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At least one high-ranking royal, as well as dozens of lower-level officials, have COVID-19, The New York Times reports. Dozens of members of the ruling Saudi royal family, as many as 150, have been infected with coronavirus in recent weeks, a news report said. Saudi Prince Faisal bin Bandar...

PM Khan approves Rs 3,000 each for 7 million daily wagers who are unable to find work due to ongoing coronavirus lockdown. As soon as the relief amount for the daily wagers was approved by the PM, Dr. Aamir Liaqat was seen taking a jibe at PM’s effort in a viral video conversation with celebrity...

Rawalpindi: Pakistan Army is assisting civil administration across the country in fight against coronavirus, ISPR stated. According to a press statement issued by Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), armed forces and other law enforcement authorities are monitoring the entry and exits points...

ISLAMABAD - China’s special plane carrying relief assistance to fight coronavirus has arrived in Islamabad. Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi received the relief assistance at Islamabad International Airport and expressed gratitude to government and people of China, on behalf of the people...

An Indian was part of the four-member team that attacked the gurdwara in Kabul according to reports citing intelligence inputs. ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attack and published a photograph of a man pointing his finger upward and holding an assault rifle, identifying him as Abu...

LAHORE (Web Desk) – Ulema of Al Azhar University responded to President of Pakistan Arif Alvi’s personal request and stopped mandatory congregational prayers and Friday prayer in mosques to protect human lives. According to details, President Arif Alvi requested Grand Imam Shaikh of Al Azhar...

Japan’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe, has proposed a one-year postponement for the Tokyo Olympics during talks with IOC president, Thomas Bach. Abe said they had established that cancelling the Games was out of the question, and that Bach had agreed “100%” that a postponement was the most...

Prime Minister Imran Khan announced on Tuesday a special economic package to help the people amid the coronavirus lockdown in the country. “We have decided to allocate Rs200 billion for labourers,” PM Khan told journalists in Islamabad. He said the federal government was in contact with...

Islamabad: The government of Pakistan has decided to close its airspace for two weeks amid the Coronavirus outbreak. According to details, in the wake of rising Coronavirus cases in the country, Prime Minister Imran Khan has ordered to suspend international flight operation for two weeks in...

SUKKUR: Chaos at Sukkur’s Quarantined isolation center after incitement from miscreants lead to an uproar resulting in patients tested with the deadly coronavirus breaking free from their designated wards. The pilgrims who were quarantined broke out of the wards and are currently out in the...

MULTAN: The Punjab government has established the largest quarantine center at Multan Industrial Estate to keep pilgrims returning from Iran in isolation. In a statement, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said this quarantine center consists of 3000 rooms. He said 1247 pilgrims, who...

President Trump confirmed Thursday morning the FDA’s rapid approval of a drug called ‘Chloroquine’ to be prescribed to help treat patients suffering from the Coronavirus. While far from a cure or vaccine, the treatment can help reduce symptoms and suffering for those with the illness. “A...

ISLAMABAD: Director-General Inter-Services Public Relations (DG-ISPR) Major General Babar Iftikhar has said the armed forces are fully prepared and activated to assist civil institutions to combat coronavirus across the country. Major General Babar Iftikhar was addressing a press conference of...

BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China and the epicentre of its coronavirus outbreak, Wuhan city, have reported no new domestic transmissions for the first time, raising hopes that strict containment efforts to stop the spread of the virus are working. Wuhan, locked down since Jan. 23, is currently...

On confirmed intelligence about presence of Terrorists in a hideout near Datta Khel, North Waziristan District, Security Forces conducted an IBO in Mama Ziarat, 7 kms South West of Dattakhel. As soon as troops cordoned the area, terrorists opened fire to flee from the hideout. During operation...

Authorities in Punjab said that the death of a man who died at a Lahore hospital was not caused by the novel coronavirus. Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar in a tweet said, “We have received test reports of Imran Ali, who lost his life in Mayo Hospital, and his cause of death was not #COVID19...

Mosques will stay open for people who want to do individual prayers, says head of Religious Affairs Directorate Turkey's top religious authority has suspended all congregational prayers in mosques, including traditional Friday prayers, to help stem the spread of coronavirus. Ali Erbas, head of...