• Vaccination of people aged 40-49 begins today
• 113 succumb to virus, over 4,000 get infected
• Fafen calls for strategic approach to cover gaps
ISLAMABAD: In a bid to prevent possible arrival of new Covid-19 variants, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Sunday decided to enhance protocols on borders with Iran and Afghanistan by regulating inbound pedestrian movement and effectively managing health guidelines.
On the other hand, vaccination of people in the age bracket of 40-49 years is set to begin on Monday (today).
An official of the Ministry of National Health Services, on condition of anonymity, had said that there were an estimated 12 million people in this age group.
• Vaccination of people aged 40-49 begins today
• 113 succumb to virus, over 4,000 get infected
• Fafen calls for strategic approach to cover gaps
ISLAMABAD: In a bid to prevent possible arrival of new Covid-19 variants, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Sunday decided to enhance protocols on borders with Iran and Afghanistan by regulating inbound pedestrian movement and effectively managing health guidelines.
On the other hand, vaccination of people in the age bracket of 40-49 years is set to begin on Monday (today).
An official of the Ministry of National Health Services, on condition of anonymity, had said that there were an estimated 12 million people in this age group.
Controls on Afghan, Iran borders being beefed up to fight Covid Dawn 5 hrs ago none@none.com (Ikram Junaidi)
ISLAMABAD: In a bid to prevent possible arrival of new Covid-19 variants, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Sunday decided to enhance protocols on borders with Iran and Afghanistan by regulating inbound pedestrian movement and effectively managing health guidelines.
On the other hand, vaccination of people in the age bracket of 40-49 years is set to begin on Monday (today).
An official of the Ministry of National Health Services, on condition of anonymity, had said that there were an estimated 12 million people in this age group.
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May 3, 2021
KARACHI: The Sindh Education and Labour Minister, Saeed Ghani, has asked the former prime minister and PML-N leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi to identify a single polling station of NA-249 where rigging took place in the April 29 by-election in Karachi.
Speaking at a press conference here on Sunday, Saeed Ghani said not a single contesting political party had complained about rigging from the start of polling till the counting of votes on the day of by-poll.
He said the PML-N leaders â Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Muhammad Zubair and Miftah Ismail â themselves had reached the office of returning officer by 10 pm on the day of the election.
The Election Commission of Pakistan on Saturday stayed the process for consolidation of result in NA-249 constituency and fixed May 4 as the date for hearing of PML-N candidate Dr Miftah Ismael’s application seeking a recount of votes. Photo courtesy Radio Pak/File
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ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Saturday stayed the process for consolidation of result in NA-249 (Karachi) constituency and fixed May 4 as the date for hearing of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz candidate Dr Miftah Ismael’s application seeking a recount of votes.