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Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said on Wednesday that they were neither answerable to Maryam Nawaz, nor former premier Nawaz Sharif.
Today’s outlook: Govt to discuss matric exams, summer vacations
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Educational institutions in cities with less than 5% coronavirus infection rate have reopened across Pakistan. Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood will chair an inter-provincial meeting to discuss the date of examinations for intermediate and matric students. Decisions will be taken on summer vacations and the vaccination of teachers. Coronavirus restrictions in Sindh will remain in force for two weeks. Markets and malls have been allowed to stay open from 6am to 6pm, while outdoor dining has been banned. Pakistan has received two million more doses of the SinoVac vaccine from China. PML-N leader Shehbaz Sharif is hosting a dinner today to revive the opposition alliance, Pakistan Democratic Movement. PPP and JUI-F le
Bilawal, Maryam in battle of words as PPP bags NA-249
PML-N, PTI say they will challenge the results of the hotly-contested by-election
KARACHI/LAHORE/ISLAMABAD:
As the election commission on Friday declared the PPP victorious in the NA-249 Karachi by-poll, its chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said one arrow his party s election symbol had hunted down several targets including a lion.
In response, PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz, rejected the results, saying it was not easy to hunt down a lion, which is the election symbol of her party.
The ruling PTI, whose lawmaker Faisal Vawda had vacated the seat in the wake of his election to the Senate, also said it would challenge the results.
Karachi
April 27, 2021
As the provincial assembly on Monday started discussing the budget of the Sindh government for the next financial year, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) lawmaker Arsalan Taj said the government has once again failed to meet its fiscal targets.
Only 20 per cent of the legislators, however, were allowed to physically attend the session in view of the worsening Covid-19 situation, while the remaining MPAs participated in the debate through video conferencing.
PA Speaker Agha Siraj Khan Durrani said the decision to ensure that no more than 20 per cent of the lawmakers are physically present in the assembly has been taken in view of the worrisome situation of the spread of the coronavirus in the country.