“The decision to close down this business was not an easy one, but unfortunately due to COVID-19 and the restrictions on international travel it was not sustainable for us,” the 70-year-old brand said in a statement
QUETTA: The Balochistan government has exempted the Pak-China Technical Vocational Institute Gwadar project from payment of stamp duty for 2014 and 2020.
The decision was taken at a meeting of the cabinet held recently with Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan Alyani in the chair.
Mr Alyani said a comprehensive strategy was being made for all sectors.
The meeting discussed various issues and took important decisions.
The cabinet condemned the terrorist attack on FC personnel on Afghan border in Zhob district and expressed deep sorrow over the loss of lives as a result of the attack.
The meeting expressed concern over the alleged killing of a youth in police firing on Sariab road on Wednesday night and offered condolences to his family.
They include 8 samples from Thanjavur school cluster
A total of 14 samples that were lifted from community clusters that surfaced in some parts of the State and were sent for whole genome sequencing (WGS), have returned positive for the U.K. variant of COVID-19.
According to official data, eight samples from the Thanjavur school cluster (two each from schools in Ammapettai, Kulichapatti and Thiruvisainallur, and one each from schools in Thalavapalayam and Puthur); two samples from the Commercial Tax Staff Training Institute, Nandanam; two from the Omandurar Medical College; and two from the IT cluster - AGS Health Pvt Limited, Kandanchavadi and Taramani, were referred to InSTEM, Bengaluru for WGS. The 14 samples returned positive for the U.K. variant.
10,000 doses of CanSino vaccine gathering dust in Karachi
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April 17, 2021
KARACHI: At a time when Pakistan is desperately looking for COVID-19 vaccines to inoculate millions of people, 10,000 doses of single-dose Chinese vaccine Convidecia, imported by a private firm in Pakistan, are lying useless at a warehouse in Karachi, at least for the last 10 days as Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) is awaiting ‘some documents’ to release the consignment, The News has learnt.
“10,000 doses of Convidecia vaccine, developed by the CanSino Biologics Inc, had arrived in Karachi at least 10 days ago. This shipment was imported by a private firm AJM Limited and it was to be supplied to three hospitals in the country but it has not yet been released by the DRAP due to red-tapism,” an official of the National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination (NHS,R&C) told The News on Friday.