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PML-N Senator Javed Abbasi tests positive for coronavirus

Posted on March 23, 2021 by News Desk

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Senator Javed Abbasi on Tuesday tested positive for the COVID-19. The lawmaker of the upper house of the Parliament, Senate, has quarantined himself after being confirmed infected with the coronavirus. He has appealed to masses and his well-wishers to pray for his […]

There is high risk of coronavirus in schools, says Shafqat Mehmood

Posted on March 22, 2021 by News Desk

Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mehmood has said that the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) believed that there’s a high risk of coronavirus in schools. The minister was speaking at a ceremony in Lahore Chambers of Commerce and Industry where he shared his opinion about the pandemic […]

PM Imran Khan, wife Bushra Bibi test positive for coronavirus

Posted on March 21, 2021 by News Desk

| PM, first lady are now self-isolating | Dr Faisal says Prime Minister is in good health, good spirits ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi were tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday. Prime Minister’s Special Assistant on National Health Services Faisal […]

Coronavirus tally soars in Arab countries

Posted on March 12, 2021 by News Desk

Jordan, Yemen, Iraq, Libya, Tunisia and the United Arab Emirates announced new coronavirus infections and fatalities Thursday as efforts continued to contain the deadly virus. Jordan The Health Ministry announced 8,300 more cases, bringing the number of infections in the country to 457,151. The death […]

US death toll from coronavirus surpasses 500,000 mark; ‘Truly heartbreaking’: Biden

Posted on February 23, 2021 by Sana Hasan

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden Monday mourned the more than 500,000 Americans lost to the coronavirus pandemic and called for unity in the battle against the deadly disease. The milestone, based on a tally maintained by Johns Hopkins University – an American research institution – […]

Punjab education minister tests positive for coronavirus

Posted on February 15, 2021 by News Desk

Punjab Education Minister Murad Raas on Monday has tested positive for coronavirus. According to details, the minister has quarantined himself at his residence and requested the people who have met him to undergo covid-19 test. On the other hand, Pakistan has reported 26 deaths in the last […]

People benefiting from PM’s strategy regarding coronavirus vaccination, tackling pandemic: Shibli

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Sana Hasan

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Shibli Faraz said on Wednesday that people were benefiting from successful strategy of Prime Minister Imran Khan regarding coronavirus vaccination and tackling the pandemic. In a tweet, he said that starting vaccination campaign simultaneously in all provinces was […]

Three cases of new coronavirus variant confirmed in Sindh

Posted on December 29, 2020 by News Desk

Government of Sindh has confirmed that new variant of coronavirus has been detected in three passengers returning from United Kingdom (UK). According to provincial health department, samples of 12 UK returnees were taken out of which six came out positive for the coronavirus and three showed […]

Abbottabad records highest coronavirus positivity ratio: NCOC

Posted on December 28, 2020 by News Desk

The highest positivity ratio of coronavirus in Pakistan has been recorded in Abbottabad at 15.95 percent, according to the latest update issued by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC). According to the details, Abbottabad was followed by Karachi with 14.81 percent and Hyderabad 14.47 percent. The […]

Anwar Maqsood tests positive for coronavirus

Posted on December 23, 2020 by News Desk

Veteran Pakistani scriptwriter and host Anwar Maqsood has quarantined himself at home after he was tested positive for coronavirus. According to the reports, the 85-year-old literary figure Anwar Maqsood was tested positive for Covid-19 last week and he has quarantined himself at home. Anwar was […]

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