Wednesday, February 10th, 2021
NCOC takes stock of violations in vaccine administration
Shujaat Hamza ISLAMABAD: NCOC morning session held. NCOC took a very comprehensive overview of vaccine administration progress to frontline health care workers and particularly various operational and administrative issues needing prompt action after start of vaccine on Feb 3rd. An elaborate and well defined procedure laid down by NCOC was shared with all stake holders. However the same was not strictly followed by some, resulted in violations. This was taken cognizance of and provinces asked to ensure compliance as per the agreed guidelines and procedures NCOC vaccine nerve centre NIMSRead More
Court extends interim bail to Sindh minister other accused in graft probe
KARACHI : An accountability court was informed on Wednesday that an accountability probe against provincial minister Sohail Anwar Siyal and others has been changed into an investigation. The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) informed the court about progress in the inquiry against Siyal and others. The court extended interim bail of Sohail Anwar Siyal, Zafar Siyal and Jameel Soomro till March 31. “Ghulam Asghar and Bakht Siyal have also been included in the probe,” NAB prosecutor informed the court and sought more time from the court for completion of the investigationRead More
PSL 2021 tickets will be sold online only: PCB
LAHORE : The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has signed an agreement with an e-ticketing platform for the sale of tickets of the Pakistan Super League’s sixth edition (PSL 2021) which commences at the National Stadium in Karachi from February 20, according to a statement issued Tuesday. The National Command and Control Centre had last week permitted the PCB to allow a limited number of spectators in the stadiums during PSL with strict COVID-19 SOPs, including social distancing. “With a socially distant seating plan cricket fans can now be a partRead More
IIOJ&K becomes a terrible example of extra judicial killings: Gandapur
Islamabad, 10 Feb 2021 : Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit Baltistan Ali Amin Gandapur says India’s state institutions have become agents of Hindutva ideology of RSS, unleashing illegitimate atrocities on innocent people of the illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmiris. He made these remarks in connection with the death anniversary of Muhammad Afzal Guru, who was secretly hanged to death by India in New Delhi’s Tihar Jail on 9th February, in 2013. The Minister said the Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir has become a terrible example of extra judicialRead More
COVID-19: 1,072 new cases, 62 deaths recorded in a day
ISLAMABAD : Pakistan has recorded 62 more coronavirus-related deaths in past 24 hours, surging the overall death toll to 12,128. According to the latest statistics of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), the COVID-19 has claimed 62 more lives and 1,072 fresh infections were reported. In the past 24 hours, as many as 1,441 patients have recovered from the virus in a day and 1,797 patients are still in critical condition. The total count of active cases is 30,512. According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), withRead More