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Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Health Dr Zafar Mirza on Sunday said that the Pakistani students who were stranded in the Chinese city of Wuhan, during the peak of the country’s Covid-19 outbreak, are now thanking the government for not evacuating them. Briefing a team of doctors from China at the National Institute of Health (NIH) in Islamabad, Zafar …

KARACHI: As air travel comes to a standstill with countries locked down to fight the coronavirus pandemic, there are many airlines in the world which are at risk of going bankrupt in the near future. Among the worst-hit carriers is the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA). According to an article published by bloomberg.com, a spokesman for PIA says that losses and …

GUJRANWALA: Four prayer leaders were arrested by law enforcement agencies and police on violation of Friday prayers code at Gakhar Mandi. The Punjab government had directed all the mosques to be locked for Juma prayer and general prayers for five times except only for five people, including the caller for prayer (muezzin) and prayer leader (imam), who would be allowed …

KARACHI: As air travel comes to a standstill with countries locked down to fight the coronavirus pandemic, there are many airlines in the world which are at risk of going bankrupt in the near future. Among the worst-hit carriers is the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA). According to an article published by bloomberg.com, a spokesman for PIA says that losses and …

ISLAMABAD: The interior ministry on Friday announced a Standard Operating Pro­cedure (SoP) for the already registered international non-governmental organisations (INGOs) which want to facilitate the government in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. The government has decided to immediately issue No Objection Certi­ficate (NOC) to these INGOs’ projects relating to Covid-19 emergency, subject to their compliance with new guidelines announced …

  ISLAMABAD: Amid rising cases of coronavirus with another death being reported from Lahore, Prime Minister Imran Khan has lifted the ban on goods transport movement and decided to allow opening of food-related industries to ensure adequate supply of essential items during the nationwide lockdown. The prime minister announced the decisions at a press conference after chairing a meeting of …

LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau has sent a questionnaire to former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in a land case involving Jang Group’s Editor-in-Chief Mir Shakil-ur-Rehman and summoned him to the bureau office on March 31 to record his statement. Earlier, NAB’s Lahore office had summoned Mr Sharif to appear before the bureau in the case on March 20, but no …

Leader of the Opposition in Punjab Assembly, PML-N’s Hamza Shehbaz on Saturday sought bail from the Lahore High Court on grounds of “potentially deadly risk” for inmates in the situation that has arisen as a result of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. In a petition submitted to the court through his lawyers, Hamza said the coronavirus pandemic had caused an alarming …

A Pakistani-American Store Owner Shot, Killed During Robbery in Fort Worth Texas By: Raja Zahid A. Khanzada Dallas: A Pakistani-American was killed during an armed robbery at his gas station. Fort Worth Texas, the gas station “Super Big County” is located in the 4500 block of East FM 1187 South Fort Worth Texas. Gas station owner, Ayub Ali, was killed …

ISLAMABAD: In the wake of coronavirus pandemic and the present lockdown, the Supreme Court on Thursday postponed the hearing of petitions challenging the filing of the presidential reference against Justice Qazi Faez Isa. The case was fixed for Monday (March 30). In a related development, the apex court also waived for a month the limitation period for filing applications, petitions, …