KARACHI: Murtaza Wahab, the spokesman for the provincial government on Tuesday forecasted the imposition of a strict lockdown if COVID cases continued to escalate in the province. Speaking during a press conference headed by CM Sindh Murad Ali Shah, the spokesman said that COVID cases in the province stood at 511 at the end of […]
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Bangladesh army patrols streets in strict coronavirus lockdown
The Bangladesh army and police patrolled empty streets on Thursday as a strict week-long Covid-19 lockdown began, with people confined to their homes except for emergencies and to buy essentials. The government has said the South Asian nation of 168 million people is seeing an “alarming and dangerous” rise in cases, blamed largely on the […]
Punjab to strictly enforce lockdown, to restrict movement on Eid
The Punjab government has decided to strictly enforce the lockdown to restrict movement of people on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr and take action against violators as per law as part of its efforts to contain spread of coronavirus. The decision was taken at a high-level meeting at the Civil Secretariat in Lahore to review […]
Sadiq Khan launches campaign to bring tourists back to London
London Mayor Sadiq Khan launched a campaign on Monday to bring tourists back to the British capital, ahead of a planned easing of coronavirus restrictions across England. The $8.4 million (£6 million) campaign by Sadiq Khan’s office with the capital’s tourism and transport bodies will look to drive domestic tourism to hospitality, culture, nightlife […]
Smart-lockdown instead of complete lockdown in selected districts: CM Punjab
Addressing media today (Monday) Chief Minister Punjab Usman Buzdar stated that the government has decided not to go with a complete lockdown. He said that smart lockdowns will be implemented in districts having over 12% positivity rate. The chief minister said that no economic activities will be halted. Buzdar further said that public transport and […]
Schools in Kashmir reopen after two-year-long lockdown
Schools in Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK) have reopened on Monday, after nearly two years of home learning, forced by back-to-back lockdowns. Educational institutes were initially closed in August 2019 after the region’s partial autonomy was revoked and were shut again in March 2020, after the coronavirus was declared a pandemic. Usually, Kashmiri schools close in […]
Schools in major cities in Punjab can conduct exams till 19th March: Murad Raas
Punjab’s Education Minister Murad Raas said that all public and private schools are allowed to conduct examination as per schedule till 19th March. In a statement on his official Twitter account he mentioned that all schools can go on with the scheduled exams till Friday 19th March. Schools will be completely shut down after Friday. […]