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PSL fixtures to go ahead as scheduled even as two more foreign players test positive for Covid-19

Number of known infections in the league rises to four after Australian leg-spinner Fawad Ahmed tested positive on Saturday.

Updated 02 Mar, 2021 06:49pm

PTI up in arms after video emerges of Gilani's son showing lawmakers how to cancel Senate vote

Govt demands ECP declare PDM candidate ineligible for polls; Gilani's son accepts his role but denies wrongdoing.

Published 02 Mar, 2021 09:43pm

PM holds back-to-back meetings with lawmakers

Kicks off canvassing for candidates in Senate polls; will host lunch for ruling alliance MNAs today.

Updated 02 Mar, 2021 07:28am

Fracas in Sindh Assembly as PTI lawmakers scuffle with dissident MPAs

PTI's Karim Bux Gabol, who had earlier announced he would not vote for party candidates, taken away by PTI lawmakers.

Updated 02 Mar, 2021 07:39pm

Senate elections on March 3 to be held as per past practice: ECP

Says decision being taken due to "time constraints"; committee formed to take input on use of tech in future Senate polls.

Published 02 Mar, 2021 12:00pm

Justice Isa tells SC he will argue case himself

Reminds the court that his application seeking live telecast of the hearing was unusual but also necessary.

Updated 02 Mar, 2021 08:22am

PTI’s allies reassure support for Hafeez Shaikh in Senate poll

Meeting of PTI-led coalition ends speculation the MQM is tilting towards the opposition.

Updated 02 Mar, 2021 07:43am

After SC ruling on Senate polls, the ball is in ECP's court: law experts

SHCBA president says short order did not give any specific directive to ECP to make the ballot traceable or identifiable.

Published 02 Mar, 2021 07:23am

CAA extends travel restrictions on some countries including UK, S. Africa till March 14

Authority categorises 21 countries as category A, travellers from these countries will not be required to have PCR test.

Published 02 Mar, 2021 09:51am

NA extends medical institute ordinance for 120 days

PPP opposes move, saying the decision will pave way for privatisation of hospitals.

Updated 02 Mar, 2021 08:25am

Editorial: After SC decision on Senate polls, parties should look towards parliament for making changes

Untangling the mystery: All you need to know about Senate elections

Political fault lines within PTI go beyond mismanagement of by-elections

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India's Shashi Tharoor has a request for Pakistani comedian Akbar Chaudhry

Ali Kazmi's Funny Boy is eligible for an Oscar

Bilal Saeed and Momina Mustehsan's Baari crosses 100 million views on YouTube

Heer Ranjha star Ejaz Durrani passes away in Lahore

Nothing can be more meme-worthy than the Lahore Qalandars' new anthem

Everything you need to know about Osman Khalid Butt's 'wedding'

Khaadi's latest campaign features a plus-size model and we're here for it

Shamoon Ismail blows hot and cold in 'Cold World'

I just don't ever want to be with an actor, says Mahira Khan

Helping bees to help us: Explaining Pakistan's initiative of planting bee flora

Neither Karachi nor Lahore — Shaheen Afridi wins for his heartwarming gesture after clean bowling Babar Azam

Thespianz Theatre organises puppet show to educate people on rare diseases

Sindh

Fracas in Sindh Assembly as PTI lawmakers scuffle with dissident MPAs

PTI's Karim Bux Gabol, who had earlier announced he would not vote for party candidates, taken away by PTI lawmakers.

Updated 02 Mar, 2021 07:39pm

ATC dismisses bail pleas of opposition leader Haleem Adil Sheikh

Judge observes Sheikh was alleged to be the main character who allegedly spread terror among voters through his armed guards.

Updated 02 Mar, 2021 10:20am

Bird flu threat looms amid weak disease surveillance by govt

"The bird flu threat is serious though we haven’t received any report of a case yet," says lab official.

Updated 02 Mar, 2021 10:21am

Punjab

Two Mayo staffers test positive weeks after first vaccine shot

Senior official suggests random sampling of the vaccinated.

Updated 02 Mar, 2021 10:00am

Blasphemy suspect gets bail over four years after arrest

He was a juvenile when he was arrested in 2016; lawyer argues blasphemous post on WhatsApp had not been generated by the boy.

Updated 02 Mar, 2021 10:08am

RPO, commissioner removed over Daska by-poll controversy

Action taken in compliance with recommendations of ECP.

Updated 02 Mar, 2021 10:11am

KP & FATA

PML-N lawmaker takes oath insisting voters rejected PTI narrative

PA seeks diplomatic passports for speaker, relatives, blue passports for MPAs.

Updated 02 Mar, 2021 10:29am

‘Desecration’ of Holy Quran protested in Haripur

Protesters claim some people were falsely trying to show the accused a mentally retarded person.

Updated 02 Mar, 2021 10:33am

Monitoring of secondary hospitals to improve patient care

Visiting inspectors will ascertain patients’ level of satisfaction.

Updated 02 Mar, 2021 10:35am

Balochistan

Sanjrani offers four Senate seats to PDM from Balochistan

He is nowadays in Quetta drumming up support for candidates of the ruling Balochistan Awami Party and its allies.

Updated 02 Mar, 2021 08:35am

Data on royalty paid by firm running Saindak project sought

The firm took over the Saindak project in Chagai district in 2002 and it has been running the project since then.

Updated 02 Mar, 2021 09:03am

Strike observed in Balochistan over ANP leader’s killing

His mutilated and bullet-riddled body was found on Sat when police arrested a member of Levies’ Force who confessed to killing.

Updated 01 Mar, 2021 08:44am

Contagious Brazil Covid-19 variant evades immunity, scientists warn

Covax vaccine programme to deliver 237m doses to 142 nations by end-May

Read: Anti-Covid vaccine tweets face five-strikes ban policy

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