Category: Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: While health authorities conducted the highest number of coronavirus tests in a single day, they anticipate a 15-20 per cent rise in daily cases over the next week across the country due to lifting of the lockdown. According to data released by the National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC) issued on Thursday, 15,346 tests […]

ISLAMABAD: The government seems to be determined to place the name of Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly and PML-N president Shahbaz Sharif on the no-fly list “so that he could not escape and face fresh corruption cases being made against him”. “It is under consideration, and it should happen that the name […]

MIRAMSHAH: The Bannu regional police officer has constituted a four-member joint investigation team for probing the honour killing of two teenage girls, whose ‘objectionable’ video went viral lately. The police have so far arrested four suspects, including the video recorder and the one, released on social media. North Waziristan district police officer Shafiullah Gandapur will […]

KARACHI: The Sindh government has revised the standard operating procedures (SOPs) for funerals of Covid-19 patients relaxing the tough conditions and allowing normal rituals. On the recommendations of health experts, “very much normal” rituals have been restored through the revised SOPs issued by the provincial health department. However, people have been advised to strictly adhere […]

A PTI member of the Punjab Assembly (MPA) from Gujranwala, Shaheen Raza, passed away on Wednesday at Lahore’s Mayo Hospital after having tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Raza was shifted to the isolation ward of Mayo Hospital, Lahore, on Monday and was put on a ventilator after her condition deteriorated. On Saturday night, Raza […]

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday said that a global response was required to defeat the novel coronavirus, saying that “we [countries around the world] are all connected”. He was addressing a session of the World Economic Forum (WEF) through video link. “The upcoming year isn’t just a challenge for Pakistan. It’s a challenge for […]

KARACHI: Sharing his experiences in the 17-day isolation period he had undergone after suffering from Covid-19, Sindh Governor Imran Ismail said on Sunday that the coronavirus was not the disease that essentially culminated in death. In a statement, he said that the death rate from the coronavirus was very low and its patients could defeat […]

PESHAWAR: The first Covid-19 patient has recovered after transfusion of convalescent plasma immunisation at Hayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar. The hospital has initiated collection of plasma from the recovered Covid-19 patients as part of the national trial to reduce mortalities during the pandemic under the leadership of Prof Tahir Shamsi of National Institute of Blood Diseases […]

LAHORE: A minor boy was found strangled after alleged sexual assault in an under-construction plaza in the Nawab Town area on Sunday. Police said 10-year-old child of Samsani village near Johar Town and his cousin went to a nearby shop to buy utensils. They found the shop closed and the cousin returned home while the […]

RAWALPINDI: Federal Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said on Sunday that an amount of Rs240 million would be refunded to passengers, who had booked tickets on different trains, from Wednesday if the decision of resumption of train service was not made by Tuesday. “The Pakistan Railways is ready to run 30 trains in initial phase […]