Category: Pakistan

Two days after issuing a lockdown warning and calling for better compliance with Covid-19 standard operating procedures (SOPs), the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Friday noted an increase in the country’s positivity rate, virus-related deaths and hospital admissions. During the morning session of the forum, health officials presented data on the country’s Covid outbreak. The […]

Prime Minister Imran Khan says his government is in regular contact with the British government to get PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif deported from the UK, and he will even talk to Prime Minister Boris Johnson if it comes to that. In a wide-ranging interview on ARY News broadcast on Friday, the premier said since getting Nawaz extradited […]

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of National Health Services and provincial and area health departments have finalised an evidence based universal health coverage (UHC) benefits package for the country. An inter-ministerial health and population forum met in Islamabad to review and provide concurrence on the UHC benefits package on Thursday. The meeting was attended by health ministers […]

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Tuesday echoed with whistles for nearly two hours as the opposition staged an unprecedented noisy protest following refusal of Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri to allow them to speak on the current political situation in the country. The opposition members kept on hurling papers, sometimes in the form of paper airplanes, […]

Army Chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa on Wednesday visited the forward areas at Chamb sector along the Line of Control (LoC) in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, where he praised the operational preparedness of troops. During the visit, the chief of army staff was briefed on the latest operational situation including Indian ceasefire violations “deliberately targeting […]

Information Minister Shibli Faraz on Wednesday lambasted the opposition for “shifting the war against their corruption towards the institutions”, saying that the nation would hold the alliance accountable for their stance. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, the federal minister said that the narrative adopted by the opposition “pleases our enemies”. Speaking about the opposition’s […]

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday cautioned that a second wave of the novel coronavirus may hit cities with a high level of pollution in the coming months as the winter season approaches. While addressing the Clean Green Index Award ceremony in Islamabad, the premier said that several cities, where pollution levels are high, experience […]

Information Minister Shibli Faraz has said that the government should not set restrictions on media content, even as the country’s regulatory authorities continue to ban apps and television serials for “immoral” content. He maintained, however, that the entertainment industry should adhere to the “norms and standards of [the] family system in Pakistan along with religious […]

PTI leader and Maritime Affairs Minister Ali Zaidi on Monday denied reports that Sindh inspector general of police (IGP) was “kidnapped and forced to register” a first information report (FIR) against PML-N’s retired Captain Mohammad Safdar. Taking to Twitter, Zaidi said: “M. Zubair selling nonsense narrative that CM Sindh told him IG was kidnapped & […]