KP Health Minister Taimur Jhagra booked for violating COVID-19 SOPs
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A case has been registered against the minister and hotel management.
The government has banned outdoor and indoor events in restaurants.
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Health Minister Taimur Khan Jhagra has been booked for violating COVID-19 protocols after he attended an Iftar-dinner in his constituency at a restaurant,
Jhagra attended an Iftar dinner at a restaurant in his constituency despite government restrictions to control the virus spread in the province.
The KP is facing the worst situation during the third wave of coronavirus.
Provincial minister Taimur Jhagra can be seen having iftar in violation of COVID-19 SOPs.
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The health department claimed to have made elaborate arrangements for vaccination against coronavirus. Reuters/File
PESHAWAR: Nine more people died of Covid-19 and 261 new patients were reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday as health department claimed to have made elaborate arrangements for vaccination against coronavirus.
“Vaccination against Covid-19 is starting in Pakistan from next week. We have been preparing for the past several weeks and have established vaccination centres in 280 hospitals of the province to be able to inoculate our health workers,” Health Minister Taimur Khan Jhagra told a news conference here on Sunday.
He said that 2,484 health workers of the province were trained and they were ready to administer the vaccine to people in each and every district. He said that eight centres were set up in as many districts including Peshawar, Mardan, Abbottabad, Swat, Bannu, Dera Ismail Khan, Kohat and Nowshera.
16 Dec 2020 Human rights activists hold placards to mark the anniversary of an attack on the Army Public School Peshawar in Lahore on Wednesday. AFP
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Today (Dec.16, 2020) marks six years since the brutal attack at the Army Public School (APS) Peshawar took place, and the country continues to remember and mourn the loss of over 140 innocent lives.
As the country marked the sixth anniversary of the APS Peshawar carnage on Wednesday, politicians and Pakistani showbiz stars paid homage to the families that suffered in the heinous 2014 attack in which 131 school children and 10 others lost their lives.
The attack had shocked the entire nation as terrorists stormed inside the school and fired at children who were attending classes at the time.
In this file photo, a student points out the picture of his friend, who was killed in the militant attack, outside the Army Public School, Peshawar in 2014. INP
As the country marked the sixth anniversary of the Peshawar Army Public School (APS) carnage on Wednesday, politicians – both from government and opposition – paid homage to the families that suffered in the heinous 2016 attack in which 131 school children and 10 others lost their lives.
The attack had shocked the entire nation as terrorists stormed inside the school and fired at children who were attending classes at the time.
Recalling the incident, President Dr Arif Alvi said it had brought the nation to tears. These flowers laid their lives & brought focus of the nation to suppress terrorism with all its might. I thank them, he said.