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Another front-line warrior Dr Adnan Omar of Lyari succumbs to coronavirus

Another front-line warrior Dr Adnan Omar of Lyari succumbs to coronavirus

Karachi: Another front-line warrior Dr Adnan Omar of Lyari General Hospital has succumbed to coronavirus According to the Sindh Health Department, Dr Adnan Omar was working at Lyari General Hospital and had contracted coronavirus a few days ago. The health department said that Dr Adnan’s brother is also undergoing treatment of coronavirus in a private … Read more

PM Imran appreciates Overseas workers for helping Muslim brethren during fight against COVID-19

Prime Minister chairs meeting to review of flour prices

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday has announced a partial opening of airspace for international flight operations from Sunday (tomorrow) which were halted due to the spread of deadly Coronavirus outbreak. In a tweet, PM Imran Khan said, “Tomorrow we will partially open airspace for intl flights. This is being done specially to help our … Read more

PM Khan discusses COVID-19 relief efforts with Canadian Counterpart

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Prime Minister PM Imran Khan and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau discussed their respective national efforts to fight the pandemic and protect the health, safety, and economic well-being of their citizens. According to the details, The two leaders spoke about the importance of a coordinated global response to the COVID-19 crisis, and in particular support for … Read more

Ali Zafar appeals for strict curfew as he fears the worst pandemic situation

Ali Zafar

Pakistan’s iconic singer Ali Zafar opens up about the importance to impose complete curfew in Pakistan to prevent the disasters we are facing due to novel Coronavirus outbreak. In a video posted on Twitter, the singer said that government, however, knows the entire economical situation in the country but focusing to impose curfew is much … Read more

Pakistan Coronavirus Update: Cases surge to 110065

Pakistan

Pakistan confirmed new 75 deaths by novel coronavirus in one day and the number of positive cases has surged to 110065. The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 2189. According to the latest figures by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), 4117 persons have been tested positive for COVID-19 in 24 hours. Punjab … Read more

Sindh govt makes COVID-19 test mandatory for passengers arriving from abroad

Sindh govt makes COVID-19 test mandatory for passengers arriving from abroad

The Sindh government has decided to make COVID-19 test mandatory for all passengers arriving at Jinnah Terminal Karachi from abroad and quarantine them as per standard operating procedure (SOP). Adviser to Chief Minister of Sindh on Law, Anti-Corruption Establishment, and information, Murtaza Wahab said in a tweet that out of all 246 passengers arriving at … Read more

Coronavirus claims 20 more lives in Sindh, tally hits 575

Pakistan

The novel coronavirus has claimed twenty more lives in the province of Sindh bringing the death toll to 575. Advisor to Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah, Murtaza Wahab took to his Twitter handle and wrote that in the last 24 hours, Sindh conducted 8390 tests. He said out of these 1666 people have tested … Read more

CM Punjab warns of strict action against violation of SOPs

Punjab

Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar ordered on Thursday strict action against those not following Standard Operating Procedure (SOPs). In his tweet, Usman Buzdar said the government eased lockdown in view of possible hunger and poverty. He said all concerned associations had promised to follow SOPS. However, Buzdar said, in most places SOPs are not being … Read more

Pakistan’s COVID-19 infection toll surpass China

Coronavirus

The national toll of confirmed novel coronavirus cases in Pakistan has passed 85000 with 1770 recorded deaths. As per details, cases have surged to 85,264 with a record case of 4,688 in the last 24 hours. According to the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), so far, 32,910 cases have been detected in Sindh, 31,104 … Read more

Three more Doctors succumb to coronavirus in Pakistan

Three more Doctors succumb to coronavirus in Pakistan

Three more frontline doctors have died in the country due to the coronavirus, while the number of medical personnel affected by the global Pandemic has risen to 1,904. The dead included Dr Zubair Ahmed, in-charge of the Bolan Medical Complex Trauma Center, Lady Dr Sana Fatima of Punjab and Afghan Dr Khanzada, who was on … Read more

Pakistan COVID-19 Update: Punjab, Sindh records highest single day fatalities

recovery toll

The number of confirmed novel coronavirus cases in Pakistan has passed 64000 with 1348 deaths. As per details, 2636 new coronavirus cases have surfaced in the country over the last twenty-four hours, the tally of confirmed cases now stands at  64832. 63 fatalities were confirmed in the last 24 hours in Punjab, Sindh and Islamabad … Read more

Pakistan Coronavirus Update: Tally of confirmed cases pass 60,000

Recovery

The tally of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus also known as COVID-19 in Pakistan has passed 60,000 adding 36 more deaths in national toll. According to the latest figures by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), Pakistan confirmed 36 more deaths from novel coronavirus in one day as the nationwide tally of fatalities … Read more

Pakistan Coronavirus Update: Infection toll to hit 60,000

Coronavirus infections

The number of confirmed coronavirus infections in Pakistan is nearly 60,000 after new cases emerged in the past 24 hours. The National Command and Control Centre (NCOC) in its latest figures cleared that the coronavirus infections toll in Pakistan has hit 59151 after 1446 new infections emerged in the past 24 hours.  According to the … Read more

Confirmed coronavirus cases in Pakistan rise to 56,349

Coronavirus

The nationwide tally of Coronavirus has risen to 56,349 with 1748 cases reported during the last twenty-four hours. 20,077 cases have so far been detected in Punjab, 22491 in Sindh, 7905 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 3407 in Balochistan, 1641 in Islamabad, 619 in Gilgit Baltistan, and 209 in Azad Kashmir. 17,482 patients have so far recovered … Read more

Pakistan reports 53,000 cases of Coronavirus, Death toll exceeds 1100

Pakistan reports 53,000 cases of Coronavirus, Death toll exceeds 1100

The global pandemic of Coronavirus is gaining momentum in Pakistan with each passing day and so far the total number of confirmed cases in Pakistan has reached 53,601 while the death toll has risen to 1,123. So far today (May 23), the virus has been confirmed in 1,498 more people in the country, while the … Read more

Pakistan Coronavirus Update: Death toll exceeds 1,000

Coronavirus: Death toll exceeds to 1 lakh in US

The total number of deaths due to coronavirus in Pakistan has reached 1,071 while the number of patients has reached 51,653 after new cases came to light. According to the details, the highest number of deaths so far has been reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa where 365 people have died from Coronavirus. At the same time, … Read more

‘This Eid, don’t hug your loved ones and strictly follow SOPs’: Zafar Mirza

Coronavirus: 74% of death occurred due to preexisting health conditions

Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Health Dr. Zafar Mirza has said that people need to follow SOPs strictly in order to have a risk free Eid occasion. Addressing a press conference on Friday, Zafra Mirza said, “This Eid is different than any other Eid we’ve ever had. This year you should avoid hugging your … Read more

Pakistan Coronavirus Update: Infection Toll passes 50,000

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The number of novel coronavirus infections in Pakistan has passed the tally of 50, 000 with 1067 deaths. Total Cases: The number of novel coronavirus cases so far reported in Punjab 18,455, in Sindh 19,924, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 7,155, in Balochistan 3,074, in Islamabad 1,326, in Gilgit-Baltistan 602 and in Azad Kashmir 158. Total Recovered: … Read more

Prime Minister Imran Khan to address impact of Covid-19 on Pakistan’s economy in WEF

Prime Minister Imran Khan

Prime Minister Imran Khan will address World Economic Forum today via video link. He will speak about the impact of coronavirus on Pakistan’s economy. According to the details, Prime Minister Imran Khan will attend an emergency session of the World Economic Forum on May 20 (today). Imran Khan would speak about the impact of coronavirus … Read more

Pakistan Coronavirus Update: Nationwide death toll hits 930

Pakistan Coronavirus

Nationwide death toll due to the novel coronavirus has crossed 930, with confirmed cases cross 43,000, however global coronavirus deaths exceed 317,000. As per details, National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), in its latest figures said 1,841 persons have been tested positive for COVID-19 in 24 hours. Sindh province  remains the worst-hit province by the pandemic … Read more

Sindh reports 9 new COVID-19 deaths taking toll to 277

Sindh

Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah said on Sunday that 9 more patients of the coronavirus lost their lives in a single day, after which the provincial death toll reached 277. It was 268 yesterday. As per details, The Chief Minister Sindh said that in the past 24 hours, 5034  tests conducted and 787 new … Read more

Shibli Faraz criticizes opposition govt. for terming PM Imran incompetent

Shibli Faraz

Newly-appointed Information Minister Shibli Faraz has criticized Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)’s chief Shehbaz Sharif for not attending National Assembly (NA) recent session which discussed Coronavirus situation. While briefing media officials in Islamabad on Saturday, Shibli Faraz said, “His absence shows his elite mindset. He did not show up because he thinks it is only his … Read more

Special Flights to bring back students will depart on May 18

Aviation Minister

Aviation Minister Malik Ghulam Sarwar has said that on May 18, flights will depart to Wuhan to bring back Pakistani students stranded in the Chinese city. He was addressing national assembly session on Friday. Aviation Minister said thousands of stranded Pakistanis, including students, workers, members of Tableeghi Jamaat, and pilgrims, from across the globe have … Read more

Shops sealed in Lahore for flouting the social distancing rule

Shops

Failing to follow the Standard operating procedures (SOPs) to contain spread of coronavirus the district administration sealed 45 shops in Shah Alam Market and seven shops in Chungi Amar Sadhu in Lahore. Customers and shopkeepers found flouting the social distancing rule, nor were they wearing face masks and gloves. As a result, the authorities sealed … Read more

Nursing multiplied manifold due to Coronavirus pandemic, Dr. Zafar Mirza

Dr Zafar Mirza

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health, Dr. Zafar Mirza said the government is working on developmental programs for the betterment of nurses. Addressing a ceremony in connection with International Nurses Day in Islamabad, he said that nurses play an important role in health sectors. The Special Assistant said the importance of nursing profession … Read more

Coronavirus: Pakistan confirms 526 deaths

Pakistan

Pakistan confirms more than 500 deaths due to the novel coronavirus also known as Covid-19, after 40 more deaths reported in past 24 hours. National Command and Operation Centre said that Pakistan confirms 526 deaths due to the novel coronavirus also known as Covid-19, after 40 more deaths reported in past 24 hours. However the … Read more

PM Imran Khan announces package of Rs1.25 trillion to fight Coronavirus

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Prime Minister Imran Khan chaired a meeting of the federal cabinet today to discuss easing the lockdown in the country. The cabinet discussed the economic challenges faced by the country due to the pandemic along with the relief package given under the Ehsaas Programme and power concession to small businesses. The cabinet also briefed about … Read more

President to represent Pakistan at virtual Summit of NAM held today

President Arif Alvi

President Dr. Alvi today (Monday) to represent Pakistan at the virtual Summit of Non-Aligned Movement. The Special Online Summit of the Heads of State and Government of NAM Member States has been convened at the initiative of President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan, in his capacity as current Chair of the Movement. The Summit will conclude … Read more