• The report highlights that the poorest and richest Pakistanis live in completely different countries, with literacy levels, health outcomes, and living standards that are poles apart.
• Pakistan’s tax system does not contribute significantly to reducing inequality in the country due to low share of direct taxation, which is under 20 percent.

• The Speaker said CPEC project is a game changer for Pakistan.
• He said Gwadar port will become the hub of development.

• The vaccine jabs were transported in the cold-chain containers via road and by air
• At least 452000 shots of Sinopharm and CanSino vaccine have been provided to Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan, Islamabad, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, and Gilgit-Baltistan

• Yasinzai lauded China's efforts to provide special privileges and facilities to traders and industrialists, especially in Balochistan.

• Partly cloudy weather with light rain is expected in Gilgit-Baltistan.

• Rain-thunderstorm is expected at isolated places in Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan.

• Projects have been launched under the Universal Service Fund for network coverage in the province.

• “Government Balochistan approves a universal health insurance policy for all the people of Balochistan.”
• “This shall be a very comprehensive policy which shall inshallah benefit all the people of the province and bring revolutionary health care,” the Chief Minister said.

• The CM Balochistan was briefed about the parks in detail by Commissioner Quetta.

• The minimum temperature in Quetta was recorded at 8.6 degree centigrade and 1.6 degree centigrade in Ziarat on Monday.

• Chief Inspector of Mines Shafqat Fayyaz said, a build-up of methane gas in the mine caused an explosion as the workers were still inside.
• Rescue teams initiated an operation and recovered the bodies of all the miners.

• He also expressed good wishes for both the chairman and deputy chairman of the Senate.

• The SAPM said waste water treatment plant would be operational soon, adding that the tourism sector was being promoted under the Prime Minister's vision.

• He asked the federal secretaries to pay the visit at least once a month and resolve issues related to their ministries, divisions and departments.

• The development came hours after the Supreme Court of Pakistan opined that the Senate election is held "under the Constitution" and thus cannot be conducted through an open ballot, as per the government's demand.
• The proposal was tabled by Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani to the opposition lawmaker Ghafoor Haideri.

• The statement from Chinese official came after reports emerged that projects in Gwadar had been suspended or stalled due to the coronavirus pandemic and over financing disputes.
• "It is true that COVID-19 had some negative impact on some projects but I can tell you that on CPEC projects, not a single CPEC project is suspended or delayed."

• This exhibition match has been organized by singer-song writer, actor and anchor Fakhr-e-Alam on 19th Feb in the lush green stadium of Gwadar amidst the mountains of Balochistan.
• The first-ever cricket match was played in the Gwadar Cricket stadium on the 19th of February, and was broadcasted live on Aaj Entertainment.

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• The gas spread inside the mine, suffocating the four miners to death, while two others got stuck in the mine, said Levies officials.
• The deceased miners were busy working inside the coalmine when the poisonous gas spread suddenly and filled the place.

• 51 candidates filed nomination papers from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), 41 from Balochistan, 39 from Sindh and 29 from Punjab province.
• The Senate polls are scheduled to be held on March 3.

• The military's media wing says that the terrorists targeted an FC post located in Kech District
• During an intense exchange of fire, Sepoy Asad Mehdi embraced shahadat while repulsing raiding terrorists

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The organistaion has served 340,000 patients till date through the network of its 33 e-health clinics across Pakistan, and the mobile application. “The government of Balochistan appreciates the effort of Sehat Kahani in bringing this much needed innovation to our region; this will help many patients from underserved areas to be able to access quality healthcare."

• The Panjgur and Turbat districts are producing 53 percent of the country’s dates in a year where the Date harvest is spreading over an area of about 42,300 hectares, it added.

• Governor Yasinzai assured all the investors across the country that the present government was committed to provide protection to the investors.

• Pakistan has finalised the details for the construction of a new shipyard in Gwadar, the country's deep sea-port in the province of Balochistan.
• The project aims to incentivise the commercial shipbuilding and repair industry, generate employment and spur economic growth.

• Rangers personnel will be deployed in PS-88 from February 15 to 17 in PS-88 and PS-43 outside the polling stations.
• The development was made on request of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).

• On Wednesday, Iran's Revolutionary Guards announced that it had freed two soldiers, in an intelligence operation inside Pakistani territory.
• Military officials reportedly formed a joint committee between Tehran and Islamabad to free the kidnapped guards.