Category: Pakistan

Hospitals in Peshawar are dealing with an influx of coronavirus patients which has left some health facilities in the province struggling to provide them and others with medical treatment, it emerged on Wednesday. As of May 26, the province has reported a total of 8,259 cases and 416 deaths, which is the highest death toll […]

MIRPURKHAS: The mango crop in Mirpurkhas district, which produces the pricey Sindhri as well as certain other varieties, is facing a serious threat due to unavailability of properly trained and experienced labourers, according to owners of orchards. Speaking to local reporters here on Saturday, agriculturists Imam Deen, Mohammad Ismail, Maqsood Rajput, Khalid Arain and others […]

LAHORE: The Punjab Home Department has admonished the provincial health authorities for, what it called, inordinate delay in generating Covid-19 test reports of the expats and others arriving from abroad, besides questioning the testing capacity of the province. The department also sought action against the health department officials concerned for their “failure” to address the […]

ISLAMABAD: A record number of new Covid-19 cases has been reported in the capital in the last 24 hours, but the city’s focal person on Covid-19 has partly attributed the increase to surveillance and an efficient TTQ – tracing, testing and quarantine – system. The number of new cases reported has doubled in just five […]

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Secretary Dr Kazim Niaz has tested positive for Covid-19 and subsequently gone into quarantine, it emerged on Monday. In a statement, KP Chief Minister Mahmood Khan wished Niaz a speedy recovery. “He [Niaz] has been working day and night against the coronavirus outbreak. He has gone above and beyond his duty in […]

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health Dr Zafar Mirza said on Monday that Pakistan’s coronavirus cases and deaths were on the rise and urged citizens to follow government mandated standard operating procedures (SOPs) against the virus, warning that “strict lockdowns” could be reimposed across the country if the trajectory continued. Lamenting that the […]

KARACHI: A biosafety laboratory at Dr Panjwani Centre for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research (PCMD), Karachi University (KU), has been transformed into a large Covid-19 testing facility. Part of the National Institute of Virology established last year with federal support, the facility is the largest biosafety level-III laboratory in the country. “The lab is testing […]

QUETTA: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), UN agencies, donor organisations and the Balochistan government have agreed to work jointly to minimise the impact of Covid-19 in the province. The decision was taken in a high-level meeting presided over by Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan Alyani on Thursday. The meeting was attended by NDMA chairman […]

ISLAMABAD: The Islam­abad High Court (IHC) on Thursday suspended the three-month suspension of Islamabad Mayor Sheikh Anser Aziz and reinstated him to his position until final adjudication of the petition he has filed to seek contempt of court proceedings against the federal government. Last week, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government suspended Mr Aziz, who belongs […]

ISLAMABAD: The country’s two major opposition parties — Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) — have expressed serious reservations over the Sugar Forensic Commission (SFC) report and termed it “misleading” and an attempt to save the “real culprits”. In separate statements in response to the SFC report, which was made public […]