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Pakistan's Edhi Foundation chief again tests positive for COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 30 (ANI): Faisal Edhi, the head of Edhi Foundation and son of philanthropist late Abdul Sattar Edhi, has once again tested positive for the coronavirus.
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COVID-19 cases in Pakistan rise to 14,885
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 29 (ANI): As many as 806 new coronavirus cases have been registered within the last 24 hours in Pakistan, which took the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 14,885 on Wednesday, health authorities said.
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Pak govt appoints former military spokesperson as PM's special assistant o
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 27 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday appointed former military spokesperson, Asim Saleem Bajwa, as PM's special assistant on information and broadcasting, amid mounting criticism of his government for failing to address the coronavirus crisis.
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Pakistan's COVID-19 tally surges on second day of Ramzan
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 27 (ANI): As many as 700 new cases of COVID-19 and around 12 virus-related deaths were reported in Pakistan on Sunday as the country entered the second day of Ramzan.
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Pak cleric blames women's 'wrongdoing' for COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 27 (ANI): Pakistan's well-known cleric has passed an inflammatory remark against women in the presence of Prime Minister Imran Khan on live television, claiming that COVID-19 has been unleashed on humanity because of the 'wrongdoing of women.'
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As coronavirus crisis ravages Pakistan, military trumps Imran Khan
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 26 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has been trumped by the country's powerful military yet again, this time over his government's inadequate steps and its poor response in curbing the coronavirus outbreak in the country, even as cases soared over 12,500.
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Associated Press of Pakistan headquarter sealed after employee tested Covi
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 25 (ANI): Associated Press of Pakistan's headquarter has been sealed after an employee was tested positive for coronavirus, Naya Daur reported.
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Beggars can't be choosers: How Imran Khan sold Pakistani citizens to a Chi
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Glasgow [Scotland], April 25 (ANI): A letter dated April 21, 2020, arrived at the desk of Major General Aamir Ikram, executive director of the National Institute of Health (NIH), a 40-year-old vaccine research and manufacturing facility located in Chak Shezad in Islamabad.
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ADB assures USD 1.7 billion help to Pak to fight COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 24 (ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will give USD 1.7 billion dollars to Pakistan to help the nation in containing the coronavirus outbreak and to mitigate the economic impact of it.
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Pak lockdown extended as Covid-19 cases surge, clerics urge people to igno
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 24 (ANI): Pakistan on Friday announced the extension of countrywide lockdown till May 9 as coronavirus cases in the country crosses 11,000 mark.
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Pakistan convenes SAARC meet on COVID-19, officials attend
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 24 (ANI): Pakistan on Thursday called a meeting of SAARC countries on COVID-19, claiming it to be a ministerial conference, but later it turned out that only official-level dignitaries participated at the forum.
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Bangladesh extends shutdown till May 5 as coronavirus crisis surge
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 23 (ANI): Bangladesh has extended its nationwide lockdown till May 5 as part of measures to stem the spread of coronavirus pandemic, local media reported on Thursday.
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