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- 2,107 new COVID-19 cases reported in Punjab LAHORE, Jan 31 (APP):Punjab Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department (P&SHD) Secretary Imran Sikandar Baloch Monday said that during the last 24 hours, 2,107 new cases of coronavirus were reported across the province.
- Nadra to convert ID cards into digital wallets. The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) is planning to make the computerised national identity cards digital wallets under the government’s Digital Pakistan vision and an update to an already existing app will likely be made available later this year.
- PPP’s Yousuf Raza Gilani tenders resignation as Senate opposition leader. PPP leader Yousuf Raza Gilani announced on Monday that he had resigned as the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate during a speech in the upper house of parliament.
- SC suspends LHC order on Ravi riverfront project, allows govt to resume work. The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Monday suspended the Lahore High Court’s (LHC) decision to scrap the Ravi Riverfront Urban Development Project and permitted the government to resume construction work on the portion of land where the owners had been compensated.
- Pakistan Condemns Extra-Judicial Killing of 5 Kashmiris by Indian Forces. Ministry of Foreign Affairs reiterates calls for international accountability, stressing 23 Kashmiris were killed in January alone.
- Petrol prices remain unchanged. The Government of Pakistan has decided not to increase the prices of petroleum products for the first 15 days of February 2021.
- Lahore court acquits PML-N leader, 15 others in Saaf Pani corruption case. An accountability court in Lahore on Monday acquitted 16 persons, including Punjab Saaf Pani Company’s (PSPC) former chairperson and PML-N leader Raja Qamarul Islam, in a corruption reference pertaining to irregularities in the public-sector company.
- Yousaf Raza Gillani resigns as Opposition leader in Senate. “I have submitted my resignation to my party; I don’t want to to be the Opposition leader anymore,” Gillani says
Spotlight by Prepistan
1. COVID-19 IN PAKISTAN
- 24-hour recap: Pakistan Reports 1,353 Critical Coronavirus Cases in 24 Hours. Confirmed infections of COVID-19 reach 1,402,070, against 1,274,657 recoveries and 29,192 deaths, leaving 10,009 active cases.
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