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  ISLAMABAD: PM Imran Khan has tested coronavirus positive, SAPM Dr Faisal Sultan confirmed on Saturday. The SAPM said that the  prime minister imran khan  has quarantined himself at home. It is pertinent to note that PM Imran had got himself vaccinated on Thursday. Separately, PM’s aide Shahbaz Gill said the premier has mild fever and a cough. “Thank God his symptoms are not severe. May the Almighty bless him with quick recovery.” He also requested to not link the matter with vaccination as immunity  develops after  a few days. Read Also: Taliban urged not to launch ‘spring offensive’, Moscow Talk ‘PM might have gotten infected  before getting vaccinated’ While speaking to Geo News, Dr Abdul Bari Khan said that the premier might have been exposed to someone having COVID-19 symptoms before the vaccination. “The virus multiples in five to six days,” he said. While responding to another question, Dr Bari said antibodies  are developed after a couple...

  LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) has issued a written order on the application moved by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) for the cancellation of PML-N Vice-President Maryam Nawaz’s bail. A two-member bench of the LHC issued the order Wednesday in response to the plea moved by NAB Chairman Justice (R) Javed Iqbal in the Chaudhry Sugar Mills case. The written order states that the order granting Maryam bail cannot be suspended immediately. It notes that the anti-graft watchdog claimed that despite repeatedly summoning the PML-N leader, she did not appear. The federal home secretary has been directed to file a detailed reply on NAB’s request by April 7. Earlier in the day, NAB Lahore summoned Maryam in the Chaudhry Sugar Mills case. The PML-N leader has been directed to appear before the anti-graft watchdog on March 26 in the case. She had earlier appeared before the accountability watchdog on August 11, 2020. According to NAB’s spokesperson, the bureau has received ...

  Quetta Gladiators owner Nadeem Omar on Wednesday said that the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is to mostly blame for the failure of the PSL 2021 bio-secure bubble. “PCB chief Ehsan Mani admitted there is a lack of communication between the franchises and the cricket board,” said  Omar. The tournament was postponed earlier this month, leading to disappointment and anger among millions of sports fans across Pakistan. Omar said the PCB was “90% to blame for the failure of the bio-secure bubble”. During the show, he also called for the revival of club cricket in Pakistan. Read More: Mahnoor Baloch an ode to omre “The pillar for cricket in Pakistan is grassroots cricket and [the pillar for grassroots cricket] is club cricket,” he said, adding: “Both school cricket and club cricket.” Shedding light on the dismal situation of the infrastructure for cricket in Pakistan, Omar said former national team captain Sarfaraz Ahmed is forced to travel from his house to Karachi...

  ISLAMABAD: The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on Thursday kept Pakistan on the grey list for another extended period till June 2021 and asked for complying with the remaining three outstanding points of a total of 27 action plans. The FATF asks Islamabad to address three remaining deficiencies related to terror-financing and effective implementation of United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Resolutions 1267 and 1373 against all designated terrorists. “Pakistan will remain on the grey list as some deficiencies still exist as out of 27 action plans, three still need to be addressed. I urge Pakistan to fully implement the action plan. When Pakistan completes its whole action, our onsite visit will verify sustainability and then FATF members will decide about Pakistan in the next plenary meeting in June 2021” the FATF’s President Dr Marcus Pleyer said while addressing an online news briefing from headquarters based in Paris on Thursday. The FATF authorities provided opportun...

  GILGIT: The Gilgit-Baltistan government will set up the Ali Sadpara Mountaineering School to honor one of the country’s greatest climbers who was declared dead by his family a few days ago. GB government spokesperson Ali Taj said Ali Sadpara’s son Sajid will be employed in the school that will be set up in his memory. The cabinet, which approved the establishment of the school, agreed to put forward Muhammad Ali Sadpara’s name to the  Government of Pakistan  for the country’s highest civil award.  They have also agreed to provide Rs3 million to the deceased climber’s widow. Pakistani climber declared dead by family Last week, the family of Pakistani mountaineer Ali Sadpara declared him and two other missing foreign climbers dead. “I will keep my father’s mission alive and fulfil his dream,” he said. He also thanked Prime Minister Imran Khan, Chief of the Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa and the courageous pilots of the Askari Aviation for conducting a thoroug...

  US Thankful into Pakistan: The courtroom in April turned the death sentence given to Sheikh at a seven-year prison sentence as well as acquitting additional three suspects — Fahad Naseem, Salman Saqib, and Sheikh Adil — previously given life sentences. But, the Sindh government has opposed Sheikh’s launch  daniel pearl case , saying it might endanger the people. He was to stay in custody before the different appeals in the government and Pearl’s parents from the Supreme Court are solved. The verdict was declared on an appeal from the family of Sheikh contrary to his detention regardless of the acquittal. In its verdict, the court ordered the immediate release of Sheikh along with other suspects but stated their titles be added into the Exit Control List (ECL). The guys were in rotting in prison for 18 years without committing any offense, the judge stated. “We know that  Pakistani  police are taking measures to make sure that Omar Sheikh stays in custody while the ...

  Govt to cancel Nawaz Passport: His celebration considers that despite being summoned by the courts, which announced him a proclaimed offender in different corruption probes, the former premier is only going to return after the conclusion of his  medical treatment  state interior minister . The Union said all of the”thieves” acquired united if their riches obtained through money laundering and corruption has been exposed and maintained victimization. To some questions about possible arrests after Tuesday’s detention of former defense minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) pioneer Khawaja Asif,” Ahmed said it was not yet understood. But he didn’t provide any information. In October, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) requested the Ministry of Interior to cancel Sharif’s passport and national identification card (NIC). Islamabad has been looking for his deportation. Later in October, Mirza Shahzad Akbar, an advisor to the prime ministry liability, wrote to...