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As HPV vaccination drive starts, govt allays public fears
ISLAMABAD – As the federal government has launched a 12-day vaccination campaign against cervical cancer to protect girl students aged between 9 to 14 in educational institutions, Federal Minister for Health Syed Mustafa Kamal has allayed the fears of parents saying that this campaign has been started purely to protect their daughters.
SBP decides to retain policy rate at 11pc
ISLAMABAD – The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) yesterday decided to keep the policy rate unchanged at 11 percent.
Two new polio cases take 2025 tally to 26
PESHAWAR – The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health (NIH) has confirmed two new polio cases from South Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, one each from District North Waziristan and District Lakki Marwat.
President Zardari assures Shanghai Electric of full cooperation
SHANGHAI – President Asif Ali Zardari visited the Memorial of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in Shanghai.
Pakistan will host next SCO Summit, says PM Shehbaz
RAWALPINDI: PM Shehbaz Sharif addresses ground breaking ceremony of T-Chowk Flyover.
President Zardari lands in China
CHENGDU – President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday arrived in Chengdu at the start of his official visit to Chi-na.
PM directs FBR to reprimand tax evaders, facilitate taxpayers
ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday announced the establishment of an Asan Khidmat Markaz here in collaboration with Azerbaijan’s State Agency for Public Service and Social Innovations (SAPSSI), marking what he described as “a new milestone in Pakistan-Azerbaijan friendship.
52 more Palestinians martyred in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza
GAZA – Medical sources in the Gaza Strip have reported that 52 Palestinians were killed over the past 24 hours as a result of the ongoing Israeli assault on various areas across the Strip.
US firms to invest $500m to develop Pakistan’s minerals
MoU signing yet another example of strong US-Pakistan ties: US Embassy.