…
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ISLAMABAD (APP): Prime Minister Imran Khan Tuesday said that his government would approach the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for second relief package as third COVID-19 wave had gripped the country with its service sector hit badly.…
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Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and his Russian counterpart Surgey Lavrov are leading their respective delegations at the bilateral talks to be held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday. During the two-day (April 6-7)…
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Prime Minister Imran Khan will lead Pakistan’s delegation to the 10th D-8 Summit being hosted by the People’s Republic of Bangladesh in virtual format on 8 April 2021. Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi will attend the 19th…
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ISLAMABAD: Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mehmood announced Tuesday that classes from 1 till 8 in all public and private schools would remain suspended in Covid-hit districts of the country till April 28. The decision was announced…
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday said that his government was working on a ski resorts feasibility in a bid to boost winter tourism. “Exploring winter tourism and ski resorts feasibility, Deosai plains first-ever winter…
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Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Tuesday said Pakistan would welcome if Russia made an investment for the revival of Pakistan Steels Mills (PSM) or other projects. The PSM was set up with the technical and financial help of…
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KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) - Thousands of Pakistanis rushed to get inoculated in the first round of commercial sales of COVID-19 vaccines that began over the weekend, with vaccination sites in the southern city of Karachi saying on Sunday…
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