Pakistan calls for debt relief for developing countries to fight coronavirus
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi held a telephonic conversation with the British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Dominic Raab, on Saturday to discuss…
Coronavirus cases surpass 600,000 globally
PARIS: More than 600,000 cases of the new coronavirus have been officially recorded around the world since the outbreak of the epidemic.
There were 605,010 cases of infection with 27,982…
Chinese city reopened after months in lockdown
Trains packed with thousands of passengers arrived in Wuhan Saturday as the Chinese city that was Ground Zero for the global coronavirus pandemic partly reopened after months in lockdown.…
PM Khan announces establishment of Covid-19 fund
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan said a total lockdown was not feasible keeping in view the condition of poor people in the country.
The PM was speaking to anchorpersons after chairing…
Bilawal urges philanthropists to help fight coronavirus
A video link meeting of Larkana District was convened under the aegis of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari to discuss measures taken for the prevention of…
Boris Johnson becomes first major world leader to test positive for coronavirus
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson became the first major world leader to test positive for the coronavirus on Friday as Spain saw a record number of deaths from the pandemic that is…
Coronavirus could kill 81,000 in US: study
The coronavirus pandemic could kill more than 81,000 people in the United States in the next four months and may not subside until June, according to a data analysis done by University of…
Pakistan ready to host SAARC health ministers’ moot on coronavirus: Qureshi
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has urged SAARC nations to adopt a joint strategy at regional level to effectively deal with coronavirus pandemic.
In a telephonic…
Pakistan commends heroism of Italian health care providers fighting coronavirus
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi yesterday held a telephone conversation with his Italian counterpart Luigi Di Maio and offered Pakistan's support to fight the…
US tops world in virus cases, overtaking China and Italy
The United States on Thursday took the grim title of the country with the most coronavirus infections and reported a record surge in unemployment as world leaders vowed $5 trillion to stave…
Italy’s dead overwhelm morgues as virus toll tops 8,000
An overwhelmed Italian city at the heart of the coronavirus pandemic on Thursday sent more of its dead to nearby towns for cremation as the country's world-leading toll topped 8,000.…
Mosque shooter pleads guilty, becomes New Zealand’s first-ever convicted…
An Australian far-right extremist charged with murdering 51 Muslim worshippers in last year's mass shooting at two New Zealand mosques unexpectedly flipped his plea to guilty on…
World leaders to hold crisis talks as virus toll tops 21,000
World leaders are to hold online crisis talks Thursday on the coronavirus pandemic that has forced three billion people into lockdown and claimed more than 21,000 lives.
With the disease…
Govt to hand Rs12000 to each deserving family
Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation Dr. Sania Nishtar has said that a cash grant of twelve thousand rupees each will be given next month to the…
IMF, WB urge creditors to suspend debt payments of developing countries
ISLAMABAD: World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) have urged its bilateral creditors to suspend debt payments from the International Development Association countries to help them…