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Can't lock up 220 million people: Pak PM amid coronavirus spread
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 3 (ANI): Despite continuous surge in coronavirus cases, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has reiterated that the government cannot 'lock up 220 million people' through a harsh curfew to control the spread of COVID-19.
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Coronavirus cases in Pakistan rise to 2071, death toll stands at 27
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 1 (ANI): As many as 27 people have died after being infected with the deadly coronavirus in Pakistan so far. The virus has infected several thousand people worldwide.
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COVID-19 makes Pakistan witness its biggest challenge ever, showcases weak
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], April 1 (ANI): The number of coronavirus positive cases in Pakistan has touched 1,900 and continues to mount even as medical professionals refuse to work on the forefront, clerics don't close mosques and children continue to play cricket on the streets.
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Coronavirus surges in Pak, Imran remains defiant to announce lockdown
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar 30 (ANI): With a tag of 'maximum-spreader,' Pakistan is reeling under an alarming situation due to a consistent surge in the active COVID-19 infection in the South Asian region. But Imran Khan is still not in favour of a complete lockdown in the country, fearing tha
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Pakistan losing precious time to act decisively on Covid-19 outbreak
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 28 (ANI): As COVID-19 positive cases continue to surge across Pakistan infecting nearly 1,400 people and killing 11 so far, a Washington-based think tank has said that Prime Minister Imran Khan is losing precious time to act decisively to fight the pandemic in his
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Balochistan govt has no funds to provide facilities to pilgrims: Imran Kha
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Quetta [Pakistan], Mar 27 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan while addressing the lack of facilities at Taftan border, said that the area is "barren" and Balochistan government did not have enough funds to provide adequate facilities to pilgrims and traders arriving from Iran.
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Decision not to bring back Pak students from Wuhan "tough but good", says
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar 25 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan told parliamentary leaders that the country does not have a single coronavirus case which was imported from China due to government's "tough but good" decision of not bringing back students stranded in Wuhan, the epicente
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Pakistan's Opposition urges PM Imran to take crucial economic decisions
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar 25 (ANI): Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly and PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Imran Khan to call a meeting of the Council of Common Interests (CCI) to address the current coronavirus outbreak.
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PM Imran opposes curfew, says will have negative impact on Pak's economy
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Islamabad[Pakistan], Mar 24 (ANI): Even as Sindh provincial government has imposed a lockdown to contain the spread of the virus, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said that he will not impose a country-wide lockdown and urged people to self-quarantine themselves to fight coronavirus.
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As coronavirus cases surge in Pak, imposing lockdown will cause 'untold mi
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar 23 (ANI): As several countries across the world including China, India and South Korea have gone under lockdowns to stall the spread of the coronavirus, imposing lockdown in Pakistan amid the crisis would cause "untold misery" to the multitudes that survive on da
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Cannot impose lockdown in Pakistan with 25 pc population living on daily w
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar 23 (ANI): Amid calls for a complete lockdown in Pakistan to combat the coronavirus outbreak, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday said that state-imposed curfew is not possible in the country as one-fourth of its population is under the poverty line and survives on d
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Pakistan's Sindh under 15-day lockdown; travel restricted to only need bas
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Mar 22 (ANI): Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah on Sunday announced that a lockdown will be imposed throughout the province starting midnight Sunday for the next 15 days in order to control the spread of coronavirus.
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