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Government's anti-pandemic strategy helping people overcome fear: PM

Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that the nation was coming out of a state of fear due to a well-devised strategy adopted by the government to cope with the Covid-19 pandemic

Pak TV show host apologises after joking about Irrfan, Sridevi's demise

Pakistani television personality Aamir Liaquat Husain has apologised for making extremely insensitive remarks about the deaths of iconic Bollywood stars Sridevi and Irrfan Khan

American journalist's parents approach Pakistan SC against acquittal of accused

Parents of slain American journalist Daniel Pearl have approached the Pakistan Supreme Court against the Sindh High Courts (SHC) verdict acquitting and releasing the prime accused in their sons murder case 18 years ago, a media report said

Pakistan sees record deaths in a day

Pakistan witnessed a record number of deaths from the coronavirus with nearly half of them being reported from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa alone, as the tally of countrywide confirmed cases surged past 18,700 on Saturday

Militant attacks increase in Pakistan

Casualties in militant attacks in Pakistan have slightly increased during the month of April, though the number of such assaults remained the same as compared to March, according to figures by an Islamabad-based think tank

Former PM Nawaz Sharif's surgery postponed due to COVID-19

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharifs cardiac surgery has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, his daughter Maryam Nawaz has said

Karachi COVID-19 cases near 5,000, Sindh worst-hit

The total number of COVID-19 cases in Karachi jumped by 446, taking the total to 4,873 -- over a quarter of Pakistan's total of 17,699, while Sindh province remained the worst-hit with 6,675 infections

Swedish police find body of missing Pakistani Baloch journalist

Police in Sweden said they have found the body of Pakistani journalist, two months after he went missing. Sajid Hussain, the editor of an ethnic Baloch news website, fled Pakistan in 2012 after getting death threats and was granted political asylum in Sweden, the BBC reported on Friday

Pakistan's nationwide COVID-19 tally reaches 17,439, 391 deaths

The nationwide tally of COVID-19 patients in Pakistan stands at 17,439 with 6,340 cases in Punjab, 6,675 in Sindh, 2,627 in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, 1,049 in Balochistan, 339 in Gilgit-Baltistan, 313 in Islamabad and 66 in Azad Jammu and Kashmir

Pakistan awarded death penalty to 584 people, 17 for blasphemy in 2019

Last year, Pakistan awarded the death penalty to at least 584 people, out of which 17 were convicted for "blasphemy", and 15 were executed

Pakistan National Assembly Speaker tests COVID-19 positive

Pakistan's National Assembly (NA) Speaker Asad Qaiser has tested positive for the novel coronavirus and went into self-isolation, he confirmed in a tweet

Lockdown restrictions in Sindh to remain until Ramzan end

An ongoing lockdown imposed in Pakistan Sindh to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus will remain in place until the end of Ramzan, a provincial government spokesperson has confirmed

Pakistan government persuading opposition to hold National Assembly virtual session

The Pakistan government has been persuading the opposition parties to hold a virtual session of the National Assembly or the lower house of the country's parliament after two parliamentarians tested positive of COVID-19, an official said on Thursday

Indian diplomat summoned over ceasefire violations along LOC

Pakistan Foreign Office summoned Indian Charge d’Affaires Gaurav Ahluwalia on Thursday to register Pakistan’s protest over ceasefire violations by Indian forces along the Line of Control (LOC) in Rakhchikri Sector on April 29, 2020, Pakistani media said

PIA to operate direct flights to US

The United States Department of Transportation has granted permission to Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) to conduct direct flights to the US, the airline's spokesman Abdullah Hafeez confirmed on Thursday. This is the first time Pakistan's national flag carrier will be operating direct flights to the US