Joy, relief as exodus from Wuhan begins
Voicing joy and excitement from behind face masks, tens of thousands of people fled Wuhan on Wednesday after a 76-day travel ban was lifted on the Chinese city where the coronavirus pandemic…
Seven militants killed in North Waziristan, Mohmad operations: ISPR
ISLAMABAD: Security forces conducted two separate Intelligence Based Operations on confirmed information of terrorist hideouts in North Waziristan and Mohmand during the last 24 hours.…
We will emerge stronger from coronaviurs challenge: COAS
Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa has expressed the resolve to emerge stronger in the fight against Coronavirus with the support of vibrant youth and resilient people.
The army chief was…
Pakistan, Turkey agree to work together against Covid-19
Pakistan and Turkey have agreed to work together and reinforce each other's efforts in the fight against COVID-19.
An agreement to his effect reached during a telephonic conversation…
UK’s Boris Johnson fights virus in intensive care as global toll soars
Britain's prime minister was battling the coronavirus in intensive care Tuesday, the highest-profile case in the pandemic that continued to chalk up new death toll milestones in the United…
US coronavirus deaths pass bleak 10,000 milestone
Americans were put on notice Monday not to let up in the fight against the coronavirus, as a grim milestone of 10,000 deaths cast a pall over the first signs of optimism about the outbreak's…
Sitting ducks: fear stalks India’s biggest slum as virus cases inch up
Amidst the clogged drains and overflowing garbage dumps of Mumbai's Dharavi -- one of Asia's largest slums -- coronavirus fears are growing, and residents say they are powerless to stop the…
Imran Khan announces cabinet reshuffle
ISLAMABAD: In a new reshuffle, Prime Minister Imran Khan replaced Food Minister Makhdoom Khusru Bakhtiyar with Fakhar Imam.
Bakhtiyar was made Federal Minister for Economic Affairs in place…
Sri Lanka curfew forces cricket team to improve fitness
Sri Lanka’s cricket team have been ordered onto customised home training regimes during the coronavirus lockdown by coach Mickey Arthur following frequent accusations of poor fitness.…
Coronavirus: Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan trolled for tweeting fake NASA photo
MUMBAI: Indian megastar Amitabh Bachchan on Monday was heavily criticised by social media users for tweeting a fake satellite photo.
The fake photo claiming to be a satellite photo of India…
Cash disbursement under Eshaas program to begin on Wednesday: Nishtar
ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Sania Nishtar says the payment process under Ehsaas Emergency Cash Programme will start…
China sees rises in new coronavirus cases, asymptomatic patients
BEIJING - Mainland China reported 39 new coronavirus cases as of Sunday, up from 30 a day earlier, and the number of asymptomatic cases also surged, as Beijing continued to struggle to…
UN chief urges govts to protect women as cases of domestic violence surge
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has urged governments to include the protection of women in their response to the deadly novel coronavirus pandemic.
Reports of domestic violence have…
US headed for hardest week as coronavirus deaths surge
REUTERS: The United States is entering what a senior official warned on Sunday would be the “hardest” week of the coronavirus crisis as the death toll mounted, but some saw glimmers of hope…
People matter, not profits: Bilawal spends time alone at ZAB’s mausoleum
LARKANA: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Sunday paid a visit to his grandfather's mausoleum in Garhi Khuda Bakhsh, paying tribute to him on his 41st death…