Saturday, March 21st, 2020
New York joins California in lockdown while Italy’s toll grows to 4,000
The grim toll of coronavirus deaths in Italy — the world’s worst-hit nation — surged past 4,000 as New York and other US states joined California in ordering a lockdown to try to bring the pandemic under control. While new infections were being detected around the globe, the World Health Organization said the central Chinese city of Wuhan, where the pandemic began in December, offered a glimmer of “hope for the rest of the world”, with no fresh cases reported. As Italy reeled from its worst single-day toll with moreRead More
Balochistan closes shopping malls, markets, restaurants for three weeks
QUETTA, MAR 21 – All shopping malls, markets and restaurants in Balochistan will remain closed for a period of three weeks, the provincial government announced. In a notification, the provincial home and tribal affairs department said the decision, taken in the COVID-19 core committee meeting, is effective immediately. All inter-provincial public transport will remain suspended for the next three weeks, according to the notification. Public transport buses within the cities would also not be able to ply the roads during this period. However, restaurants are allowed to deliver food. SoRead More
Pak, Nepalese Foreign Ministers exchange messages on 60th anniversary of establishment of diplomatic relations
ISLAMABAD, MAR 21 (DNA) – On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of establishment of diplomatic relations between Pakistan and Nepal, Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali exchanged messages of felicitations. In the messages, the two Foreign Ministers expressed their commitment to further strengthen bilateral relations on the basis of mutual trust, understanding and people-to-people contacts. Foreign Minister Qureshi underlined the warmth and cordiality characterising the Pakistan-Nepal relationship and noted that it was anchored in the shared heritage and bonds of cultureRead More