PIA aircraft brings back 194 Pakistanis stranded in Turkeyon April 4, 2020The Pakistanis stranded in Turkey returned home on Friday aboard a special flight of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA). The national flag carrier’s Boeing-777 aircraft brought back home the travellers stuck in Istanbul owing to suspension of international flights to the country to control the spread of novel coronavirus. They will all be screened and […]
CM Jam Kamal reviews provision of ration, relief package to deserving peopleon April 4, 2020Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan presided over a high level meeting at Chief Minister Secretariat in Quetta on Thursday. Matters pertaining to provision of food security, ration and relief package announced for the deserving people were reviewed during the meeting. The meeting decided to compile lists of deserving people on district level for distribution […]
Woman injured as wall collapses, crops damaged due to heavy rain in Tankon April 1, 2020A woman was injured in wall collapse incident while standing crops on thousand of Kanal were damaged as heavy rains lashed different areas of district Tank. According to details, different areas of the district including Gara Baloch, Pai, Barakheil and Gul Imam received heavy rain. The rain inflicted severe damage to wheat and gram crop […]
Punjab education minister asks private school owners to reduce feeson April 1, 2020Punjab Minister for Schools Education Dr Murad Raas on Tuesday asked owners of private schools in the province to cut 20 percent fees amid coronavirus spread. The request has been made for the months of April and May. Murad Raas chaired a meeting to review the fees of the private schools. The minister requested the […]
Policeman injured in Miran Shah bomb blaston March 31, 2020A policeman sustained critical wounds in a remote-controlled bomb blast in Miran Shah on Monday. According to details, the explosion occurred in a car parked in Mir Ali Bazar. The injured official is a muharrar at Mir Ali police station and has been shifted to hospital. Heavy contingents of police and security forces reached the […]
Pakistani pilgrims from Iran, Thailand sent to quarantine after screeningon March 30, 2020The Pakistani pilgrims who have arrived from Iran and Thailand on Sunday have been sent to quarantine centres after proper screening at airports. According to details, 63 people who returned from Iran have been shifted to Faisalabad quarantine centre amid tight security. Heavy contingents of Pakistan Army and police have been deployed in the area. […]
Pakistani national succumbs to coronavirus in Italyon March 30, 2020A Pakistani national residing in one of the epicenter’s of the global coronavirus pandemic has succumbed to his illness on Sunday. The deceased whose name has been revealed to be Sher Khan was residing in the city of Turin in Italy. Sher Khan was admitted to a medical facility five days prior after he exhibited […]
Coronavirus: Balochistan govt cuts short sentences of prisonerson March 30, 2020Balochistan government on Sunday has announced to reduce the sentences of prisoners by four months in a wake of preventing coronavirus outbreak. According to details, prisoners jailed for terrorism and heinous crimes will not get benefit from this move. Earlier, Islamabad High Court (IHC) Chief Justice Athar Minallah had issued a nine-page written order asking […]
Registration begins for PM ‘Corona Relief Tigers’ forceon March 30, 2020Registration began on Sunday for Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Corona Relief Tigers force to fight the novel coronavirus outbreak in Pakistan. The premier had announced the force in a press talk with journalists past week in Islamabad. He discussed measures taken by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government to contain the virus. The deadly pneumonia-like disease […]
Goods transporters demand govt open workshops, hotelson March 29, 2020LAHORE: Goods transporters have demanded the government allow them to open workshops and hotels in certain areas, a day after Prime Minister Imran Khan lifted the ban on vehicles delivering goods across the country. All interprovincial and intercity transport had been suspended in Pakistan to curb the spread of the coronavirus. So far, the virus has […]