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PM Johnson will launch a plan to get Britain “moving again” after COVID lockdown, when govt will set out measures to boost infrastructure construction. Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson waves as he leaves Downing Street in London, Britain, June 24, 2020. Johnson will make a speech on Tuesday to set out plans to fast-track building projects such as hospitals, schools, housing, and road and rail infrastructure, part of efforts to try to stem a fall in support for his government. The British leader has been criticised for his response to the coronavirus crisis, with opposition parties and some scientists saying the government was too slow to bring in a lockdown, too slow to carry out widespread testing and not clear in its messaging. But Johnson, who won a large majority at last year’s election, hopes to revive his fortunes by returning to his pledges to “level up” Britain by focusing spending on traditional Labour-supporting areas that backed his Conservative Party. “It’s an ...

Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) on Monday imposed hefty fines on three more oil marketing companies (OMCs) for creating artificial fuel shortage in the country. The oil and gas regulatory body imposed an overall fine of Rs 50 million on three oil marketing companies for not maintaining the mandatory stocks. It also issued a show-cause notice to the three companies on the matter and directed them to submit a reply within 24 hours. Earlier on June 11, Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) said that it had issued show-cause notices to six oil marketing companies (OMCs) and registered cases against two of them over fuel shortage in the country. These cases have been registered in Karachi, said the Ogra spokesman. He said that the regulatory body had nothing to do with keeping a check on demand and supply of the petroleum products in the country. The spokesman said that the Ogra had received complaints of artificial fuel shortage being created in the country against three ...

The number of confirmed Corona cases in Pakistan rose to 206,512 on monday after new infections were confirmed in the country. The province-wise break up of the total number of cases as of June 28, is as follows: Total confirmed cases: 202,955 • Sindh:80,446 • Punjab: 74,778 • Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: 25,380 • Balochistan: 10,376 • Islamabad Capital Territory: 12,395 • Gilgit-Baltistan: 1,442 • AJK: 1,049 Deaths: 4,167 RECOVERED: 95,407 576 MORE PEOPLE TESTED POSITIVE LAST 24 HOURS IN PUNJAB province  576 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) were reported in Punjab in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of infections in the province to 74,778. According to the Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department, eight more people succumbed to the disease, taking the death toll in the province to 1,681. Thus far, 26,026 patients have been cured of the disease in the province. 576 fresh cases were detected after 8,389 tests were conducted in the previo...

Prime Minister Imran Khan has condemned today’s terrorist attack at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) building that killed ten people, including four attackers and five security officials. He in a statement said courageous security personnel bravely fought the enemy off and foiled this attack. The entire nation is proud of its brave security men, he added. The prime minister offered condolence to families of those martyred in the attack and prayed for recovery of the injured. Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, strongly deploring the terrorist attack at the PSX, said the security forces’ attempt to thwart evil designs of the country’s enemy is laudable. PML-N vice president Maryam Nawaz Sharif in a tweet said: “Salam to the brave sons of soil who foiled a major terrorist attack that could have been catastrophic. The fact that an attack of such magnitude was planned & executed is extremely unsettling. Bad news” Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah said the PSX attack is ak...

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Poverty Alleviation and Social Protection Dr. Sania Nishtar said on Monday the government has successfully completed the target of doling out cash handouts to 12 million poor people under the Ehsaas Emergency Cash Programme. In a tweet, she said the government has set a new target of extending financial assistance to over 16 million beneficiaries in light of the success of the Ehsaas cash programme and people’s needs. Thus far, more Rs145 billion have been distributed among more than 12 million labourers, she added. In another tweet, the SAPM said she chaired a board meeting of the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP). “Today we convene the 40th Board mtg of @bisp_pakistan. Since I took over as board chair (Nov 2018)10 board mtgs [meetings] (>statutory requirement) have been held; agendas are prepared well by board sub-committees & Conflict of Declarations are signed by each board member at each board mtg.”

576 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) were reported in Punjab in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of infections in the province to 74,778. According to the Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department, eight more people succumbed to the disease, taking the death toll in the province to 1,681. Thus far, 26,026 patients have been cured of the disease in the province. 576 fresh cases were detected after 8,389 tests were conducted in the previous 24 hours. A total of 498,496 tests have been conducted in the province so far. According to district-wise details of cases, Lahore has so far reported 37,872 cases, Nankana Sahib 284, Kasur 533, Shiekhupura 945, Rawalpindi 5,736, Jhelum 331, Attock 363, Chakwal 111, Gujranwala 2,660, Sialkot 1,930, Narowal 193, Gujrat 1,972, Hafizabad 502, Mandibahuddin 241, Multan 4,566, and Khanewal 247. Vehari has recorded 366 cases, Faisalabad 4,849, Chiniot 251, Toba Tek Singh 481, Jhang 287, Rahim Yar Khan 962, Sargodha 773, Mianw...