Walk-in vaccination of elderly begins
Over 300 unregistered persons aged 70 and above get jabs at Khaliq Dina Hall
A woman is vaccinated against the coronavirus at Khaliq Dina Hall in Karachi. The inoculation of persons above the age of 70 on a walk-in basis began on Tuesday. PHOTO: ONLINE KARACHI:
Over 300 unregistered persons above the age of 70 were administered Sinopharm vaccine at Karachi’s Khaliq Dina Hall on Tuesday, marking the commencement of the inoculation of persons aged 70 and above against the coronavirus on walk-in basis.
The vaccination of unregistered persons was carried out alongside that of registered persons aged 60 and above.
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The federal and Sindh governments’ reported intention to create a settlement in the coastal areas of Sujawal district for Kashmiri families has drawn a sharp reaction from Sindhi nationalist groups and the Sheerazis, considered to be the most influential political family of Thatta and Sujawal districts.
According to officials sources, the federal government had asked the provincial authorities to look into the possibility of allotting a reasonable size of land in some coastal taluka to rehabilitate displaced Kashmiris “belonging to the India-held valley”. These families had to take refuge across the Line of Control, since 1989, to escape tyrant Indian forces’ aggression against Kashmiri Muslims.
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THATTA: The federal and Sindh governments’ reported intention to create a settlement in the coastal areas of Sujawal district for Kashmiri families has drawn a sharp reaction from Sindhi nationalist groups and the Sheerazis, considered to be the most influential political family of Thatta and Sujawal districts.
According to officials sources, the federal government had asked the provincial authorities to look into the possibility of allotting a reasonable size of land in some coastal taluka to rehabilitate displaced Kashmiris “belonging to the India-held valley”. These families had to take refuge across the Line of Control, since 1989, to escape tyrant Indian forces’ aggre
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Published: 19 Dec 2020 11:18 PM BdST
Updated: 19 Dec 2020 11:18 PM BdST The Holy Family Hospital, one of the busiest government hospitals in the city of Rawalpindi. Low infection rates over the summer lulled many in Pakistan into a false sense of security. Saiyna Bashir for The New York Times.
Iqbal Shaheen, a taxi driver, drove his sick father to this city’s three main hospitals. All of their intensive care beds and ventilators were occupied. );
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Shaheen was told there might be room at a private hospital, for $625 a day, far above what his earnings of $10 a day could cover. He took his father home to die.