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Senate passes SBP bill amid Opposition protest ahead of IMF review

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  The upper house of the Parliament on Friday passed the controversial State Bank Pakistan SBP Bill 2021, amidst protests from the Opposition benches. On January 13, the National Assembly passed the SBP autonomy bill along with the supplementary finance bill. Both these bills were a requirement by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme  senate passes sbp bill amid . The approval of the State Bank amendment bill was necessary to ensure Pakistan’s sixth review of the $6 billion Extended Fund Facility (EFE) gets cleared by the IMF’s Executive Board. Which is scheduled to meet on February 2 to decide the disbursement of the $1-billion tranche. When Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin tabled a motion seeking permission to introduce the SBP bill, the opposition members objected to it. A motion was put forth to vote through division and was carried by 44 against 43 votes, marking the first blow to the opposition in the day. Read More: PSL Points Table 2022 The bill
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New coronavirus Version Doesn’t cause illness more Intense than Many Others: Research

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  A new coronavirus version of this novel coronavirus doesn’t seem to cause more serious illness than other versions, based on a coordinated research by Public Health England. Scientists say that the new version can spread more quickly. It was discovered in England in mid-December and contributed to other nations imposing travel restrictions into the United Kingdom. A lot of other nations have reported variations, such as Pakistan, in which the 3 cases were confirmed on Tuesday. Concerning fatality, there have been 12 deaths in version cases in contrast to ten deaths in wild-type instances. “Preliminary results in the cohort analysis found no statistically significant difference in hospitalization and 28-day case fatality between instances together with the version and wild-type comparator instances,” the research stated. There was no substantial difference in the chances of reinfection with all the newest versions when compared with all the other versions, it stated. The analysis, ho
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Imran, Zartaj, Afridi’s votes were rejected: Naveed Qamar

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  ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan’s  Senate election  vote was also rejected, claimed PPP leader Naveed Qamar on Wednesday. However, it is not clear on what grounds the PPP leader made the claim because the votes polled during the election for the upper house are anonymous. “Prime Minister Imran Khan’s vote [for Yousuf Raza Gilani’s seat] was rejected,” said Qamar, speaking to Geo News. “Shehryar Afridi and Zartaj Gul Wazir’s votes have also been rejected.” “The [rejected votes] were incorrectly marked,” said Qamar. Originally Published By:   https://paktodayinfo.com/2021/03/04/imran-zartaj-afridis-votes-were-rejected-in-senate-election-naveed/
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