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Photo: File Owing to a disruption in vaccine supply from the Centre, several vaccination centres across Sindh, including Hyderabad, had to temporarily close due to a shortage of vaccines. According to the Sindh Health Department, forty per cent of the vaccination centres in Hyderabad and parts of lower Sindh had …

Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif speaking on the floor of the NA in Islamabad, on June 17, 2021. Screengrab via Geo News. ISLAMABAD: The Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif on Thursday took a jibe at the PTI government and said that the …

A YouTuber from Gujranwala was arrested on Thursday for the criminal intimidation of women and has confessed to doing so for the sake of amassing a large following on the video platform. The focal person to Chief Minister Punjab on digital media, Azhar Mashwani, reported that the man has been …

A picture of the building on the right dangerously tilting in one direction, in Karachi’s DHA. Photo: File KARACHI: The Defence Housing Authority (DHA) on Thursday vacated a building that was tilting dangerously to one side.  The building had been damaged after last year’s torrential rains, said a DHA official, …

JUI cleric Mufti Aziz ur Rehman, his sons, and two unidentified men have been booked by the Lahore police after a video of the religious leader molesting a student went viral on social media, Geo News reported Thursday. The news report says the case was registered on the student’s complaint …

Prime Minister Imran Khan addressing an event. — PID/File ISLAMABAD Electronic voting was the only way to ensure transparency and prevent rigging in the elections,  Prime Minister Imran Khan has said, according to a statement issued from the PM Office on Thursday. PM Imran Khan’s statement came during a meeting …

Vehicles on the road during rain in Karachi. — APP/File The meteorological department on Thursday forecast strong winds and heavy rain would grip Karachi  today (Thursday). Sukkur, Larkana, Khairpur, Kashmore, Ghotki, Shaheed Benazirabad, Dadu, Jacobabad, Padaidan, Rohri, Hyderabad, Umerkot, Mirpur Khas, Tharparkar, Khairpur, and Sanghar will likely receive rain as …

Leader of the Opposition Shahbaz Sharif addressing on the floor of the National Assembly in Islamabad, on June 16, 2021. — YouTube Leader of the Opposition in National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif for the third time on Wednesday failed to deliver his  budget speech in the National Assembly — despite being …

Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mehmood presiding over a meeting of PEC, VCs of universities and HEC officials. Photo: Twitter/Education Ministry The Federal Education Ministry announced on Wednesday that A2 students will be allowed to appear in the ECAT and engineering college admission tests and will be given admission based on …

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi will leave for Turkey tomorrow (Thursday) for a three-day trip to attend the Antalya Diplomacy Forum. “Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi will undertake an official visit to Turkey to participate in the Antalya Diplomacy Forum from 17-20 June 2021 at the invitation of Foreign Minister …