Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Salaries of unvaccinated Sindh government employees should not be released: Murad Ali Shah

Murad Ali Shah

Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah has on Thursday announced to suspend salaries of those government employees who will fail to get vaccinated From July.

While chairing the meeting of the Sindh Corona Task Force, Murad Ali Shah has directed authorities to stop the salaries of government employees who are not getting themselves vaccinated against the deadly COVID-19 outbreak.

The meeting also reviewed the coronavirus situation and the overall statistics of vaccination in the province.

CM Murad said salaries of unvaccinated Sindh government employees should not be released if they did not get the coronavirus vaccination and issued directives to the finance ministry in this regard.

According to the Sindh Health Department, 1,550,553 people have been vaccinated in the province so far, while 1,121,000 people have received the first dose and 429,000 people have been fully vaccinated against the virus.

Moreover, more than 79.53 million people have been vaccinated across the country so far. The national coronavirus monitoring body has set a target of vaccinating 70 million people in the country this year.

Pakistan Coronavirus Situation

Pakistan has reported 92 more deaths in the last 24 hours by the novel coronavirus, taking the nationwide tally of deaths to 21,022.

According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) data, the total cases have seen a minor rise over the past 24 hours as many as 2,028 new cases of the COVID-19 identified. The overall country’s caseload reaches 926,695.

Moreover, around 51,523 samples were tested, out of which 2,028 turned out to be positive. The positivity rate of germs was recorded at 3.93%, the NCOC said.

3,889 more people recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours, taking the number of recovered patients to 852,574.

However, those who are in critical care are almost around 3,630.

So far, Punjab has reported a total of 340,989 cases, Sindh 320,488, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 133,450, Islamabad 81,446, Balochistan 25,370, Azad Jammu and Kashmir 19,344, and Gilgit Baltistan 5,608.

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COVID-19 in Pakistan: National Death tally nears 1900

Pakistan records minor increase in daily Covid-19 death count

Pakistan during the period of 24 hours, added 78 more deaths due to the coronavirus infection in the national tally which now stands at 18,993. According to the National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC), 3,447 new positive cases were reported in the country in the said period, after which the national tally of confirmed cases … Read more

Coronavirus Update: Pakistan records 151 deaths in a single day

Pakistan COVID-19: Cases Drops To Less Than Thousand After Four Months

Pakistan has recorded 151 more deaths related to the novel coronavirus in a single day, taking the nationwide tally of fatalities to 17,680. According to the latest figures issued by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), 5,480 persons were tested positive for COVID-19 for the same period, pushing the number of positive cases to … Read more

Sindh closes inter-city public transport due to spike in COVID-19 cases

Sindh

The Sindh government on Monday has announced the closure of intercity public transport from April 29th, due to the surge in coronavirus cases in the province. Spokesperson Sindh Government, Murtaza Wahab Siddiqui in his tweet announced that Inter city public transport will be closed from 29th April in the province of Sindh. Inter city public … Read more

PMA Demands Full Countrywide Lockdown Amidst Rising Virus Cases

PMA Coronavirus cases

The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) has on Sunday demanded a complete lockdown to control the steady rise in COVID-19 cases.

The PMA representatives in a joint press conference stressed the government to impose a complete lockdown across the country.

The conference was presided over by PMA President Dr Ashraf Nizami. While, PMA Lahore’s Vice-President Dr Khalid Mahmood Khan, PMA Lahore’s Lady Vice-President Dr Erum Shahzadi, President of PMA Punjab Dr Tanveer Anwar, Pakistan Islamic Medical Association’s Punjab President Dr Imran Zafar, and several other physicians joined him there.

Dr Ashraf Nizami, during the presser, said that the government must guarantee the availability of coronavirus vaccines to the masses.

“[Owing to a surge in COVID-19 cases], the government must immediately declare a state of emergency, especially in Punjab,” he said.

“The countrywide COVID-19 positivity ratio has exceeded 10 %,” Dr Nizami said.

He added, “Despite that, the government has committed criminal negligence in the provision of vaccines.”

Pakistan Coronavirus Situation

On March 21, Sunday, 3,677 new coronavirus cases reported. According to the NCOC, there were 44 coronavirus deaths reported a day prior, while the overall positivity ratio has increased to 8.7%.

The active COVID-19 case tally has so far reached 31,107 in Pakistan.

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