Category: Pakistan

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) named former petroleum minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi in a reference for allegedly appointing Sheikh Imranul Haq as the managing director of Pakistan State Oil (PSO) “in sheer violation of rules and regulations”. A statement released by NAB’s Karachi chapter on Friday said that non-bailable arrest warrants have been issued for […]

• Lockdown imposed in Balochistan for 15 days• 10 more patients recover in Sindh• China donates medical supplies ISLAMABAD: With the first death caused by local transmission of novel coronavirus in Pakistan on Tuesday, countrywide tally of fatalities has risen to seven and the Balochistan government has imposed a lockdown across the province for 15 days. […]

Police and health authorities on Wednesday said an employee of renowned designer Maria B was in quarantine at the District Headquarters Hospital in the Vehari district of Punjab. Punjab Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department spokesman Qaiser Asif, while confirming he was under quarantine at the Vehari DHQ, said the patient’s contacts were being traced and […]

MUZAFFARABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Tuesday said the incidence of the novel coronavirus (Convid-19) in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) was negligible with only one known case quarantined in Mirpur and expressed the hope that people would zealously practice precautionary measures to keep the pandemic away from their motherland. Speaking to AJK President Sardar […]

Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance Dr Abdul Hafeez Sheikh on Wednesday discussed the measures that the government is taking in order to deal with the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Addressing a press conference, Sheikh said that the pandemic is expected to have a negative effect on the country’s economy and outlined […]

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday while reiterating his hesitance in imposing a full-scale lockdown in Pakistan urged the country’s leaders to “discuss and reassess” their strategies in order to find a way to tackle the situation brought about by the coronavirus outbreak. The PM said imposing a national lockdown would be detrimental for the […]

ISLAMABAD: With international flight operations suspended until April 4, the federal government has decided to make special arrangements to bring home the Pakistanis stran­ded at airports in the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Thailand and Turkey. Speaking at a news conference on Sunday, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on National Secu­rity Dr Moeed Yusuf said […]

Malls, restaurants closed for a week Shops to be closed at 8pm Police to screen arrested suspects before placing them in lockup 70 beds to be added to Pims for Covid-19 patients ISLAMABAD: The capital administration has prepared standard operating procedures (SOP) for a rapid response team that will deal with suspected and confirmed cases of […]

RAWALPINDI: A group of 75 staff members of the United States embassy in Islamabad on Sunday depar­ted for Georgia, US, aboard a special flight from the Islamabad International Airport. A spokesperson for the US embassy said in a statement that the Department of State on March 14 had authorised the voluntary departure from any diplomatic […]

KARACHI: Wondering and showing helplessness to understand the logic behind Prime Minister Imran Khan’s decision of not ordering a countrywide lockdown in the wake of the growing threat of the novel coronavirus, Pakistan Peoples Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Sunday took it up on his own to build a national consensus for “the much-needed move […]