Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: On the directives of Prime Minister of Pakistan, the Board of National Disaster Risk Management Fund (NDRMF) has approved grant financing of US$ 50 Million to National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to supplement…
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LONDON: Prince Charles has tested positive for coronavirus and is displaying mild symptoms, a Clarence House spokesman said. “The Prince of Wales has tested positive for Coronavirus," the spokesman said. "He has been displaying mild…
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Gun sales have exploded in the United States in the last two weeks as the coronavirus outbreak worsens, with people stocking up on weapons and ammunition out of fear the pandemic might lead to social unrest. "We have had about an 800…
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan strongly condemned the heinous terrorist attack on a Gurdwara in Kabul, that has resulted in the loss of precious lives and injuries to several worshippers. "Such despicable attacks have no political, religious or moral…
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India's billion-plus population went into a three-week lockdown on Wednesday, with a third of the world now under orders to stay indoors, as US politicians agreed to spend $2 trillion to counter the economic damage of the coronavirus…
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PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Minister Taimur Khan Jhagra has announced that 39 people tested positive for coronavirus in a village in Mardan district of the province. The village was the scene of the first coronavirus-related…
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Gunmen stormed a Sikh-Hindu temple in central Kabul on Wednesday and were locked in an ongoing battle with security forces, an official said, in the latest assault on the Afghan capital. The attack comes as Afghanistan is facing myriad…
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered a 21-day lockdown of the world’s second most populous country on Tuesday, following China’s example to halt the spread of coronavirus that has infected tens of thousands across the world. Health…
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Britain's leaders on Tuesday urged people to respect an unprecedented countrywide lockdown, saying that following advice to stay at home would stop people dying of coronavirus. "Unless you stay at home, then the people you love most may…
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The 2020 Tokyo Olympics have been postponed to no later than the summer of 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the globe, the International Olympic Committee announced Tuesday. The Games were scheduled for July 24-August 9,…
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan army chief spokesman Major General Babar Iftikhar says it is time to take hard decisions at common, individual and societal level as the outbreak of coronavirus could be coped with national cohesion and integration.…
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Spanish soldiers deployed to help fight the new coronavirus outbreak have found elderly patients abandoned, and sometimes dead, at retirement homes, as an ice rink inside a Madrid shopping mall was turned into a temporary morgue to cope…
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Iran on Monday announced 127 new deaths from the novel coronavirus, raising the official toll to 1,812 in one of the worst hit countries along with Italy, Spain and China. Health ministry spokesman Kianouche Jahanpour said 1,411 new cases…
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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in the Afghan capital Kabul on Monday, a pool report said, amid an ongoing political crisis, a raging Taliban insurgency and rising coronavirus cases. Pompeo was set to meet with Afghan President…
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India will ground all domestic passenger flights from Wednesday to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus, the government said, as more states ordered lockdowns. India has already banned incoming international flights and sealed most…
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