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Pakistan Minorities Commission head Cheela Ram contracts COVID-19

Chairman of the National Minorities Commission, Cheela Ram, contracted COVID-19 on Wednesday, a week after he met Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and delegations from Islamabad and Peshawar, Geo News reported

Corona growth fastest in Pakistan Punjab

Pakistan Tuesday crossed 110,851 cases becoming the second-largest most corona-infected nation in Asia with 2,216 deaths. As many as 45 infected persons died on Tuesday

Emirates resumes flights from Pakistan after two months

After a gap of over two months, Emirates has resumed scheduled services from Pakistan while ensuring the implementation of measures for the health and safety of its customers and employees at all contact point

WHO says Pakistan meets no pre-requisites for easing restrictions, recommends 'intermittent lockdown'

The World Health Organisation (WHO) — in a letter addressed to Punjab Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid — has recommended that the country impose an "intermittent lockdown" to curb the spread of COVID-19, noting that the country doesn't meet any prerequisites for lifting restrictions as was done on May 1 and then on May 22

PM Imran Khan orders reforms in PIA to curb losses

As the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is running into 6 billion PKR losses per month, Prime Minister Imran Khan has ordered restructuring of the national flag carrier to diminish burden of its losses on people

Pakistan SC tells government to take COVID-19 seriously

With at least two judges contracting the novel coronavirus, the Pakistan Supreme Court has reminded the federal government to take the health emergency seriously and come up with a uniform national legislation

PML-N leader Marriyum Aurangzeb tests positive for coronavirus

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb has tested positive for the coronavirus, party leader Ahsan Iqbal said on Tuesday

Pakistan military-industrial complex under scanner after PIA plane crash

The recent crash of a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane in which 91 passengers and six others were killed, has led to many in Pakistan pointing fingers at the corruption of the country's infamous military-industrial complex, which is now headed by the Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa

4 killed in Pakistan oil depot blaze

At least four workers were killed after a huge fire broke out in an oil depot in Pakistan's Faisalabad city, officials said on Tuesday

Pakistan COVID-19 peak by July end or August: PM

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases will continue to rise in the country, and a peak will be witnessed by the end of July or beginning of August

US blogger claims to have been probing anti-Pakistan activities

The social media controversy that began with Pakistan-based American blogger Cynthia Ritchie’s allegations against former prime minister Benazir Bhutto is turning murkier after rape accusations against former interior minister Rehman Malik and her claims that she had been “investigating” an ethnic organisation

Hospitals under strain as COVID-19 peak approaches

As the feared peak of COVID-19 cases nears, major hospitals across Pakistan are rapidly running short of capacity, official data shows

Ex-Pakistan PM tests COVID-19 positive

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has tested positive for the novel coronavirus and was currently quarantined at his house, a PML-N official confirmed on Monday

Coronavirus cases cross 100,000 mark

As the novel coronavirus claimed 458 more lives besides infecting at least 26,853 more people during the last one week only, the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases and related deaths across the country on Sunday surged past 100,000 and 2,000, respectively

PPP leader files Rs 500 mn defamation suit against US blogger as she reveals more 'secrets'

The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has rejected the “rape allegations” hurled by US blogger Cynthia Dawn Ritchie at one of its leaders, stating that the claims are part of a plan to vilify the party leadership