Islamabad: Federal Minister for Planning, Development Asad Umar Tuesday said that more than two and a half lac people were administered Covid-19 vaccines yesterday.

On his official twitter handle, the federal minister wrote, “Yesterday, for the first time, more than two and a half lakh people were vaccinated in one day”.
“A total of 267,953 people were vaccinated,” he added.
The minister urged all registered people to visit the Vaccine Center for their immunization as soon as possible.
“People who need a second vaccine must be vaccinated in a timely manner,” he concluded.
کل پہلی دفعہ ایک دن میں ڈھائی لاکھ سے زائد افراد کی ویکسینیشن کی گئ. کل 267،953 لوگوں کو ویکسین لگائ گئ. تمام رجسٹرڈ لوگوں سے درخواست ہے کے جلد اپنی ویکسینیشن کے لئے ویکسین سینٹر جائیں. جن افراد کی دوسری ویکسین لگنی ہے وہ ضرور بروقت ویکسینیشن کے لئے جائیں
— Asad Umar (@Asad_Umar) May 25, 2021
Meanwhile, Pakistan is presently experiencing the third wave of coronavirus which is said to be deadlier and more contagious than previous two waves.
According to National Command and Operations Center (NCOC), around 2,253 cases of coronavirus were reported while 92 people succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours, taking the total death toll to 20,400.
The total number of confirmed cases reached 905,852.
As many as 823, 57 patients have recovered from the disease with 4,392 critical cases.

Iranian hackers threaten to leak emails of Trump's close aides
- an hour ago

Thai court suspends PM over phone call leak
- 42 minutes ago

Doctors temporarily recruited during Corona in Sindh fired
- 3 hours ago

Petrol, diesel prices increase in Emirates too
- 4 hours ago

Torrential rain in Islamabad, Rawalpindi
- 5 hours ago

Strong earthquake tremors in Punjab including Lahore
- 2 hours ago

What we're hearing in the transfer window: Liverpool turn to Hato; Arsenal to make moves?
- 8 hours ago

Motorcyclist dies after being hit by water tanker in Karachi
- an hour ago

Pakistan's first int’l driving license kiosk set up at Lahore Airport
- 3 hours ago

Two terrorists killed in police, CTD joint operation in Bannu
- an hour ago

Govt surges prices of petroleum products
- 5 hours ago

Shadab Khan suffers shoulder injury, likely to rest for 3 months
- 21 minutes ago