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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday summoned a National Coordination Committee meeting tomorrow to discuss the growing trend of COVID-19 infections in the country. Sources told that the premier will be briefed by the …

Federal Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar on Monday said a meeting of the National Coordination Committee has been summoned to deliberate over additional measures to contain the rising spread of coronavirus in the population.…

LAHORE: Pakistan could be headed for a second nationwide lockdown if coronavirus infections keep spiking and people continue to ignore safety guidelines, health officials have warned. Speaking to Geo.tv, Director of General Health…

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) on Monday clarified that foreign students will be exempted from the MDCAT exam for the academic year 2020-21 only. According to the official announcement, aspiring doctors and dentists…

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry announced on Monday that the government is studying a proposal to run an “electric automatic train from Islamabad Airport to Murree”. “The next major project is the electric…

Stocks continued taking a battering on Monday as the benchmark KSE 100 Index lost around 1,000 points by the mid-day mark as sustained selling pressure sank stocks. The KSE 100 index had lost 1,008 points, or 2.53%, at the time this…

KABUL: Explosion and gunshots were heard Monday afternoon at an educational institute in the capital of Afghanistan, local and international media reported. Students of the Kabul University escaped a compound after at least three…

KARACHI: A 3.6-magnitude earthquake hit an area some 100 kilometres southeast of the port city at dawn, the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) said in an update on Monday. The tremors of the mild earthquake were felt at…

JHELUM: A woman gave birth to quadruplets early Monday here in the city's Mohallah Mohammadi Chowk, much to the surprise of both parents who were overjoyed. Dr Malik Hafeez-ur-Rehman, the chief executive of a private hospital where the…

KARACHI: A single tola of 24-karat gold in Pakistan is sold at Rs112,100 on Monday after the price of the precious metal increased by Rs500 during previous intra-day trading. Likewise, the price of 10 grams of 24k gold is Rs96,108 at…