Category: National

PESHAWAR, Apr 01 (APP):Federal Minister for SAFRON Shahryar Afridi Wednesday said the Government was standing with the coronavirus victims in this hour of need and would continue efforts till the last patient had been treated in the country. Addressing a press conference here, he said Prime Minister Imran Khan had established “Corona Relief Fund and… Continue reading Govt stands with coronavirus victims in hour of difficulty, to continue effort till last patient cured: Shahryar Afridi

ISLAMABAD, Apr 1 (APP):Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on National Security Division (SAPM) Moeed Yusuf on Wednesday said National Coordination Committee (NCC) has decided that Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) would operated 17 flights from April 3 to 11 to bring back around 2000 Pakistani from various countries. Addressing a press conference along with Minister… Continue reading PIA to operate 17 special flights to bring back 2000 Pakistan from abroad: Moeed Yusuf

ATTOCK, Apr 01 (APP):Advisor to Prime Minister on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam lauded the arrangements made by the Attock district government to tackle Corona Virus pandemic. While chairing a meeting to review the arrangements made to handle Corona Virus emergency,he said despite of having financial constraints district government has done a tremendous job for… Continue reading Malik Amin Aslam lauds Attock Govt arrangements to tackle Coronavirus

ISLAMABAD, Apr 1 (APP):Federal Minister for Science and Technology, Chaudhry Fawad Hussain Wednesday said Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) has approved three designs of the ventilators out of 48 received. In a tweet, the federal minister said the selected three designs of the ventilators have been sent to the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) for… Continue reading Three selected ventilators design sent to DRAP for approval: Fawad

ISLAMABAD, Mar 31 (APP):National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Chairman Lt Gen Muhammad Afzal on Tuesday apprised Prime Minister Imran Khan that presently, 20 coronavirus testing laboratories were fully functional in the country whereas 12 more would be established soon to meet the target of total 32 laboratories. About the availability of testing kits, the prime… Continue reading Number of coronavirus infection testing labs to reach 32: PM told

ISLAMABAD, Mar 31 (APP):Federal Minister for Economic Affairs, Hammad Azhar said here Tuesday that the federal government, in consultations with all the provinces, had made comprehensive arrangements to ensure sufficient production and supply of all essential items by keeping the relevant industries open and operational. The minister stated this while addressing a press conference here.… Continue reading Comprehensive arrangements made to keep essential industry running: Hammad Azhar

ISLAMABAD, Mar 31 (APP):President Dr. Arif Alvi on Tuesday expressed deep grief over the death of Jang Group’s Chairman and Publisher Mir Javed-ur-Rehman. In a condolence message, the President prayed for the departed soul and grant of courage to the bereaved family to bear the loss with patience. The President said that late Mir Javed-ur-Rehman… Continue reading President grieved over death of Jang Group’s Chairman Mir Javed-ur-Rehman

ISLAMABAD, Mar 31 (APP):Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan Tuesday expressed deep grief and sorrow over the sad demise of Chairman Jang group Mir Javedur Rehman. In a condolence message, the SAPM said that services of Mir Javwdur Rehman for the profession of journalism would be… Continue reading Firdous grieved over demise of Mir Javedur Rehman

MULTAN, Mar 31 (APP)::Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi Tuesday urged the international community, particularly the G-20 countries, to restructure the debts of third world countries to help them fight the coronavirus pandemic. Talking to the media after visiting a quarantine centre in Multan, he first advised the media persons, who were there to cover… Continue reading Qureshi asks G-20 to restructure third world countries’ debt, help them fight coronavirus

ISLAMABAD, Mar 31 (APP):Special Assistant to Prime Minister on National Health Services Dr Zafar Mirza on Tuesday said that the coronavirus caseload in Pakistan had reached 1,865 with addition of 240 new cases during last 24 hours. In a televised daily briefing on COVID-19, Dr Mirza said 627 cases were reported from Sindh, 652 from… Continue reading Confirmed COVID-19 cases reach 1,865: Dr Mirza

ISLAMABAD, Mar 31 (APP):A Central Control Room (CCR) has been set up at Jammu and Kashmir House Islamabad here on Tuesday to further improve the interdepartmental coordination and monitoring during the corona combat operation of the state government. The control room has been established on the special directives AJK Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider Khan.… Continue reading Central Control Room set-up to monitor corona combat operation in AJK

ISLAMABAD, Mar 31 (APP):The federal government on Tuesday launched a mobile application – Corona WhatsApp – to deal with coronavirus outbreak with the help of technology and provide all necessary information in local languages. The helpline will provide reliable information about Covid-19 in English, Urdu, Punjabi, Pashto, Sindhi, Balochi and Kashmiri languages. The citizens, due… Continue reading Govt launches mobile app in local languages to deal with coronavirus outbreak

ISLAMABAD, Mar 31 (APP):Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Tuesday stressed that the Covid-19 posed a grave challenge to the entire humanity, including OIC member States, and endorsed the OIC Secretary General’s call on Members to bring together governments, scientists and research institutions to contribute to efforts for finding solution. The Foreign Minister had… Continue reading Foreign Minister speaks to OIC Secretary General about COVID-19,developments in IOJ&K

MULTAN , Mar 31 (APP):Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Tuesday that government was trying to get loans rescheduled from International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank (WB) and Asian Development Bank (ADB) to deal coronavirus pandemic effectively. “The rescheduled amounts will be spent on health issues emerged from coronavirus” he expressed these views… Continue reading Govt trying to reschedule loans from IMF, WB , ADB: FM Qureshi

ISLAMABAD, Mar 31 (APP):Prime Minister’s Focal Person Naseem ur Rehman Tuesday said concentrated efforts were being made to prevent the outbreak of Coronavirus at the ‘Panah Gahs’ of twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad which serve food to some 2,500 poor and gave overnight stay to 500 daily. “In a quick response to the Coronavirus… Continue reading Efforts being made to ensure corona-free ‘Panah Gahs’

MIRPUR (AJK): Mar 31 (APP):At least 62 more new cases of corona virus were registered in Azad Jammu Kashmir during last 24 hours, AJK health authorities officially said on Tuesday. The total number of suspects of the COVID-19 tested positive is only 6 in entire Azad Jammu Kashmir so far, according to the health authorities.… Continue reading 100 patients tested negative discharged from various AJK hospitals