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Arresting virus spread is top priority: Umar
Jun 07, 2020ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning and Special Initiatives Asad Umar has urged people to take precautionary measures against the Covid-19 breakout seriously."Curbing the spread of...
CDWP recommends ML-1 project to ECNEC for approval
Jun 07, 2020ISLAMABAD: The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) recommended $7.2 billion Main Line-I (ML-1) railway project of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) to the Executive Committee...
POL products’ shortage: Blame laid at the door of ECC
Jun 07, 2020ISLAMABAD: The blame of the current petroleum products' supply crisis across the country is laid at the door of Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the...
PCR lab capacity enhanced to 31,400 tests per day, SC told
Jun 07, 2020ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court was informed on Saturday that PCR laboratory testing capacity has been enhanced from 24,446 per day to 31,400 tests per day...
Link to ‘Pak Nigheban app’ unavailable
Jun 07, 2020ISLAMABAD: Coronavirus patients are facing serious problems in getting information regarding the availability of hospital beds located across the country as no link to the...
OPEC, Russia extend record oil cuts to end of July
Jun 07, 2020MOSCOW: OPEC, Russia and allies agreed on Saturday to extend record oil production cuts until the end of July, prolonging a deal that has helped...
Government to constitute ‘Data Protection Authority’
Jun 07, 2020ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to constitute "Data Protection Authority" that will work to curb the misuse of data and protect the personal information of...
Brazil threatens to quit WHO, Trump says US beating pandemic
Jun 07, 2020RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has threatened to pull out of the WHO over "ideological bias," as his counterpart Donald Trump said the...
US accuses China of using Floyd death for propaganda
Jun 07, 2020WASHINGTON: The United States on Saturday accused China of using the unrest triggered by the death of George Floyd in police custody to justify denying...
Global race protests mark George Floyd’s death
Jun 07, 2020LONDON: Taking a knee, chanting and ignoring social distancing measures, outraged protesters from Sydney to London kicked off a weekend of global rallies Saturday against...