Tue, 21-Oct-2025

World will take years to recover from Economic Shock

World

To recover from the economic shock due to coronavirus pandemic, the world will take many years, said secretary general of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Angel Gurría OECD secretary general said the economic shock was already bigger than the financial crisis. He told the BBC it was “wishful thinking” to believe that countries would … Read more

Pakistan Day being observed under quarantine amid COVID 19

Pakistan Day

Nation celebrates Pakistan Day under quarantine with simplicity amid the outbreak of deadly coronavirus as all public gatherings are banned to curb its spread. This day is observed to commemorate the message of Lahore Resolution on this day in 1940, under which the Muslims of the sub-continent set the agenda of achieving a separate homeland. … Read more

Coronavirus: Lockdown starts across Sindh, including Karachi

Sindh Lockdown

The Lockdown has been started across Sindh, including Karachi for 15 days. Police and Rangers have launched flag marches across the province including Karachi. They also directed citizens to remain confined to their homes. Police and Rangers instructed citizens to refrain from leaving their homes without any emergency. According to the details, The chief minister … Read more

Rihanna’s foundation CLF donates $5 million to fight coronavirus

Rihanna‘s organisation, Clara Lionel Foundation is giving $5 million to the response efforts against the coronavirus outbreak. According to the details, The Clara Lionel Foundation announced the donation in a statement on Saturday. The foundation said, “When we first began this year, never could we have imagined how (the coronavirus) would so dramatically alter our lives.” https://www.instagram.com/p/B-AHakHJ-QI/ … Read more

Bilawal advises federal government to review its policy

Bilawal urges people to offer prayers at home

Chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Sunday demanded the federal government to review its decision not to impose a lock-down all over Pakistan amid epidemic outbreak of coronavirus. PPP leader also said that a delay would increase the difficulties for the poor people of the country. According to the details, Bilawal Bhutto … Read more

CM Sindh imposes province-wide lockdown to fight coronavirus

Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah on Sunday announced that a lockdown will be imposed throughout Sindh starting midnight (March 23) for the next 15 days in order to control the coronavirus outbreak .

Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah on Sunday announced that a lockdown will be imposed throughout Sindh starting midnight (March 23) for the next 15 days in order to control the coronavirus outbreak . According to the details, The chief minister said that that if citizens needed to go to the hospital, only three persons … Read more

Banknotes may be spreading coronavirus, WHO suggests

Banknotes coronavirus

The World Health Organization has said, Banknotes may be spreading the new coronavirus so people should try to use contactless payments instead. According to the sources of Yahoo, Customers should wash their hands after touching banknotes because infectious Covid-19 may cling to the surface for a number of days, the UN agency. The WHO is telling … Read more

PM asks the nation to adopt preventive measures: Dr Firdous

Dr Firdous

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan on Sunday said that Prime Minister Imran Khan in his address had comprehensively briefed the nation regarding practical steps being taken by the government to curb and fight coronavirus outbreak. According to the details, talking to the state channel, she urged … Read more

PM Imran Khan demands US President to lift sanctions on Iran

PM Imran

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday urged the President of United States Donald Trump to lift sanctions on Iran on humanitarian grounds, as the country was worst hit by the recent wave of deadly Coronavirus (COVID 19) pandemic. According to the details, The prime minister posted on his twitter, “I want to appeal to President … Read more

PM Imran Khan urges for Self Isolation amid COVID 19 Pandemic

PM Imran

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday urged nation for self isolation in order to curb the spread of deadly coronavirus outbreak. “Let me first tell you what a complete lockdown is. It mean imposing a curfew and locking people in their homes,” said Prime Minister Imran Khan in an address to nation. He said that … Read more

COVID-19 Pandemic: CM Murad Ali Shah announces Lock down in Sindh

Sindh

Chief Minister Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah has announced lockdown in province in order to fight against the deadly coronavirus. In a statement issued after a meeting, the chief minister said we are taking this important decision in the interest of people and hoped that the public will support the government. The Sindh government on … Read more

Italian Rugby Star becomes Ambulance Driver

Italian

Italian international Maxime Mbanda has leapt from the back row on the rugby pitch to the front line in the fight against the coronavirus, becoming a volunteer ambulance driver in Parma, and bears witness to a frightening reality on the pandemic. AFP reported that Last Saturday, Italian star Mbanda scheduled to face England in front … Read more

President urges nation to adopt precautionary measures against Covid 19

President Arif Alvi

President Dr. Arif Alvi has appealed to nation to forge unity and adopt preventive measures against coronavirus. In his recent statement, he said media should play proactive role in disseminating the awareness to control the pandemic. The President urged the youth to help others keeping in view their personal safety. Paying tribute to the services … Read more

Italy records jump in deaths from Covid 19 by almost 800 in single day

Italy

Italy recorded a jump in deaths from coronavirus of almost 800, taking the toll in the world’s hardest-hit country to almost 5,000. In its latest desperate effort to halt the epidemic Rome ordered that all businesses must close until April 3, with the exception of those essential to maintaining the country’s supply chain. “It is … Read more

Prisoners released from lock-ups and Rawalpindi Central Jail in Adiala

Adiala

As a step taken to combat coronavirus, Prisoners released from police lock-ups and Rawalpindi Central Jail in Adiala. A committee constituted under directions of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) released 230 prisoners on Saturday in order to prevent the spread of the virus in the overcrowded Adiala jail. The committee, which led by Islamabad Deputy Commissioner … Read more

Coronavirus patient suffers for several weeks

Coronavirus

The coronavirus pandemic is extremely dangerous and very painful for the patient. And the people infecting from this virus suffer for several weeks. Chris Gough, an anesthetist from Oxford, UK shared his experience of recovering from COVID-19. Chris wrote in a series of  Tweets about emerging from this frightening experience of fighting with coronavirus. He … Read more

Did Coronavirus leave our planet?

Coronavirus: Chiniot, first district of punjab wins its war against pandemic

India-based journalist and former managing editor of Times of India Priya Gupta shared a video on the social networking site Twitter, in which the dragon look alike thing can be seen ascending to the sky. She shared the video and wrote “This morning the Chinese saw this creature going into the sky…they believe it’s a … Read more

Actress Amina Sheikh shares videos of Urdu stories for kids

Aamina Sheikh

Famous Pakistani actress Aamina Sheikh is motivating the kids to learn through Urdu stories during this epidemic outbreak of coronavirus. According to the details, She has asked people to know that social distancing does not only mean that we place a stop to learning and living. She took it to her social media handle on … Read more

Balochistan on partial lockdown to contain spread of COVID-19

Balochistan on partial lockdown to contain spread of COVID-19

The Balochistan government has decided to impose partial lockdown in the province for 21 days, according to a notification issued by the Additional Home Secretary. However, all restaurants will be able to provide home-delivery food for 3 weeks. In addition, inter-provincial, provincial and inter-city public transport will also be closed for three weeks. The notification … Read more

‘Salam is better than shaking hands, person who dies of COVID-19 will be a martyr’

Coronavirus Updates

Adviser to Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for Information Ajmal Wazir says  Salam is more significant than shaking hands, while scholars from all school of thought have agreed that a person who died of the Coronavirus Pandemic will be termed as ‘martyr’. Addressing a press conference along with the Ulema e Deen in Peshawar, Ajmal Wazir … Read more

Pakistan rejects Indian contention of politicizing humanitarian issue: FO

Pakistan 'Categorically' Rejects Inclusion Into US' Child Soldiers Prevention Act List

Ministry of Foreign affairs (MOFA) said that Pakistan has rejected the Indian Ministry of External Affairs attempts to twist the remarks made by the Minister of State for Health, Dr. Zafar Mirza, at the Covid-19 Video Conference of the SAARC member countries on 15 March 2020. In a press release MOFA stated “The Indian contention … Read more

Dr Tahir Shamsi says passive immunisation can treat coronavirus patients

Dr Tahir Shamsi

Dr Tahir Shamsi, the head of National Institute of Blood Diseases said, “The body of a COVID-19 patient creates antibodies to fight off the virus. These antibodies in the blood of a recovered patient could be used to boost the immunity of the newly infected people.” According to the details, Top hematologist and transplant surgeon … Read more

Facts check: Six misconceptions about coronavirus

Facts check: Six misconceptions about coronavirus

The World Health Organization has released a report shared by the World Economic Forum in a video format in which they tried to clear all the misconceptions that were circulating about the COVID-19. 1: Coronavirus does not survive in hot and humid weather The first misconception described in the video is that the coronavirus does … Read more

Coronavirus: CII calls for early distribution of zakat

Council of Islamic Ideology has urged for the early distribution of zakat to support those people who are getting effected due to the slowdown of global economic activities by the coronavirus outbreak. Council of Islamic Ideology said in a statement “In view of the present situation, it is better to distribute zakat earlier than usual … Read more

Coronavirus: People continue to panic buy amid fear of COVID-19

Coronavirus: People continue to panic buy amid fear of COVID-19

The Coronavirus pandemic has engulfed the world and various countries of the world has imposed emergency measures to prevent the outbreak of COVID-19. Emergency has been imposed in the Manila capital of Philippine, after which the rough and tumble people have been rushed to the supermarket and people are not only snatching away the utility … Read more

DG Health Municipality denies the news of Abbasi Hostpital’s doctors

abbasi shaheed hospital

Dr Salma Kausar, the director general of Health Municipality, denied the news related to the isolation of Abbasi Shaeed’s Hospitals’s doctors. She said that no doctor of Abbasi Shaheed Hospital has been kept in isolation but some doctors have been undergoing precautionary screening. According to the details, 10 doctors of Abbasi Shaheed Hospital shifted to … Read more

Cannes 2020 postponed amid COVID-19 concerns

Cannes 2020 postponed amid COVID-19 concerns

The annual event of Cannes film festival has been postponed over coronavirus pandemic concerns. The organizers of the event said in a statement due to health crisis the Cannes film festival could not happen. The statement said “As soon as the development of the French and international health situation will allow us to assess the … Read more