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Pakistan: Spike in COVID-19 cases raises questions about quarantine proced
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar 18 (ANI): At least 134 people released from quarantine camps in Pakistan's Taftan border crossing with Iran have tested positive for novel coronavirus, raising questions about screening procedures and living conditions at these camps which presently house hundreds o
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Pakistan can't afford Italy-like lockdown while battling Covid-19, says P
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar 17 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday said that had Pakistan locked down its cities like Italy did, its population would have died of hunger.
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Malaysia, Philippines take sweeping measures as fears grip South Asia over
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar 17 (ANI): Malaysian Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has announced some of the most far-reaching measures including locking down all travel in or out of the country in an effort to stem infections of COVID-19.
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Coronavirus scare: Restaurants in Karachi close dine-in option to encourag
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar 17 (ANI): Amid the surging cases of coronavirus-infection in the country, restaurants in Karachi, capital of Sindh province in southeast Pakistan, are closing their dine-in options to encourage social distancing in an effort to stop the rapid spreading of the virus.
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Pak PM Imran Khan to address nation today as COVID-19 cases surge
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Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar 17 (ANI): Prime Minister Imran Khan will address the nation today evening amid the coronavirus outbreak in the country which has claimed one life and infected over 190 people in Pakistan.
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Pakistan's confirmed Covid-19 cases rise to 193, Sindh worst hit
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar 17 (ANI): Pakistan's tally of confirmed coronavirus cases reached 193 on Tuesday as five more cases were confirmed in Sindh province, the provincial tally of confirmed cases is at 155.
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Coronavirus cases in Pakistan spike to 183
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar 17 (ANI): The total number of cases of coronavirus in Pakistan shot up to 183 on Monday with provincial authorities in Sindh and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa confirming 115 and 15 new cases of the deadly virus.
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First coronavirus case in Islamabad, tally soars to 31 in Pakistan
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Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar 14 (ANI): Islamabad has reported its first confirmed case of the novel coronavirus out of the three new cases confirmed in Pakistan on Saturday, pushing the country's tally of cases of the infection to 31.
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Will participate in COVID-19 video conference: Pak on PM Modi's joint SAAR
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar 14 (ANI): Pakistan said it will participate in a video conference of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) member countries proposed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi aimed at tackling the coronavirus outbreak.
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PM Imran Khan calls NSC to discuss strategy to tackle coronavirus
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Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar 13 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan called an emergency meeting of the National Security Committee on Friday to discuss steps to be taken by his government to contain coronavirus spread as COVID-19 cases rose to 20 in the country.
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Pakistan's anti-graft body arrests Geo News owner Mir Shakil-ur Rehman
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar 12 (ANI): Pakistan's National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Thursday arrested Editor-In-Chief of Jang and Geo Media Group Mir Shakil-ur Rehman in connection with a case pertaining to the purchase of a 54-kanal piece of land 34 years ago.
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PAF F-16 crashes in Islamabad during parade rehearsals; Wg CDR Akram dead
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Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar 11 (ANI): Wing Commander Nauman Akram of Pakistan Air Force (PAF) was killed in a fighter jet crash near the Pakistan Museum of Natural History Park here.
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