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PESHAWAR: Coronavirus has claimed 29 more lives and infected 495 others in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as authorities continue to take action against violators of the precautionary measures, especially Mardan, a high-risk district. In Mardan, where positivity rate for Covid-19 swabs rose to more than 17 per cent, calls were made from mosques through loudspeakers by the administration to ask people to stay home to avoid getting infected. Peshawar lost 15 persons to the virus during the last 24 hours, mak...

Hot and dry weather predicted for plain areas National May 7, 2021 LAHORE: Partly cloudy weather with scattered rain was observed in the City here Thursday while Met office predicted similar weather conditions for the next 24 hours. Met officials said that a westerly wave was affecting upper and central parts of the country and may persist in upper parts till tomorrow. They predicted that hot and dry weather was likely to prevail in most plain areas of the country. However, thunderstorm was e...

Wholesale dealers in KP hit hard by pandemic, restrictions National May 3, 2021 PESHAWAR: The coronavirus pandemic, constant lockdowns and strict policies of the government have badly affected the business of traders taking the daily use items to the far-flung areas in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The traders taking flour, ghee, sugar, gurr to Upper Dir, Chitral, Swat, Shangla and other inaccessible areas have not stored these items for the second consecutive year due to coronavirus pandemic, saying i...

Pandemic, curbs hit wholesale dealers National May 2, 2021 PESHAWAR: The coronavirus pandemic, constant lockdowns and strict policies of the government have badly affected the business of traders taking the daily use items to the far-flung areas in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The traders taking flour, ghee, sugar, gurr to Upper Dir, Chitral, Swat, Shangla and other inaccessible areas have not stored these items for the second consecutive year due to coronavirus pandemic, saying it would be difficult ...

A view of the Hayatabad Medical Complexs emergency department. — Facebook PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan has ordered an inquiry into the alleged violence by two MPAs against doctors in the Hayatabad Medical Complex on Friday night. The hospital’s doctors stopped offering elective services to the visitors and warned that they would observe a complete strike, including withdrawal of Covid-19 services, from Wednesday if a strict action wasn’t taken against both lawm...

The Covid-19 positivity level in Mardan came down to 14 per cent from 23.3 per cent in a day. — AFP/File PESHAWAR: Though Khyber Pakhtunkhwa recorded 36 deaths from coronavirus on Thursday, the Covid-19 positivity level in Mardan came down to 14 per cent from 23.3 per cent in a day. On average, 35 people were killed by the virus and 1,000 people were infected with it in the province daily during the last one month, officials told Dawn. They said half of Covid-19 beds in thedistrict headquarte...

PESHAWAR: The City Police have booked health minister Taimur Saleem Jhagra for hosting an iftar dinner at a local restaurant in violation of Covid-19 standard operating procedures. The FIR, which also named the restaurant’s management, was registered by the Sarband police station early on Tuesday over a social media uproar, which erupted after pictures of the minister’s iftar party were widely shared online. Sarband police registered the FIR under sections 6 and 17 of the KP Epidemic Contro...

PESHAWAR: With coronavirus claiming 37 more lives in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Saturday, the private hospitals in Peshawar and Swat have begun providing admission, ventilator, medical oxygen, diagnosis and medicines to the people infected with the virus free of charge under the government’s Sehat Sahulat Programme (SSP). The public sector hospitals are already offering those services to Covid-19 patients. SSP deputy director (administration) Dr Aamir Rafiq told Dawn that free services were being ...

Peshawar April 24, 2021 PESHAWAR: Taking exception to the non-compliance of his ruling, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Speaker Mushtaq Ahmad Ghani has summoned the administrative secretary of the Finance department. The speaker also warned him of bringing a privilege motion against him and writing a letter to the chief secretary about his irresponsible behaviour. He asked the chief secretary to initiate inquiry against the secretary Finance for not complying with his previous ruling. The speaker ...

Panahgahs offer Sehar, Iftar to homeless Focal person on Shelter Home Programme breaks fast with dwellers APP April 19, 2021 Prime Minister Imran Khan spent first evening of the new year with the poor people at Tarnol Panagah in Islamabad. PHOTO: RADIO PAKISTAN ISLAMABAD: A festive spirit was witnessed at over 100 countrywide Panahgahs where hundreds of thousands fasting labourers and daily wage earners broke their fast on Sunday. Iftar and Sehar are being served at Panahgahs amid strict adhe...