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Pakistan Army aircraft crash kills two pilots

Two pilots were killed on Monday when a Pakistan Army aircraft crashed near the city of Gujrat in Punjab province during a routine training mission, according to the military's media wing

Pakistan government asked to remove state minister of health

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Gulzar Ahmed on Monday asked the government to remove Zafar Mirza as state minister of health as the Supreme Court was a suo motu case on the coronavirus crisis, adding that Prime Minister Imran Khan's cabinet has become ineffective in the fight against the pandemic

Half of Pakistan's cases locally transmitted

Nearly half of Pakistan's coronavirus cases were locally transmitted, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health Zafar Mirza said, adding that some 17,332 people were present in quarantine centres across the country out of which 18 per cent tested positive

Imran felicitates Christian community on Easter

April 12 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday felicitated the Christian community on Easter and urged them to celebrate at home amid the coronavirus pandemic

Pakistan virus cases cross 5,000 mark

Amid the countrywide lockdown, the total number of confirmed coronavirus patients has increased to 5,030 across Pakistan with nearly half of the cases being reported from Punjab province alone

Woman police official attacked in Karachi over prayer restrictions

A female police official in Karachi was attacked by a mob after law enforcers tried to enforce Friday prayer restrictions, a media report said

Pakistan's provinces told to open airports to ease pressure on Islamabad

Pakistan's National Command and Operation Centre on COVID-19 directed all provincial governments to reopen their airports to avoid chaos in Islamabad, it was reported on Saturday

Virus kills over 100 Pakistanis in New York

There are more than one hundred Pakistanis among the 8,000 people who have died of the coronavirus in the New York region, officials said

PM Imran Khan holds telethon to raise donations for coronavirus relief fund

Prime Minister Imran Khan, while holding a telethon at a private TV channel to raise donations for his corornavirus fund on Friday, said no government could win the war against COVID-19 alone and national unity was needed to defeat the deadly contagion

Pak extends intl, domestic flights suspension till April 21

The Pakistan government has extended the suspension of domestic and international flight operations in the country until April 21 in a bid to contain the coronavirus spread, said a notification issued by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)

Pakistan Supreme Court to start work from April 13

All the benches of the Pakistan Supreme Court (SC) will gradually resume work from April 13 despite the increase in the coronavirus cases in the country, it was reported on Friday

PM Imran Khan says burden on healthcare system will increase by month-end

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday warned that the burden on the country’s healthcare system will increase by end of April as the country’s limited hospital capacity deals with the COVID-19 pandemic

COVID-19 situation can worsen in coming days: PM

Islamabad Urging people to maintain social distancing to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has warned that the situation in the country due to the pandemic could worsen in the days to come, it was reported on Thursday

Pakistan Army responds to Indian airspace 'violation', shoots down quadcopter

Pakistan Army on Thursday shot down an Indian quadcopter that violated the country’s airspace in the Sankh sector along the Line of Control (LoC), a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said

Striking doctors refuse to negotiate with government

Pakistani doctors observed a strike in two government hospitals in the provincial capital in protest against the arrest of young doctors on Monday and refused to hold talks with the government till the acceptance of their demands