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One hundred and thirty-three new Covid positive cases have been reported in the country during the last twenty-four hours.
According to National Institute of Health, 5007 tests were conducted on Sunday with positivity ratio of 2.66 percent.
Twenty-one patients are in critical care.
Source: Radio Pakistan
Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Abdul Quddus Bizenjo has strongly condemned the bomb attack on convoy of Sardar Khan Rind.
In a statement, he directed the authorities concerned to utilize all available resources for arrest of the elements involved the incident.
He expressed grief and sorrow over the killing of two guards in the incident.
Two guards of Sardar Khan Rind were killed and another was injured in an IED blast in Kachhi district of Balochistan.
Sardar Khan Rind is son of Member of Balochistan Assembly Sardar Yar Muhammad Rind.
Source: Radio Pakistan
Caretaker Punjab Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi has rejected as baseless the allegations being levelled against him on social media in connection with death of a PTI worker.
Addressing a news conference along with IG Punjab Police Usman Anwar in Lahore today, he said the PTI worker died in a road accident not due to police torture.
The Caretaker Chief Minister said social media is being used to spread disinformation about the incident through fake audio and videos.
Speaking on the occasion, the IG Punjab Police said the vehicle which hit the PTI worker belonged to PTI local leader Raja Shakeel and the same vehicle dropped the dead body at the hospital.
He said with the help of 31 CCTV cameras, the vehicle and the persons involved have been taken into custody and will be presented before the court on Monday. He assured to provide justice to the father of the deceased PTI worker.
Source: Radio Pakistan
Security forces killed nine terrorists during an intelligence based operation in Datta Khel area of North Waziristan district on Wednesday.
According to ISPR, weapons and ammunition were also recovered from the killed terrorists.
Locals of the area appreciated the Security Forces’ response and expressed their full support to eliminate the menace of terrorism from the area.
Source: Radio Pakistan
In Balochistan, at least six coal miners were killed and five others were injured as a result of poisonous gas inside a coal mine in the Shahrag area of Harnai district on Friday.
According to Levies sources, the dead bodies and injured have been shifted to Shahrag basic health unit.
Meanwhile the Chief Minister Balochistan Mir Abdul Quddus Bizenjo expressed deep grief and sorrow over the loss of precious lives in the coal mine accident.
Expressing deep concern over the increasing number of accidents in the coal mines, the Chief Minister directed the concerned authorities to prepare a comprehensive report regarding the safety measures in the mines.
Source: Radio Pakistan