Sunday, April 12th, 2020
Sindh government distributes ‘expired’ rations to residents of Thatta
KARACHI, APR 12 – The Sindh government distributed ‘expired’ ration bags to the residents of Thatta on Saturday. In an attempt to provide food to the poor and needy amid the coronavirus lockdown, the government has been distributing ration bags among families across the province. In Thatta, however, residents said the rations they received were expired. The bags had expiry dates of 2004 and 2005 printed on them. More than 3,000 of these expired ration bags had been distributed. People complained that although they had been starving, it was betterRead More
‘Lack of testing facilities hamper Pakistani stranded in UAE’
News Desk DUBAI: A lack of quarantine and testing facilities back home is hampering the repatriation of thousands of stranded Pakistanis from the UAE, says a top diplomate. Pakistan Ambassador to the UAE Ghulam Dastgir said that more than 25,000 Pakistanis who are stranded in the UAE have already registered with their diplomatic missions in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. “It is not an easy task to repatriate all of them during the current circumstances when the flights are closed and the country is under lockdown,” he told Gulf NewsRead More
PAL plans online poetry reading
Raja Furqan ISLAMBAD: Pakistan Academy of Letters has planned to organize international online poetry reading and during this week on video link poets of Pakistani languages across the country and around the world will recite their poetry. Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training, National History and Literary Heritage Shafqat Mahmood will be the chief guest. This was stated by Dr. Yousuf khushk, Chairman of Pakistan Academy of Letters while addressing the poets and audience on the test transmission for International online Mushaira. He said that Iftakhar Arif willRead More
Federal Secretary NFS assures country would not face any food shortage
Islamabad DNA) Umar Hameed, Federal Secretary, National Food Security (NFS) said that sufficient stock of food items including flour, sugar was available and country would not face any food shortage during ongoing lockdowns. He said this while exchanging views with a delegation of Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry that called on him led by Muhammad Ahmed Waheed, President. Ch. Abdul Rauf Chairman Flour Mills Association Punjab, Atif Ikram Sheikh Chairman Pakistan Vanaspati Manufacturers Association, Sheikh Amir Waheed Secretary General Sugar Dealers Association Punjab, Malik Sohail Hussain and WaleedRead More
Boris Johnson ‘discharged from hospital’: Downing Street
London,):British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was discharged from hospital on Sunday, a Downing Street spokesman said, a week after being admitted for treatment for coronavirus and spending three days in intensive care. “The PM has been discharged from hospital to continue his recovery, at Chequers,” the spokesman said, referring to the prime minister’s country estate outside London. “On the advice of his medical team, the PM will not be immediately returning to work
Five employees of Civil Hospital Karachi test coronavirus positive
KARACHI, APR 12 – Five staff members at Karachi’s Civil Hospital have contracted the coronavirus. The medical superintendent of the hospital, Dr Khadim Qureshi, announced that a doctor and four paramedics have contracted the virus in the past 30 days. They had contact with a coronavirus positive patient outside the hospital. One of the staff members was operated on in surgical ward 4 and their test was taken before surgery. After the surgery they were put on the ventilator in the ICU. When their test came back positive they wereRead More