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RAWALPINDI: After a temporary halt in flight operations due to the tension between the Pakistan Airlines Pilots Association (Palpa) and other stakeholders, PIA resumed its flight operations on Wednesday after Palpa called off the strike the previous day. Pakistan Interna­tional Airlines operated five international flights — three from Islamabad and two from Lahore — on Wednesday. A domestic flight for …

ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: Pak­is­tan Railways has closed the Mughalpura railway workshop in Lahore till April 12, following the detection of coronavirus in a visitor to the premises, Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad said on Wednesday. All necessary precautions, including quarantine, are being taken to clear and resume operation at the ­oldest locomotive workshop of Pakistan Railways where 10,000 employees work on shifts, …

ISLAMABAD: Urging people to maintain social distancing to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday warned that the viral disease would increase in the days to come and announced that distribution of Rs12,000 four-month stipend among 12 million poor and daily wage earners will start from Thursday (today) through 17,000 points across the country. …

President Dr Arif Alvi on Thursday issued a clarification after photos and videos of him wearing a N-95 mask at a meeting sparked criticism among medical professionals who claimed that personal protective equipment (PPE) was being “misused” by politicians. On Wednesday, President Alvi — wearing a N-95 mask — had chaired a briefing session by the Punjab government regarding coronavirus at the …

ISLAMABAD: The capital administration is struggling to implement its lockdown and social distancing measures in rural parts of Islamabad to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. In addition, the number of quarantine centres in the capital has been increased to 13, and more than 50 houses have been sealed because of confirmed cases of Covid-19. Theadministration believes that the next …

LAHORE: An accountability court on Tuesday extended physical remand of Jang group editor-in-chief Mir Shakilur Rehman for another 11 days in a 34-year-old land allotment case, while the Lahore High Court dismissed two identical petitions for his bail and quashment of the remand. Earlier, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) produced Mr Rehman before the trial court on expiry of his …

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Airlines Pilots Association (Palpa) called off its strike after it was assured that personal protection equipment (PPE) will be provided to the cockpit and cabin crew staff. On the other hand, standard operating procedures (SOPs) designed by the government and the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) will be followed by the pilots. The decision was taken after a meeting …

ISLAMABAD: Army Chief Gen Qamar Bajwa on Tuesday directed his commanders to assist the civilian administration in uninterrupted supply of essential items to remote regions. Chairing the 231st Corps Commanders’ Conference, the army chief, according to the ISPR, asked the commanders to “extend maximum assistance in moving critical resources and reaching out to mitigate suffering of people in far-flung areas …

LAHORE: Punjab has achieved the capacity of conducting 3,100 Covid-19 tests daily, which will be increased to 5,000 tests in the next few days, says Chief Minister Usman Buzdar while presiding over a video-link meeting of the cabinet committee for eradication of coronavirus here on Tuesday. As many as 1,785 people were tested on Monday, he said and added that …

ISLAMABAD: The opposition has asked the National Accountability Bureau to act against those members of the ruling elite who created recent sugar and wheat shortage in the country by exporting these two commodities which led to massive increase in prices of these commodities. It has also criticised FIA reports which are silent on critical aspects of the entire racket. Speaking …