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Visas of stranded foreign nationals extended for two months

The Pakistan government has extended for another two months the validity of visas for foreign nationals stranded in Pakistan due to the COVID-19 pandemic

JUD leadership jailed in Pakistan on terror-financing charges

An Anti-terrorism Court (ATC) in Lahore, hearing a money-laundering and terror-financing case against the senior leadership of Jamat-ud-Dawa (JUD), announced the verdict on Thursday, sentencing the top JUD leadership and close aids of Hafiz Saeed to jail

Peshawar High Court overturns military court sentences

In Pakistan, the trial of people under the established military courts, has been questioned by the country's legal justice system with concerns over the convictions and verdicts given after provision of a fair trial

PM orders availability of drugs, beds in hospitals ordered

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday directed the federal and provincial authorities to take all possible steps for controlling the novel coronavirus and ensure availability of medicines, oxygen and beds in hospitals

PM calls for steps to restore educational activities

In a move aimed at saving the education system from further disruption amid the coronavirus crisis, Prime Minister Imran Khan directed the authorities concerned on Thursday to thrash out a strategy to restore academic activities in the country in consultation with provincial governments

Sindh records highest COVID-19 deaths in a day as 48 more perish

The novel coronavirus claimed the highest number of lives in a single day in Sindh where at least 48 people died due to viral infection in last 24 hours, of whom the majority breathed their last in Karachi, Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah said on Thursday

'Smart lockdown' imposed in Lahore

A "smart lockdown" has been imposed in Lahore and several other cities in Pakistan's Punjab province, an area home to more than 100 million people, following a spike in the number of new COVID-19 cases, it was reported on Thursday

Entry of visitors to Peshawar airport banned

The entry of visitors to the Peshawar airport has been banned in the wake of a surge in COVID-19 cases, it was reported on Thursday

Calls for probe into PM Imran Khan's ‘assets’ in Britain

The Opposition Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Wednesday called for investigation against Prime Minister Imran Khan and his advisers for reportedly owning properties in the UK

Virus cases reduce by 90% in Pakistan capital in areas under lockdown

The enforcement of smart lockdown has begun to bear fruit in Pakistan as it was revealed on Wednesday that the number of coronavirus cases reduced by 90 percent in an area of the federal capital which was sealed on March 13

How authentic is official death count?

If official statistics are to be believed, the number of deaths in first five months of this year in Pakistan have been lower than the corresponding period of the previous year, a calculation that raises question about the integrity of data in a country where there is no proper system to keep the death count

Pakistan decides to reopen 25% airspace from June 20

Islamabad: The federal government had decided to reopen 25% of its airspace after June 20 to bring back more Pakistanis stranded abroad because of the coronavirus pandemic

Over 75,000 Pak nationals repatriated due to COVID-19: Official

Over 75,000 stranded Pakistani nationals had been repatriated amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a senior official said here

BNP-M chief announces withdrawal from ruling PTI coalition government

Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) President Sardar Akhtar Mengal on Wednesday announced his party's withdrawal from its alliance with the PTI-led federal government over its failure to implement accords with the party

Pakistan services chiefs attend rare briefing at ISI headquarters

Pakistan's Services chiefs on Tuesday expressed satisfaction over preparedness of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) to counter India’s 'sinister' designs after receiving a rare combined briefing on occupied Kashmir and other regional issues at the headquarters of the premier intelligence agency