Thursday, August 27th, 2020
Pakistan rejects India’s Pulwama ‘charge sheet’ as bid to mask state terrorism in occupied Kashmir
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday categorically rejected a so-called “charge sheet” by India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) which “mischievously attempts to implicate Pakistan in the Pulwama attack” as a bid to “divert attention from Indian state terrorism in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). The Pulwama attack took place in the disputed territory last year in which over 40 Indian soldiers were killed, an incident New Delhi was quick to pin on Pakistan and which raised tensions in the region. Pakistan has consistently denied the allegations and has asked forRead More
Coronavirus claims six more lives, infects 445 people
KARACHI : Pakistan reported 445 new coronavirus cases and six deaths over the previous 24 hours, lifting the number of infections to 294, 638, and fatalities to 6,274. According to latest figures released by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), 445 new cases were detected when 23,441 samples were tested during this period across the country. The number of active coronavirus cases has gone down to 8,803 as 279,561 patients have recuperated from the disease. 1,076 patients are under treatment in 735 hospitals across the country, out of whomRead More