DUBAI, Mar 21 (DNA): Dozens of Pakistanis are stuck at the Abu Dhabi and Dubai airports after the government of Pakistan announced that it is suspending all international flights to Pakistan till April 4. Pakistan’s deputy consul-general in Dubai has confirmed that there are at least 25 Pakistanis stuck at a terminal at Dubai airport. The parents of Aqsa Mansoor, a private television channel’s team member, are among them. She said that her parents were scheduled to return to Pakistan on March 21 but Emirates cancelled their flight after theRead More

ISLAMABAD, Mar 21 (DNA): Chairman National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Lt. Gen Afzal has announced that a 600-bed isolation center is being constructed in Taftan and over the next two days, more quarantine centers will also be built.   Talking to the media, the Chairman outlined the measures being taken against the coronavirus. He said that they were trying to accommodate only one patient in each room and to boost relief efforts for Pakistanis in China, an NDMA office is being established in Pakistan’s embassy in China.   The ChairmanRead More

LAHORE, MAR 21 (DNA) – Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has on Saturday said all political parties should cooperate with each other over the coronavirus issue, media reported. The foreign minister welcomed Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s proposal to work together against the pandemic. He said the federal government is cooperating with the Sindh government. “President Dr Arif Alvi and I went to China to express solidarity with them. Strategy against the epidemic is being formulated according to the situation. We are working to form such standardRead More

ISLAMABAD, MAR 21 (DNA) – The Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad (MCI) has established an emergency helpline 1122 in the wake of deadly COVID 19 with a view to enabling people to register complaints/information about this deadly disease. Mayor Islamabad Sheikh Anser Aziz disclosed this while talking to DNA and daily ISLAMABAD POST on Saturday. The Mayor further told various formations of MCI have already been given necessary directions and guidelines in the regard. He said focal persons have been nominated who shall be responsible for a daily chart of coordination andRead More

ISLAMABAD (DNA). The government on Saturday decided to suspend flight operations all over Pakistan for two weeks in the wake of cronovirus. The Civil Aviation Authority took this decision after consultation with Prime Minister Imran Khan.  

ISLAMABAD, MAR 21 – PIA has cancelled all its international flights till March 28. This move comes into effect tonight (Sunday) at 8pm. This does not mean that Pakistani airspace has been closed, clarified PIA spokesperson. He said the move is to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Many cases in Pakistan were reported in people who had travelled to the country from abroad. The spokesperson said that all flights are being cancelled and tickets will be refunded. If people want to change their tickets to a date after MarchRead More