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Coronavirus kills 81 in Pakistan over 24 hours

As Prime Minister Imran Khan calls the National Coordination Committee (NCC) meeting on Monday to decide about further easing lockdown, Pakistan witnessed the highest spike in the number of coronavirus cases and deaths in a single day, with the medical fraternity losing five more lives during the past 24 hours

Accountability court issues bailable warrants for former PM Sharif

The Accountability Court of Islamabad on Friday issued bailable arrest warrants for former prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supreme leader Nawaz Sharif because of his absence in the proceedings of a reference that accused him, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari and ex-PM Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani of receiving luxury vehicles and gifts from Toshakhana

Pakistani dissident leader appeals to US Congress to table bill for free Balochistan, Sindh

Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) founder Altaf Hussain has appealed to the US Congress to table a bill for the independence of Balochistan and Sindh from Pakistan on the same lines as they introduced a bill on Tibet's freedom from China

Pakistan SC to hear Daniel Pearl murder case on June 1

The Pakistan Supreme Court has fixed the hearing of the murder case of American journalist Daniel Pearl for June 1, it was reported

Crashed PIA plane's cockpit voice recorder found

The cockpit voice recorder of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane which crashed in Karachi on May 22 killing 97 people, has been found in the wreckage, the media reported on Friday

Two Radio Pakistan staffers die of COVID-19

Two Radio Pakistan staffers died from the novel coronavirus, it was reported

Pakistan to resume outbound international flight operations tomorrow

The Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA) said Friday outbound international flight operations would resume tomorrow (Saturday), the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA) said Friday, with the exception of Gwadar and Turbat airports

Pakistan to establish national cell against locust threat

The Pakistani government has decided to form the National Locust Control Cell against the rising attacks of the locust swarms across the country, which are posing a serious threat to the national food security

No immediate plan to go for stricter lockdown: Government

As the country registered thousands of new Covid-19 patients and witnessed many deaths from the virus on Thursday, the government expressed “satisfaction” over the situation in hospitals, saying it has no immediate plan to go for a stricter lockdown

Airbus team scours Karachi crash site

Airbus experts continued to examine and collect evidence about the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane crash on May 22 at a residential area in the port city that killed 97 people

Senior journalist Fakhruddin Syed passes away due to coronavirus in Peshawar

Senior journalist Fakhruddin Syed passed away due to the coronavirus, early on Thursday morning at Peshawar's Hayatabad Medical Complex (HMC)

Chaotic situation amid shortage of ventilators in Pakistan's Punjab

State-run hospitals of Faisalabad are facing an acute shortage of ventilators so much so that a lady doctor and her colleagues had recently failed to arrange a ventilator for her uncle

Corona confirmed cases cross 60,000

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases and fatalities in Pakistan rose to 60,074 and 1,240 respectively on Wednesday

Revised lockdown to be imposed in K-P

The provincial government on Wednesday said that they will re-impose a lockdown with set times for stores to close as part of measures to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)

179 stranded Pakistanis return home via Wagah

A total of 179 Pakistanis stranded in India due to the Covid-19 lockdown reached the country via Wagah border crossing on Wednesday. 
The Indian Border Security Force (BSF) handed over the Pakistani nationals to officials of the Pakistan Rangers (Punjab)