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Unvaccinated people to face 5 restrictions from today
At least 27.4 million Pakistanis have already visited vaccination centres across the country to receive two doses of Covid-19 vaccine. Millions of others have received only the first dose. However, those who were not jabbed for one reason or another, would face a set of restrictions beginning today.
The National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) was warning about the restrictions for almost a month. A final decision was announced on Tuesday by Asad Umar, who heads the NCOC.
Under the restrictions that take effect from October 1, unvaccinated people would be barred from five places.
- They are prohibited from air travel under the NCOC curbs. The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has announced its own set of restrictions on Thursday.
- They would not be allowed to attend weddings or other such gatherings.
- Their entry to shopping malls would be banned.
- They cannot stay at hotels and guest houses or benefit from other similar services. For example, they are not allowed to dine in at restaurants.
- They cannot work at educational institutions, either as teaching or non-teaching staff. Unvaccinated transport staff including drivers would not be allowed to work for schools, colleges, and universities.
Vaccinated Pakistanis
The NCOC data suggests a total of 80 million doses of various Covid-19 vaccines have been administrated to Pakistanis. The 27.4 million Pakistanis who have been fully vaccinated form 12.7% of total population in the country.
For the past few days, nearly a million people are being vaccinated every day.
In comparison, the United States and several European countries have vaccinated over 50% of their population. Turkey has vaccinated 53.7% people.
Covid-19 has claimed 27,729 lives in Pakistan since February 2020, when the first death was reported. At least 1,169,566 people recovered from the infection during the same period.
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New guidelines: valid PCR test proof mandatory for air travel
All airline travelers, aged six and above, will be required to carry a valid negative PCR test result carried out with 72 hours of travel to, from or within Pakistan, new guidelines issued by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) stated on Thursday.
All deportees will, however, be exempt from this regulation.
Inbound, outbound travelers and passengers within Pakistan, with the exception of deportees, should register themselves on Pass Track app and submit the required information before their departure to Pakistan, according to CAA guidelines.
Who can travel without vaccination certificate
Beginning from October 1, only fully-vaccinated persons aged between 18 and above will be allowed to travel to, from or within Pakistan. They would be required to hold valid proof of vaccination against Covid-19.
Passengers below 18 years of age may be allowed to travel to, from or within Pakistan without vaccination certificates.
Meanwhile, Pakistani passengers between the ages of 15 and 18 would be allowed to travel to, from and within Pakistan without vaccination certificates until October 31. Proof of partial vaccination will be required from passengers between ages of 15 and 18 by November 1 and full vaccination proof by December 1 this year.
Air travelers below the age of 15 will be able to undertake domestic journeys until further notice in this regard.
People traveling to Pakistan
Pakistani students below the age of 18 and studying abroad will be allowed to travel to Pakistan without vaccination certificates but they will be required to carry full vaccination certificates on their outbound flights.
Foreigners and foreign passport-holders below the age of 18 will also be allowed to travel to Pakistan without vaccination certificates.
People medically advised against vaccination should hold a certificate from classified specialized doctors. Such passengers will be allowed to travel to Pakistan without fully or partially vaccinated requirement.
All airline passengers, six years or older, arriving in Pakistan will need to undergo a rapid antigen test (RAT). Diplomats will, however, be exempt from RAT when they arrive in Pakistan. They will be required to self-quarantine for 10 days.
Passengers testing positive on RAT upon arrival will have to undergo a 10-day quarantine at a government or self-paid facility.
The CAA stated that because of the volatile Covid-19 situation, all passengers arriving in or from or within Pakistan will be subject to fulfill additional stipulation as and when advised by relevant health authorities.
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Petroleum prices jacked up by up to Rs8.82
The federal government has increased prices of petroleum products by up to Rs8.82. The announcement was made shortly after LPG price went up by Rs29 per kilogram.
The finance division issued a notification on Thursday night saying the new prices take effect from Friday, October 1.
The price of petrol was raised by Rs4 and petrol would now cost Rs127.30 per litre.
The price of high-speed diesel (HSD) has been jacked up by Rs2 to Rs122.04 per litre.
Light diesel oil has seen the highest price increase of Rs8.82 and it will cost Rs99.51 per litre.
Kerosene oil will cost Rs99.31 after a price hike of Rs7.05.
The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) had recommended a price hike of Rs5 for petrol and Rs3.5 for diesel.
LPG price
Earlier, OGRA notified a price increase of Rs29 per kilogram for Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).
The price of commercial cylinder has been increased from Rs8004 to Rs33. Every cylinder would not cost an additional Rs1334.
LPG cylinder for domestic use has been made expensive by Rs343. Consumers paying Rs2060 for a cylinder will now pay Rs2403.
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KP end Sindh’s perfect start in National T20
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ended Sindh’s perfect star at National T20 after registering a six-wicket victory on Thursday at the Pindi Cricket Stadium.
Chasing a 151-run target, the Mohammad Rizwan-led men got over the line in 17.4 overs.
Opener Fakhar Zaman led the charge for the side with a typically aggressive 49 off 32 balls. The left-hander hit pacer Mohammad Hasnain for three sixes and a four in the second over the innings as Hasnain conceded 28 runs –most in an over in the tournament so far.
Meanwhile, Sahibzada Farhan, Adil Amin and Musadiq Ahmed took the side past the target.
Farhan scored 45 off 30 balls with the help of three fours and as many sixes. The right-hander added 58 runs for the third-wicket with Adil who scored 26 off 19 balls.
Rumman Raees, Anwar Ali, Danish Aziz and Zahid Mahmood took a wicket each. This was Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s third win in four matches, Sindh too have three wins from four games.
Earlier, Rizwan won the toss and invited Sindh to bat. Sharjeel Khan hit three fours in the opening over of the match bowled by Shaheen Shah Afridi. The left-hander was however pegged back by the bowlers and was eventually dismissed by Arshad Iqbal for 25.
Sindh lost Shan Masood (13) and Sarfaraz Ahmed (0) in one Asif Afridi over to crash to 41 for three (7.3 overs).
Khurram Manzoor and Saud Shakeel did the repair work by adding 56 for the fourth-wicket. The left-handed Saud was dismissed for 32 by Imran Khan Snr who then got rid of Danish Aziz the next ball.
Imran narrowly failed to take a hat-trick as Shaheen spilled a difficult chance in the slips with Anwar Ali the batter.
Anwar hit a last ball six off Muhammad Wasim Jnr as Sindh finished with what looked like an under par score midway. Asif took two wickets for 20 runs while Imran returned figures of 4-0-24-2.
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Ronaldo rescues Man Utd, Benfica stun Barcelona in Champions League
Cristiano Ronaldo on his landmark appearance scored a 95th-minute winner as Manchester United came from behind to beat Villarreal, while Benfica secured an unlikely victory over Barcelona on Wednesday in the Champions League.
The five-time Ballon d’Or winner had barely threatened until he fired past Geronimo Rulli at the back post to ease the mounting pressure on United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer with virtually the last kick of the game.
United were staring down the barrel of another embarrassing group stage exit from the Champions League after deservedly falling behind early in the second half to Paco Alcacer’s smart finish.
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Alex Telles’ stunning strike quickly levelled, but a sixth draw from open play in as many meetings between the sides was on the cards until Ronaldo’s late intervention.
Despite the result, there was little in the performance to quell the growing questions as to whether Solskjaer is the man to get the best out of a squad of supremely talented individuals that are yet to click as a collective.
Bruno Fernandes’ stoppage-time penalty that ended up in the Stretford End condemned United to a 1-0 defeat to Aston Villa on Saturday, but Solskjaer showed his backing for the Portuguese midfielder by handing him the captain’s armband in the absence of Harry Maguire.
Luke Shaw was also missing due to injury, while Aaron Wan-Bissaka was suspended after being sent off in the 2-1 defeat to Young Boys on matchday one.
A makeshift United defence looked as such in the first half as Villarreal wasted a host of chances to inflict more misery on the Red Devils after beating them in May to win the Europa League.
Arnaut Danjuma toyed with stand-in United right-back Diogo Dalot, but the Dutch winger firstly fired straight at David de Gea and was then denied by a brilliant finger-tip stop by the Spanish goalkeeper.
De Gea was the fall guy in the Europa League final as he was the only player of the 22 on both sides to fail to score in a marathon penalty shootout.
Barcelona humiliated
Barcelona suffered a second straight 3-0 loss in the Champions League group stage as they were well beaten by Benfica in Lisbon.
A hammering in Lisbon, which saw Darwin Nunez score twice, including a second-half penalty, also delivered another heavy blow to Ronald Koeman’s hopes of staying on as Barca coach.
Nunez’s double and a smart finish from Rafa Silva consigned Koeman’s team to a second consecutive 3-0 loss in Group E, after they were thrashed by the same scoreline at the hands of Bayern Munich earlier this month.
Koeman’s tactics will again come under scrutiny, with Gerard Pique substituted after just 33 minutes, seemingly to avoid picking up another yellow card, only for Eric Garcia to be sent off late on for a second booking.
Frenkie de Jong, Barcelona’s most creative player for the first half an hour, was also shifted into central defence to replace the departing Pique.
It is the first time since 2000 that Barcelona have lost back-to-back group games in the Champions League, which was also the last time the club failed to make the tournament’s knock-out stage.
They have a mountain to climb now to avoid the same fate, sitting bottom of the table, with Benfica four points ahead in second and a crunch game at home to Dynamo Kiev to come next month.
Whether Koeman is still in charge for that game remains to be seen given his future is not even secure for this weekend, when Barcelona play at Spanish champions Atletico Madrid in La Liga.
The club might view the upcoming international break as the more logical time to make a change but despite Koeman’s pleas for support, and perspective, his team have now won only one of their last five games and it appears a matter of when, not if.
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Medical students marching to PM House clash with police
Medical students staging a sit in in Islamabad for the past five days clashed with the police on Wednesday night when they tried to march towards the Prime Minister House.
The police baton-charged the students and arrested some of them. Many of the protestors were wounded, SAMAA’s Adil Tanoli reported.
Medical students are holding a sit-in at the D-Chowk against the entrance test to medical college, claiming that the test conducted online was flawed.
On Wednesday night, the protesters tried to go to the Prime Minister House. When the police blocked roads, there was a scuffle. Students chanted slogans and pushed ahead. The police responded with a baton-charge.
The sit-in at D-Chowk entered its fifth day on Wednesday. Protesters said since no one would hear them, they tried to march towards the PM House.
After the police foiled their attempt to march, they resumed the sit-in.
They said they would not return home until their demands are met.
“We want to be the guests of the prime minister, but the prime minister is not ready to host us,” said one of the protestors.
Protestors said they were mishandled by private goons while the police had used excessive force against them, not sparing even the women.
“Imran Khan should know that these are his own children. They are the country’s future,” another student said and then asked “Is this the state of Madinah?”
Medical students demand that the MD-Cat entry test should be conducted on campus, not online.
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