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The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Tuesday allowed schools across the country to resume in-person classes for grades six to eight starting tomorrow (Sept 23), Radio Pakistan reported.

  The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Tuesday announced the launch of phase 3 clinical trials in Pakistan for a potential vaccine being developed by China’s CanSino Biologics for the novel coronavirus. Trials for phase 1 and 2 for the vaccine were held in China.

  Due to recent heavy rainfall in lower Sindh major crops like cotton, chilli, onion, potatoes and paddy are destroyed.

Pakistan pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi on Sunday ensured victory for Hampshire after taking four wickets in four consecutive balls during the T20 Vitality Blast match against Middlesex in Southampton. 

  ISLAMABAD : Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood said on Saturday that the health of students is the government’s top priority. 

Karachi : Education Minister Sindh Mr Saeed Ghani announced that proposed plan to resume classes from six to eight will not take effect from 21 September, whereas; already opened classes from Nine and above will continue.

  Tropical Storm Sally has left more than half a million Americans without power as its torrential rains and storm surges lashed the US Gulf coast. Sally weakened after it made landfall as a Category 2 hurricane on Wednesday, but the slow-moving storm continues to batter Florida and Alabama. 

  When one of Saudi Arabia's leading Muslim leaders called this month for Muslims to avoid "passionate emotions and fiery enthusiasm" towards Jews, it was a marked change in tone for someone who has shed tears preaching about Palestine in the past.

  Islamabad : The National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC) said on Thursday that 22 educational institutions across the country were closed down during the last 48 hours for failing to comply with standard operating procedures (SOPs) for curbing the spread of Covid-19.  "During last 48 hours, 22 educational institutions across Pakistan have been closed due to non compliance of health SOPs/protocols and disease prevalence."   According to the statement, 16 of these educational institutions were in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, one in Islamabad and five in Azad Jammu and Kashmir.  On Monday, a major medical college in the federal capital was sealed after 16 Covid-19 cases were reported among students and employees.  The Islamabad district health office in a letter had stated: “It has been observed with great concern that numerous cases of Covid-19 have been reported from Riphah Medical College, Islamabad, since September 9.   “Till date more than 16 cases have been reported. This tr

  The two soldiers confess their crimes in a monotone, a few blinks of the eye their only betrayal of emotion: executions, mass burials, village obliterations and rape. 

  LAHORE : Six months after Covid-19-related lockdown, the government on Monday announced reopening of all public and private educational institutions in all provinces from Sept 15 with certain standard operating procedures (SOPs).

  The education ministers of Sindh and Punjab, KPK and Baluchistan on Monday said that schools in their provinces would reopen in phases from Sept 15. 

  KARACHI : Sindh Education Minister Saeed Ghani said on Friday that the sub-committee of the steering committee for education had recommended to him that all educational institutions in the province should not be opened simultaneously on Sept 15. 

  LOS ANGELES : US police have shot dead another black man, who they said had a handgun but had dropped it during a violent altercation in Los Angeles, triggering fresh outrage as tensions soar over racism and police brutality.