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Education Institutes to Remain Closed Abida Parveen, Faisal Edhi among

till April 11 in Covid Hotspots: Shafqat 88 Recipients of Civil Awards
on Pakistan Day

Islamabad: Federal Minister for
Education and Professional Train-
ing Shafqat Mahmood announced
on Wednesday that educational
institutes in areas with a high inci-
dence of Covid-19, including Islam-
abad, will remain closed till April 11.
He made the announcement at
a press conference after chairing a

meeting at the National Command

and Operation Centre (NCOC). The
meeting was also attended by senior
officials from the health and edu-

cation department, and provincial
education ministers.
Earlier this month, the NCOC
had decided on a two-week spring
vacation in educational institutions Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mahmood ad- Legendary Sufi singer Abida Parveen is awarded the Nishan-i-Imtiaz by President

in 10 cities of Punjab, Khyber Pakh- dresses a press conference on Wednesday Arif Alvi — Photo courtesy: President of Pakistan Twitter
tunkhwa, Azad Kashmir and Islam-
abad from March 15 till March 28. eas where educational institutions had imposed further restrictions Islamabad: President Dr Arif Alvi on Nishan-i-Imtiaz were Sadeqain Naqvi
Shortly after the meeting end- will be closed, adding that the clo- which will remain in force till Tuesday conferred civil awards on 88 (Art), Abida Parveen (Singing), Ahmad

ed, the provinces announced the sure will last till April 11. April 11. Pakistani and foreign nationals in recog- Faraz (Literature), Prof Shakir Ali (Art),

areas where schools will remain He said that board examina- The NCOC, at its meet- nition of their services in different fields Zahoorul Haq (Art), and Dr Jameel Jali-

closed. tions will take place according to ing, decided to impose broader at a ceremony at Aiwan-i-Sadr. bi (Literature).
Sindh announced that its their timetable as giving students lockdowns, with no mobility ex- The awards included six Nishan-i- The Sitara-i-Imtiaz was conferred

schools will remain open as usual, the “baseline” grade was no longer cept for emergencies, in 10 cit- Imtiaz, three Hilal-i-Imtiaz, 24 Sitara-i- on Prof Dr Farhan Saif (Education),
with 50 per cent student attendance an option. ies where the positivity ratio was Shuja’at, eight Sitara-i-Imtiaz, 14 Presi- Bushra Ansari (Arts), Muhammad Im-
allowed. “We will also have a meet- over 8pc. These cities included Is- dent’s Award for Pride of Performance, ran Qureshi (Arts), Sultana Siddiqui

Areas other than Islamabad ing with the Cambridge education lamabad, Lahore, Multan, Rawal- one Sitara-i-Quaid-i-Azam, one Sitara- (Television Production), Syed Farooq
where schools will remain closed: board to see if we can move the ex- pindi, Faisalabad, Bahawalpur, i-Khidmat, one Tamgha-i-Pakistan, 22 Qaiser (Arts), Rana Irfan Shakeel Ra-
Punjab ams forward,” he said, but refrained Hyderabad, Peshawar, Swat and Tamgha-i-Shuja’at and eight Tamgha-i- may, Col Farooq Shahbaz (Public Ser-
• Lahore from making any further comments Muzaffarabad. Imtiaz, according to Radio Pakistan. vice), and Pir Syed Lakht-e-Hasnain

• Rawalpindi before the meeting. According to the new policy, At the investiture ceremony held (Philanthropy).

• Gujranwala On Sunday, Mahmood had said residents of the areas concerned on Pakistan Day, the recipients were The President’s Award for Pride of

• Gujrat that the third wave was serious and will be informed about the dura- honored for showing excellence in fields Performance was received by Maulana
• Multan required careful review, adding that tion of lockdown and will be ad- such as medicine, education, social ser- Tariq Jameel (Religious scholar), Mo-

• Faisalabad the health of students, teachers and vised to store edible items. People vices, fine arts, and for showing gallantry hammed Ali Shehki (Singing), Resham

• Sialkot staff was the “primary consider- will not be able to move freely, ex- in the war against terrorism and during (Acting), Humayun Saeed (Acting), Ali
• Sargodha ation”. cept for emergencies. Edible items the coronavirus pandemic. Zafar (Singing), Ruth Wenny Lekar-
• Sheikhupura Pakistan’s Covid-19 cases have will be provided at their doorstep, The personalities who received the dal (Services), Prof Dr Khalid Masood

KP drastically risen in recent weeks, through online services. Private Import of Gondal (Education), Naimat Sarhadi
• Peshawar with the country reporting more These decisions will be re- (Film), Hina Nasrullah (Sufi singing),

• Mardan than 3,000 virus cases for the past viewed during the center’s next Cansino COVID-19 Sarmad Sehbai (Literature), Indu Mari-
• Charsadda seven consecutive days. On Wednes- meeting on April 7. am Mitha (Dancing), Farhan Mehboob

• Swabi day, 3,301 cases and 30 deaths were The NCOC decided to close Vaccine (Sports: squash), Abdul Majeed Qureshi
• Kohat reported in the country. commercial activities by 8pm and (Philanthropy) and Muhammad Faheem
• Lower Dir Educational institutions in ban all types of indoor gatherings Islamabad: A private company in (Arts).
• Malakand Sindh to remain open: Meanwhile, — cultural, musical and religious. Pakistan will begin receiving ship- The Tamgha-i-Imtiaz was award-

• Swat Sindh Education Minister Saeed Two safe days per week will also ments of China’s CanSino Biologics ed to Muhammad Tahir Javed, Zeba
• Nowshera Ghani said that all educational be observed. COVID-19 vaccine this week for Shehnaz (Acting), Hameedullah Shah

• Buner institutions across the province Inter-city public transport commercial sale, an official at the Hashmi, Faisal Edhi (Public Service),

During the press conference, will remain open as usual. will operate at 50pc and rail ser- company’s local partner told Re- Syed Aamir Mehmood, retired Capt Mu-
Mahmood said that the forum not- “At present, the situation of vice at 70pc capacity. Complete uters on Monday. hammad Ilyas, Farid Ahmed Khan and
ed the high incidence of coronavirus coronavirus in Sindh is under closure of amusement parks will Pakistan, one of the first coun- Omar Saeed.

cases in several districts of Punjab, control but if SOPs are not imple- be ensured and reduced presence tries in the world to allow private The Hilal-i-Imtiaz was given to

KP and Azad Jammu and Kashmir. mented, problems may arise,” a will be observed in courts (city, imports of COVID-19 vaccines, has Prof Dr Anwarul Hassan Gillani (Sci-
“However, the number of cases statement quoted him as saying. district, high courts and Supreme already received a batch of the Rus- ence: pharmaceutical), Dr Asif Mah-
in Sindh, Balochistan and Gilgit- Ghani said it was agreed in Court). Stringent protocols for sian Sputnik vaccine. mood Jah and Syed Javed Anwar.

Baltistan is relatively low. the NCOC meeting that no stu- tourism will also be followed in “We expect the first 10,000 The Sitara-i-Quaid-i-Azam was

“Therefore, it was decided that dent would be promoted to any Gilgit-Baltistan, Khyber Pakh- doses to come on March 25, and awarded to Prof Dr Tariq Shafi, Sitara-
educational institutions in selected level without examinations this tunkhwa, Azad Kashmir and oth- 100,000 next month and 200,000 the i-Khidmat to Richard Geary Horwitz

areas, where restrictions were im- year. er tourist places. month after,” said Hassan Abbas, an (USA) and Tamgha-i-Pakistan to Jane
posed previously, will continue to be He noted the number of official of AJ Pharma, CanSino’s lo- Teller (Denmark) for services to Paki-

closed till April 11,” he said, adding coronavirus patients in Sindh BILAWAL FROM P12 cal partner, which will be importing stan.
that this applied to schools, colleges, was less than in Punjab and KP. PM Imran Khan, but she did not di- the vaccine. Personalities who received the

academies and universities alike. “Given the situation, we have rectly reveal who she was referring “The issues with pricing have Sitara-i-Shuja’at for their gallantry were
Mahmood stated that the pro- decided that all educational insti- to when she used the term “substi- been worked out with the govern- Jawad Qamar, Safia Shaheed, Malik

vincial governments will also decide tutions across Sindh will remain tute of selected.” ment and now we are waiting for a Hayatullah, Malik Sardar Khan Shaheed,
if schools need to be closed down in open as usual, but only 50 per A day ago, Maryam had also notification.” Mumtaz Khan Shaheed, Hayatullah

other areas. cent children will be invited un- warned that “anyone who speaks The vaccine’s commercial name Khan Dawar Shaheed, Malik Muham-

“As you know there were nine der SOPs,” he said. against Nawaz Sharif will have their will be “Convidecia”, Abbas said, mad Niaz Khan Shaheed, Sepoy Akhtar
districts in Punjab [where schools He declared all private and tongues ripped out”, without reveal- adding that five hospitals that ran its Khan Shaheed, Muhammad Naveed

were closed down], then another public educational institutions ing who the remarks were pointed clinical trials will provide its doses Sadiq, Mahar Muhammad Yasir Manzo-
was added. We closed them in Pe- would be bound to fully imple- at. for sale. or Shaheed, Shafqatullah Malik, Dr Mus-
shawar and then eight other districts ment SOPs and if any case of Responding to Maryam’s re- Pakistan is in the process of tafa Kamal Pasha Shaheed, Prof Hafiz

were added.” coronavirus was found in any marks, PPP leader Qamar Zaman vaccinating frontline healthcare Maqsood Ahmad Shaheed, Dr Bashir
He said that the provincial gov- institution, the school or college Kaira had said that the ruling party workers and citizens over the age of Ahmed Shaheed, Dr Khalid Masood
ernments will take the necessary would be closed. speaks against Nawaz Sharif on a 60 free of charge using Sinopharm Qaisrani Shaheed, Dr Muhammad Asif
steps based on the numbers. “If they Regarding the schedule of daily basis. doses donated by China. Shaheed, Dr Shafqatullah Shaheed, Dr

wish to call teachers and administra- examinations in the province, “Whose tongues will Maryam The commercial administra- Younas Channa Shaheed, Dr Wilayat Ali
tive staff, they can do so.” Ghani said all the examinations rip out?” he asked while speaking tion of vaccines is yet to begin as the Gopang Shaheed, Prof Dr Muhammad

The minister said that the fo- in Sindh would be conducted during Geo News program “Naya government settles pricing issues, Javed Shaheed, Munir Khan Shaheed, Dr

rum will continue to review the on time as per the decision and Pakistan”. after reversing its decision to allow Usama Riaz, Malik Ashdar Shaheed and
country’s coronavirus outbreak. “We schedule of the steering commit- He regretted that in her media uncapped prices. Dr Muhammad Akhlaq Shaheed.
know that closing down schools has tee of the education department. briefing with Fazlur Rehman “Mary- The government has approved Th e president awarded the

caused harm to children’s education, am had said the JUI-F and PML-N a mechanism to fix open market Tamgha-i-Shuja’at to Fida Hussain (Gil-

but we can’t risk their health.” 10 Cities Placed under do not need anyone”. prices for the vaccines, according to git-Baltistan), Ali Aftab Tarar (Punjab),

He reiterated that the provin- Lockdown “There was no need to make a health ministry summary seen by Syed Shahzad Hassan (Punjab), Haroon
cial government will decide the ar- On Monday, the NCOC such a statement,” Kaira said. Reuters. Rashid Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa).
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