KARACHI – Sindh MPA and PPP leader Jam Madad Ali passed away at a private hospital in Karachi on Friday due to complications caused by Covid-19. He was 58. Ali tested positive for the virus 15 days ago and was admitted to a private hospital in Karachi for treatment. PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari expressed deep sorrow over Ali’s death, saying that his passing away was a “huge loss for the party and the people of his constituency”. In a statement posted on the PPP’s Twitter account, Bilawal said that theRead More

LAHORE, NOV 13 (DNA) – COVID-19 has claimed more than seventeen lives and infected 601 people during the last 24 hours in Punjab. According to a spokesperson of the Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department, 17 more patients succumbed to the deadly virus in 24 hours, surging the death toll to 2,455 in the province. He maintained that the province reported 601 new cases of COVID-19, taking the overall tally of people infected with the pandemic to 108,822. The highest number of cases were reported in Lahore, where 245 new infections emerged,Read More

ISLAMABAD, NOV 13 (DNA) – A Saudi-Arabia-bound passenger was offloaded from the flight at Islamabad International airport after he was found COVID-19 positive. As per details, a passenger named Shahzaib was denied boarding to Jeddah-bound international flight PA-210 from Islamabad airport after his COVID-19 test report was found positive during checking by the staff of the airlines. The airport sources said that the passenger was sent home for quarantine. Last week, Saudi Arabia had allowed international airlines to fly in pilgrims with valid visas which it had earlier suspended due to novel coronavirusRead More

Despite facing criticism for hurling allegations at the military leadership in recent months, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif remained defiant as he told a public meeting in Swat that he “cannot blame the army for the lawlessness of a few individuals”. While addressing a PML-N public meeting in Swat via video link, Nawaz once again named Army Chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Director General Lt Gen Faiz Hameed and said: “When I say that Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa and [Lt] Gen Hameed Faiz should answer whyRead More

ISLAMABAD, NOV 13 (DNA) – Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan A. Rakhmetullin met the Rector of the National University of Modern Languages of Pakistan M. Jaffar. During the meeting they discussed issues of establishment of cooperation with Kazakh universities. In particular, the need to exchange students, improve the skills of Kazakh and Pakistani teachers, as well as organize seminars for students in order to be acquainted with the cultures of the two countries. The rector of the University expressed interest in establishing cooperationRead More