More on Pakistan

2 dead in Karachi residential building collapse

At least two people were killed and eight others injured after a multi-story residential building in Karachi collapsed, officials said on Monday, adding that rescue operations were underway

Locust invasion threatens entire country, Pakistan SC told

The government of Pakistan's Punjab province told the Supreme Court that the entire country was under a serious threat of locust invasion if the menace was not contained in the breeding regions

Corona claims over 100 lives in a day

The countrywide death toll from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) rose to 1,998 on Saturday with over 100 deaths reported in a single day

People must learn to live with virus: PM aide

As the number of coronavirus cases surged to 96,445 — an increase of around 5,000 cases in a day — amid strong criticism from the opposition of the Centre for relaxing the lockdown before flattening the curve, the federal government on Saturday said lockdown was not a solution to the pandemic anywhere in the world rather the masses should change their behaviour and learn to live with the virus

Decoding of crashed PIA plane's black box completed

French investigators probing the May 22 Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane crash have announced that downloading and decoding of the black box of the aircraft has been completed

Pakistan SC bans entry of people ignoring SOPs

The Pakistan Supreme Court has banned the entry of people ignoring the government's standard operating procedures (SOPs) including not wearing face masks, bypassing temperature and symptoms checking

Rehman Malik rejects 'baseless, wild allegations' by US blogger

Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Senator Rehman Malik on Saturday “strongly rejected the baseless and wild allegations” of rape by a US citizen

Embassy in Kuwait helps stranded Bhutanese

The Royal Bhutan Embassy (RBE) in Kuwait has started helping Bhutanese workers stranded in Kuwait, but some Bhutanese would have to fulfill the procedures to return home

Pakistan PM rejects option of imposing another lockdown

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday rejected an option of imposing another lockdown in the country

Blogger Cynthia D. Ritchie alleges three PPP leaders molested her nine years ago

Cynthia D. Ritchie, a Pakistan-based blogger from the United States, has accused senior Pakistan Peoples Party leaders of molesting her in 2011, a week after the opposition party filed a complaint with the Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) cybercrime wing against her for hateful comment and slander agai­nst slain prime minister Benazir Bhutto

Record number of COVID-19 cases, deaths in 24 hours

With the National Coordination and Operation Centre (NCOC) bringing over 15,450 hospitals online to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, Pakis­tan on Friday witnessed its single-day death toll crossing the 100 mark with the number of cases in the last 24 hours also surging past 5,000, taking the total number of infections to 91,365

‘Hospitals may soon start facing capacity issues’

Despite the Punjab government’s tall claims of adequate facilities for Covid-19 patients, the healthcare system seems to have choked in the province amid critical patients’ complaints about non-availability of facilities in the hospitals

Pakistan Army intercepts, destroys '8th Indian spy drone this year’

Pakistan Army on Friday shot down an Indian spy drone that intruded into the country’s airspace along the Line of Control (LoC), Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Babar Iftikhar said in a tweet

PIA applies ‘across-the-board cut’ in salaries of officers, pilots

The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has applied an “across-the-board cut” in the salaries of its officers and pilots, with exception to the lowest and non-officer cadre

Pakistan Senate panel wants SAARC to formulate joint anti-virus strategy after rising cases

A Pakistan Senate panel on Thursday asked the government to convene a SAARC conference to formulate a joint strategy to effectively combat coronavirus