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Pak Election body rejects Imran Khan govt's plea to block document exposin
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 28 (ANI): The Election Commission of Pakistan's (ECP) inquiry panel on Tuesday dismissed an application filed by the Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government to review the electoral body's decision to allow estranged party leader Akbar S Babar acce
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Pakistan: Surgeries halted in Islamabad's public hospitals to save oxygen
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 28 (ANI): Islamabad's public hospitals have halted previously scheduled surgeries to ensure a continuous supply of oxygen for coronavirus patients on Tuesday.
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Imran Khan govt failed to lure foreign investors in Pak: Report
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 27 (ANI): Despite its claims over providing ease of doing business, the ruling Imran Khan-led PTI government has failed to lure foreign investors to the country, according to a recent media report.
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No exams to take place until June 15 amid COVID-19 surge, says Pak's Educa
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 27 (ANI): Amid a surge in coronavirus cases in Pakistan, Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mehmood on Tuesday announced that no examinations will take place in the country until June 15.
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Only three weeks of wheat stocks left in Pakistan
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 27 (ANI): As the total public sector stocks depleted to less than three weeks of consumption level, Pakistan Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin on Monday underscored the need to build six million metric tons of strategic wheat reserves.
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Pakistan missing vital ingredient of public support in COVID-19 fight: Rep
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 27 (ANI): Pakistan is missing a vital ingredient of public support in the COVID-19 fight as many people are refusing to get vaccinated despite government's public health guidelines.
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Pak govt's bid to set up panel on demand for French envoy's explusion fail
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 26 (ANI): The Imran Khan government's move to form a special parliamentary committee on the issue of the French envoy's expulsion from Pakistan seems to have failed after opposition parties joined hands to oppose the idea and called for a debate in the country'
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Pakistan's COVID-19 cases cross 800,000 mark
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 26 (ANI): As COVID-19 cases are rapidly surging in Pakistan, the country's total cases of COVID-19 infection crossed 800,000 mark on Monday.
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COVID-19: Pakistan mulling complete lockdown due to high positivity rate
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 26 (ANI): Amid the sudden rise in coronavirus cases in Pakistan, the federal government has warned they will be forced to impose a complete lockdown in the country if the current positivity rate of COVID-19 cases continues in the coming week.
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Pak FM Qureshi says willing to talk if India revisits its Aug 5, 2019 deci
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 26 (ANI): Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Sunday said that Pakistan would be happy to talk out differences and resolve outstanding issues through dialogue if India was willing to revisit the unilateral decisions it took on Aug 5, 2019, regarding
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Pakistan Army set to enforce COVID-19 SOPs as infections surge
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 25 (ANI): Pakistan government has issued a notification allowing the provinces and federal administration to take the Army's help to enforce standard operating procedures (SOPs) amid the rising coronavirus infections in the country.
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Pakistan govt lacks public support in fight against COVID-19 pandemic: Rep
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 25 (ANI): Even though Pakistan's medical infrastructure is crumbling under mounting pressure because of the adverse COVID-19 situation in the country, only a minuscule percentage of the Pakistani population actually wants to get vaccinated.
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