LAHORE: The Punjab home department’s Corona Crisis Management Cell’s (CCMC) daily situation report generated around Saturday midnight states some 5,336 Tableeghi activists have so far tested negative and allowed to return to their homes. It says 1,560 who tested positive have been quarantined while the results of 4,250 are awaited. According to the overall situation […]
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The Lahore High Court on Monday sought a detailed response from the Punjab government on a petition challenging the dismissal of hundreds of thousands of factory workers and private employees during the lockdown imposed in the province to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Accepting the petition for hearing, LHC Chief Justice Muhammad Qasim Khan […]
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• Covid-19 cases cross 8,000 mark• Chaman, Torkham borders to open twice a week ISLAMABAD: While the confirmed cases of Covid-19 surged past 8,000 with the addition of 514 new ones and 20 deaths by 2am on Monday, the federal government on Sunday suggested to the provinces to enforce lockdown in only those localities from where […]
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Chief Justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmed on Monday lamented the lack of “transparency” in the steps the government has taken to combat the coronavirus pandemic so far. The observation was made during a hearing of a suo motu case pertaining to the federal and provincial governments’ response to the Covid-19 crisis. The case is being heard […]
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Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan said on Monday that the ulema not only endorsed Prime Minister Imran Khan’s strategy to fight against the coronavirus pandemic but also assured him of their complete cooperation. The SAPM was speaking to the media alongside Minister for Religious Affairs and […]
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LAHORE: The first batch of 41 Pakistanis stranded in India since the start of the lockdown last month crossed the Wagah Border on Thursday. Pakistan and India had closed the border crossing points as part of efforts to check the spread of coronavirus. India went into lockdown on March 14, which caused a lot of […]
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UNITED NATIONS: The UN special envoy for Yemen said on Thursday that “very good progress” was being made towards a ceasefire in the country, although military activities regrettably “continue on a number of fronts” during the coronavirus pandemic. Envoy Martin Griffiths told the UN Security Council via video conference that work was underway in “reaching […]
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The central Chinese city of Wuhan has raised its number of Covid-19 fatalities by 1,290, with state media saying on Friday the undercount had been due to the insufficient admission capabilities at overwhelmed medical facilities at the peak of the outbreak. Wuhan’s revised death toll of 3,869 is the most in China. Numbers of total […]
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London’s transport authorities on Friday announced new measures to protect bus drivers from coronavirus, as colleagues held a minute’s silence for 20 who have already died. Mayor Sadiq Khan, whose father was a bus driver, led tributes to the victims as authorities said passengers would no longer be able to use the front door near […]
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Foreign Office Spokesperson Aisha Farooqui on Friday strongly rejected the “irresponsible, spurious and totally false allegations” against Pakistan by the Indian army chief. “These baseless Indian allegations are patently designed to divert global and domestic attention from India’s state-terrorism and egregious human rights violations, and clamping of fundamental freedoms in occupied Jammu and Kashmir, particularly […]
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