Corona cases multiply
March 14, 2021
ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: The National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) on Saturday showed serious concern over sharp rise in national positivity of COVID-19 which was visible, and hovering around 5-6 percent.
The special NCOC morning session was held to take a review of rising disease trends here, chaired by Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar. The forum noted that the rising disease trend was a matter of serious concern where the major contributors were Punjab, Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) and few cities of KP and AJK.
The forum was briefed that all federating units were asked to take immediate actions for strict implementation of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). The forum also lauded the steps taken by Punjab for disease control.
Corona cases multiply
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Five students who had been leading the agitation against the holding of on-campus examinations in the city over the last two weeks were arrested in an early morning police raid. Creative Commons/File
LAHORE: Five students who had been leading the agitation against the holding of on-campus examinations in the city over the last two weeks were arrested in an early morning police raid on a house in Iqbal Town here on Thursday.
The raid was conducted by a heavily armed police team on the house of Sanaullah, a student activist, in Raza Block of Iqbal Town, picking the Progressive Students’ Collective (PSC) Lahore president Zubair Siddiqui, secretary general Ali Ashraf, information secretary Salman Sikandar, an activist Haris and the house owner.
More students caught as police widen dragnet
Main suspect was reportedly on bail till February 10
University students have been protesting against plans to hold on-campus examinations. PHOTO: FILE
LAHORE:
Friends and families of the students involved in the University of Central Punjab (UCP) protest and violence case alleged that police have arrested five more students including Zubair Siddiqui, the main suspect wanted in the case.
However, Investigations Officer Ghulam Abbass said while talking to The Express Tribune that the police had not arrested the students. He said they had come to know that Siddiqui was on bail till February 10. He commented that he could not say that the suspect was not wanted in another case by the police of some other police station.