Pakistan reports 2,964 new coronavirus cases taking tally to 72,000
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s coronavirus cases on Monday crossed 72,000-mark with 2,964 new patients while the death toll climbed to 1,543 after 60 people lost their lives in the last 24 hours, health officials said. According to the Ministry of National Health Services, 2,964 new infections surfaced over the last 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally of […]
Coronavirus cases in Pakistan cross 61,000-mark, death toll soars to 1,260
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday crossed the 61,000-mark with 2,076 new coronavirus cases reported in the last 24 hours, the health ministry said. As many as 36 more patients died of the deadly viral infection, bringing the total death toll in the country to 1,260. With 2,076 new infections, the nationwide tally of coronavirus cases now […]
Pakistan registers 1,446 new coronavirus cases; total count crosses 59,000-mark
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan registered 1,446 new coronavirus infections during the last 24 hours, taking the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country to 59,151, the health ministry said on Wednesday. The death toll reached 1,225 with 28 more patients succumbing to the disease, it said. Sindh reported the maximum number of 23,507 cases, followed by […]
COVID-19 lockdown: Pakistan SC orders shopping malls, markets to remain open all days
ISLAMABAD: Observing that shopkeepers in Pakistan will “die of hunger rather than the coronavirus” and that the virus does not go anywhere on Saturdays and Sundays, the Supreme Court on Monday ordered that shopping malls and markets should be allowed to operate throughout the week across the country. Markets and shopping malls in Pakistan were […]
Pakistan reports record 1,991 new COVID-19 cases, tally crosses 29,000
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan reported a record number of 1,991 coronavirus cases in a single day, taking the total number of infections to over 29,000, the health ministry said on Sunday as the country began easing the month-long lockdown imposed to curb the spread of the deadly disease. Despite a surge in the number of COVID-19 infections, […]
Pakistan reports 38 new COVID-19 deaths, total cases cross 24,000
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s COVID-19 cases have crossed 24,000 after 1,523 new infections were detected, while the death toll has jumped to 564 with 38 more people succumbing to the coronavirus, health officials said on Thursday. Even as the country is seeing an increase in the number of coronavirus cases and fatalities, Prime Minister Imran Khan will […]
Pakistan’s Sindh govt seeks early hearing of plea against provincial HC order in scribe Daniel Pearl case
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Sindh government has approached the Supreme Court, seeking an early hearing of its appeal which challenged the provincial high court’s verdict that acquitted British-born top al-Qaeda leader Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and three others in the abduction and murder of US journalist Daniel Pearl in Karachi in 2002. Pearl, the 38-year-old South Asia […]
Coronavirus cases in Pakistan rises to 14,885; death toll 327
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s coronavirus cases have climbed to 14,885 while the death toll from the pandemic has reached 327 with 26 more fatalities, the health ministry said on Wednesday. According to the Ministry of National Health Services, 3,425 people have recovered from the contagion while 129 were still in critical condition. The ministry said that Punjab […]
Coronavirus cases in Pakistan rise to 13,328; death toll 281
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s coronavirus cases have climbed to 13,328 while the death toll from the pandemic has reached 281 with 12 more fatalities, the health ministry said on Monday. According to the Ministry of National Health Services, more than 3,000 people have recovered from the contagion. The ministry said that Punjab has reported 5,446 cases, Sindh […]
Pakistan national apprehended by BSF along border in Punjab
NEW DELHI: A 30-year-old Pakistan national has been apprehended by the Border Security Force (BSF) along the international border in Punjab on Sunday, officials said. The man has been nabbed by the force at around 10 am from near the Hussainiwala India-Pakistan retreat ceremony area in Ferozepur sector. The man, being grilled by a joint […]