Wednesday, April 15th, 2020
UAE repatriates nearly 400 Pakistani prisoners on two special flights
ISLAMABAD, APR 15 – The United Arab Emirates repatriated nearly 400 Pakistani prisoners following an understanding between the governments of both countries to operate special flights. A FlyDubai flight carrying 185 passengers left for Faisalabad from Dubai on Tuesday evening at 5pm while another flight with another 188 prisoners left for Peshawar at 9pm, Pakistan’s Consul General to Dubai Ahmed Amjad Ali said. Both the flights were carrying pardoned prisoners, Ali told. “The Pakistan government will keep these passengers in quarantine for seven days upon arrival,” he said. Another two flightsRead More
On-off social distancing may be needed until 2022: Harvard study
A one-time lockdown won’t halt the novel coronavirus and repeated periods of social distancing may be required into 2022 to prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed, Harvard scientists who modeled the pandemic’s trajectory said Tuesday. Their study comes as the US enters the peak of its COVID-19 caseload and states eye an eventual easing of tough lockdown measures. The Harvard team’s computer simulation, which was published in a paper in the journal Science, assumed that COVID-19 will become seasonal, like closely related coronaviruses that cause the common cold, with higher transmissionRead More
Today’s outlook: Sindh CM to reveal COVID-19 lockdown details
Here are some of the stories we are expecting to follow today (Wednesday): Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah will hold a press conference to announce the provincial government’s line of action regarding the coronavirus lockdown. Prime Minister Imran Khan will announce a bill that has been drafted to curb the smuggling of dollars and wheat. Pakistan has decided to extend the country-wide lockdown for two more weeks to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. The transport association has threatened to resume operations if the government doesn’t prepare aRead More