Saturday, April 18th, 2020
Rs 132m being distributed among deserving families of Swabi: Asad Qaiser
SWABI, APR 18 (DNA) – Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser has said that Rs 132 million is being distributed among as many as 11,000 deserving families of the district under Ehsas program of Prime Minister Imran Khan. Talking to media after visiting Ehsas Kifalat Centre, he said Rs 12000 would be given to each destitute family under the Ehsas program initiative that is being appreciated and acknowledged by the world communities. He said that in a very short span of time the federal government successfully launched and started implementing theRead More
Bilawal phones British HC Christian Turner to discuss COVID-19 pandemic
ISLAMABAD, APR 18 (DNA) –Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari spoke to British High Commissioner to Pakistan, Christian Turner in an effort to share information about the Coronavirus pandemic, and especially about British-Pakistani victims of the disease. In a telephonic conversation, Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that the Sindh government was the first in the country to have taken swift action by closing down educational institutions and subsequently initiating a strict lockdown, after gauging the substantial threat. He also thanked the UK for DFID support to Pakistan in theRead More
Restaurants to remain open in Karachi from 8am to 5pm
KARACHI, APR 18 (DNA) – The restaurants, hotels and ‘Nanbais’ have been allowed to remain open from 8: 00 am to 5:00 pm in Karachi, media reported on Saturday. According to a notification issued by Commissioner Karachi, the restaurants will be only be allowed to give take away service dinning will not be allowed. Moreover, every worker shall be examined before entering into the workplace. Commissioner Karachi had also declared wearing face masks mandatory for those leaving homes. “Face masks are mandatory for all people who come outRead More
Indian troops martyr four more Kashmiri youth in IOK
SRINAGAR, APR 18 (DNA) – In occupied Kashmir, Indian troops in their fresh acts of state terrorism martyred four Kashmiri youth in Shopian and Kishtwar districts, today. The troops martyred two youth each during cordon and search operations at Dairoo Keegam in Shopian and in Dachan area of Kishtwar. The operations in both the areas continued till last reports came in. The spokesman of All Parties Hurriyat Conference in a statement in Srinagar said that at a time when prisoners were being released across the world toRead More
400 patients recovered at Sukkur isolation centre, says health official
SUKKUR, APR 18 (DNA) – More than four hundred people kept at Tablighee Markaz isolation centre in Sukkur have recovered from the coronavirus disease, a health department official said on Saturday. District Health Officer (DHO) Sukkur has said that the patients recovered at isolation centre being sent to their homes. The recovered patients being allowed to go home after they tested negative for COVID-19, the DHO said. Earlier on April 10, another 70 individuals kept in isolated quarantine facility had been declared fit and healthy after spending moreRead More
PM says corona infection cases lower than their assessments
ISLAMABAD, Apr 18 (DNA): Prime Minister Imran Khan Saturday said that contrary to their earlier calculations and analysis about the coronavirus infection cases, the curve now would not touch 50,000 mark till April 25 due to repeated lockdown decisions, however, he warned the nation about possibility of an uptick in the cases if all the precautionary measures including the social distancing were not strictly adhered to. As part of his regular televised address to the nation over the Covid 19 pandemic situation, the prime minister said now the estimated casesRead More