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Pakistan reports 140 deaths from COVID in past 24 hours

The novel coronavirus claimed 140 more lives across Pakistan over the previous 24 hours, pushing the death toll from the disease to 18,677, reported on Friday.

May 7, 2021
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Board exams would begin in the country after June 15, Shafqat Mahmood

Federal Minister for Shafqat Mahmood on Thursday announced that board exams would begin in the country after June 15.

May 7, 2021
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Eid ul Fitr: President Alvi grants special remission in sentences for prisoners

President Arif Alvi has announced a special remission of 90 days in sentences of the prisoners on the occasion of Eidul Fitr.

May 6, 2021
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Shehbaz petitions LHC for removal of name from blacklist

PML-N President and Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif Thursday approached the Lahore High Court (LHC) seeking removal of his name from a blacklist.

May 6, 2021
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PTI looks for ECP to announce NA-249 by political decision results as void

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has filed a petition in the Election Commission of Pakistan seeking to declare Karachi’s NA-249 election results as void, reported on Thursday.

May 6, 2021
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PM sets out on three-day official visit to Saudi Arabia tomorrow

Prime Minister Imran Khan will embark on a three-day official visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia tomorrow at the invitation of Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz.

May 6, 2021
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Corona claims 108 more lives across Pakistan within 24 hrs

The novel coronavirus claimed 108 more lives across Pakistan over the previous 24 hours, raising the death toll from the disease to 18,537.

May 6, 2021
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Overseas Pakistanis are precious assets of the country, PM Imran Khan

Prime Minister Imran Khan addressed Pakistani ambassadors stationed across the globe, days after he had called back Pakistan's envoy to Saudi Arabia over the mistreatment of the Pakistani expat community by the latter's staff.

May 5, 2021
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Islamabad, Riyadh military cooperation will have positive impact on peace: COAS

Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa said that military cooperation between Islamabad and Riyadh will have a “positive impact on peace and security” of the region, said a statement issued by the Inter…

May 5, 2021
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Fix price of oxygen cylinders, SC tells government

The Supreme Court directed on Wednesday the Ministry of Industries and Production to fix the price of oxygen cylinders within two days’ time.

May 5, 2021
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Pakistan seals land borders with Iran and Afghanistan

Pakistan has sealed its land borders with Iran and Afghanistan over apprehensions regarding transmission of new variants of the coronavirus to the country, reported on Wednesday.

May 5, 2021
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Voting for PP-84 Khushab by-election gets underway

PML-N in the lead in PP-84 Khushab by-election, early, unofficial results show

Results have started to trickle in for the by-election in Khushab city of Punjab's Sargodha district.

May 5, 2021
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Pakistan reports 4,113 new corona infections in last 24 hrs

The COVID-19 pandemic has claimed 119 more lives across Pakistan during the previous 24 hours, taking the death toll from the disease to 18,429.

May 5, 2021
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Federal Minister Asad Umar and National Coordinator Lieutenant General Hamood Uz Zaman Khan

NCOC forms monitoring teams to ensure SOPs from May 8-16

The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Tuesday decided to form monitoring teams at federal, provincial, and district levels to ensure the implementation of coronavirus SOPs from May 8-16.

May 4, 2021
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