Pakistan

Three special flights of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) carrying a fresh batch of one million doses of COVID-19 vaccine left here on Thursday for Pakistan as the country is combating the third wave of pandemic. The fresh…
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The National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC) on Thursday announced Eid holidays from May 10-15. "NCOC announces ‘Stay Home Stay Safe Strategy’ for mobility control from 8-16th May 21 including Eid ul Fitr holidays," tweeted the…
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India's coronavirus disaster deepened on Thursday with its daily death toll climbing above 3,600, as more international aid was flown in with the United States sending nearly one million test kits. The United States and several European…
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Beijing and Moscow have stepped up "state-sponsored disinformation" campaigns denigrating Western-developed vaccines against Covid while promoting their own, the EU said on Wednesday. "The so-called 'vaccine diplomacy' follows a zero-sum…
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has welcomed Saudi Arabia’s initiative for peace with Iran and expressed the confidence that it would strengthen the Muslim Ummah. On his twitter handle, the prime minister posted “We welcome the KSA…
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RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa and US Secretary of Defence retired Gen Llyod Austin had a discussion over the phone on Wednesday on the drawdown of American troops from Afghanistan, Inter-Services Public Relations…
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PML-N vice president Maryam Nawaz on Wednesday asked the judiciary to take notice of former DG FIA Bashir Memon's statements in which he levelled serious accusations against PM Imran Khan. Memon had said on Geo News programme Aaj Shahzeb…
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Pakistan on Wednesday reported the highest number of deaths from coronavirus, as 201 more people succumbed to the virus. The third wave of the coronavirus has intensified across the country. This is the first time coronavirus deaths in…
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The education minister has announced that exams for grades 9, 10, 11 and 12 as well as O level and A level exams will not take place in Pakistan till June 15. During the press conference, Shafqat Mehmood said that from April 18 until now,…
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Much needed medical supplies poured into India on Tuesday as overrun hospitals turned away patients due to a shortage of beds and oxygen supplies and a surge of infections pushed the COVID-19 death toll towards 200,000.
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ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mehmood on Tuesday admitted the compliance of coronavirus standard operating procedures outside Cambridge examination centres were poor, adding that the matter will be taken up in the next…
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PML-N leader Javed Latif has been arrested in a case pertaining to anti-state remarks. Prosecutors sought the PML-N leader's release on bail from a district and sessions court where the proceedings of the case were held. The public…
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan recorded over 4,400 new infections in the last 24 hours, taking the total tally to 804,939 on Tuesday. According to the official data, as many as 43,981 tests were conducted for coronavirus and out of them 4,487 came…
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The United States committed Monday to releasing up to 60 million doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, as India grapples with a catastrophic new surge in infections and severe medical shortages, with hospitals overwhelmed and…
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REUTERS: India on Monday reported 352,991 new coronavirus infections in a single day, as Britain, Germany and the United States pledged aid to the country to battle the pandemic. Infections in the last 24 hours rose to 352,991, with…
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