Category: Pakistan

Karachi is likely to experience a heatwave from May 5 till May 8, according to the Pakistan Meteorological Department’s (PMD) forecast on Friday. As per a heat wave alert issued on the PMD website, the daytime temperature will range from 40 to 42 degrees Celsius during this period. The alert added that the wind direction will be […]

KARACHI: A Chinese trader, who had gone missing in the Defence area last week, was safely recovered in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, said a senior official here on Tuesday. The police did not come up with much detail, but confirmed that the Chinese citizen was safe. “He was traced with the help of modern technology and was recovered […]

LAHORE: An accountability court on Tuesday sent Jang group editor-in-chief Mir Shakilur Rehman to jail on judicial remand as the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) did not seek his further custody in a 34-year-old case of 54-kanal land allegedly allotted to him by then Punjab chief minister Nawaz Sharif. At the outset of the remand hearing, […]

• PPP alleges fewer tests are aimed at artificially flattening the curve• PM’s aide says decrease in Covid-19 tests is just for a few days ISLAMABAD: While 341 of the 751 new cases of novel coronavirus (Covid-19) were detected in Sindh in a single day, data of the Ministry of National Health Services showed on […]

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on National Security Dr Moeed Yusuf on Wednesday clarified that the two-day mandatory quarantine period for citizens returning to the country does not mean that they would necessarily be allowed to go home afterwards. Speaking at a press conference in Islamabad, he said that every passenger coming to Pakistan […]

Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa on Wednesday said that Indian troops will always receive a “befitting response” to ceasefire violations along the Line of Control (LoC), calling their actions a “threat to regional peace and stability”. According to a statement by the military’s media wing, the COAS made the remarks while […]

TAXILA: Deputy Commissioner Ali Annan Qamar has launched a vehicle designed by the district administration to disinfect streets and roads of the district in order to prevent spread of the coronavirus. Officials from the district administration, municipal committee and other departments were also present on the occasion. Mr Qamar directed for the vehicle, called Mist […]

QUETTA: Describing the sharp increase in the number of coronavirus cases in the country last week as alarming, the Young Doctors Association (YDA), Balochistan, on Sunday demanded imposition of a curfew for two weeks in the province to contain the virus and save lives. Speaking at a press conference, YDA president Dr Yasar Achakzai expressed […]

LAHORE: The Lahore police intensified the lockdown on Sunday on the reports of a surge in the number of confirmed cases in the city. Operations Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Faisal Shahzad said the police were directed to intensify the lockdown following reports of a massive spread of the virus in the city. Police on […]

• PM’s aide rejects doctors’ demand for complete lockdown• Brig Ijaz says urban population needs to be educated about Ramazan guideline• Provinces given thousands of addresses to pursue test, trace and quarantine policy ISLAMABAD: While 332 of the total 783 new coronavirus cases were detected in Punjab in a single day, the federal government provided thousands […]