Category: Pakistan

Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly and PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif on Friday asked the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to grant him an extension for his appearance, stating that medical professionals had “advised him to restrict his movements due to life threatening risks associated with Covid-19” as he was a cancer survivor. NAB […]

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Sunday directed the health department to start a mobile facility in katchi abadis of the city to check the spread of the coronavirus. “I am ready to provide extra kits to different labs,” he said, adding that if tested positive the confirmed patients would be shifted […]

A two-year-old was kiled while four people were injured in indiscriminate firing in the last 24 hours by the Indian army in various districts near the Line of Control (LoC), Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Monday. “Indian Army troops in total disregard to ceasefire agreement and international conventions initiated unprovoked ceasefire violations along LoC, […]

Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah on Monday said that the reason a lockdown has not been effective in curbing the spread of the coronavirus is due to “mixed signals” from the federal government. Speaking at a press conference in Karachi, the chief minister lamented the fact that despite his repeated warnings, there has been […]

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Director of Public Health Dr Ikramullah Khan has tested positive for Covid-19, the province’s minister for finance and health, Taimur Khan Jhagra, revealed on Monday. Jhagra said Dr Ikramullah “is in high spirits, feeling good, and is isolated at his home”. The minister paid tribute to Dr Ikramullah, thanking him for his service […]

Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar said on Monday that the federal government needed to transition from a strategy of total lockdown to a strategy of testing, tracing and quarantining (TTQ) to return to normalcy. He made these remarks during a press briefing with Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health […]

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Hussain Chaudhry on Thursday offered support to the Ministry of Information and Technology to enhance the provision of broadband and internet services across Pakistan. Mr Chaudhry emphasised the need for e-governance in the current circumstances during an online talk titled ‘Role of Ministry of Science and Technology amid […]

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday formally launched the Rs144 billion Ehsaas Relief Programme and a sum of Rs50bn was given to banks for distribution of Rs12,000 four-month stipend among the families of poor and daily-wage earners who have been hit hard by the lockdown across the country due to coronavirus. On the first […]

LANDI KOTAL: More than 20,000 stranded Afghans went back to their country via Torkham during the last four days of border reopening. Officials told Dawn that the last day was comparatively calm as only about 1,100 Afghans, mostly men, crossed the border prior to its closure. The total number of returned Afghans during the four days was […]

PESHAWAR: The US National Institute of Health has approved a proposal of medical teaching institution Ayub Medical College and Ayub Teaching Hospital Abbottabad to conduct trial on Covid-19 patients to find out treatment for the pandemic, which has no cure so far. The trial entitled “effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine in Covid-19 patients” was approved by the […]