0.23%
2.06%
94.98%
0.14%
2.96%
Country | Total | New | Deaths | Deaths today | Recovered | Active | Critical | Per Mil Pop |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pakistan | 325480 | 736 | 6702 | 10 | 309136 | 462 | 9642 | 591 |
LAHORE: An accountability court ordered the government to provide facilities to PML-N President and Opposition Leader in National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif in jail. The court on Oct 20 sent Sharif to jail in a money laundering and illegal assets reference. PML-N’s Deputy Secretary Attaullah...
NEW DELHI: A fast and cheap paper-based coronavirus test will soon be available across India, with scientists hopeful it will help turn the tide on the pandemic in one of the world’s worst-hit nations. India has recorded more than 7.5 million infections, second only to the United States, and the...
KARACHI: From white-ball cricket in Multan and Rawalpindi under the Covid-19 protocols, action moves to Karachi when the red-ball first-class Quaid-e-Azam Trophy commences on Sunday, 25 October. On Wednesday, the six head coaches announced their squads, which will include all the top performers who...
Europe’s hospital systems are at risk of buckling under the strain of soaring numbers of COVID-19 infections that have put the continent once again at the centre of the global pandemic. With case numbers that were brought largely under control by the unprecedented lockdowns in March and April...
British Chief of Defence Staff General Sir Nick Carter visited Pakistan on Monday 19 October highlighting the very best of international friendship that exists between the UK and Pakistan – UKPakDosti. General Carter addressed the National Defence University underlining the enduring relationship...
Restaurateur Pascal Mousset has a new menu he hopes will persuade his patrons to change the habit of a lifetime in response to Paris’s coronavirus curfew, by – perish the thought – eating dinner as early as the English. They can order his 19-euro “After Work” offering of foie gras,...
The Fauji Fertilizer Company (FFC) has always been at the forefront in community uplift initiatives through the company’s extensive Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program. In pursuance to company’s drive to provide quality education, FFC been providing assistance to deserving students...
Jubilee Life Insurance,Pakistan’s leading insurance provider in the private sector is partnering with EasyInsurance.com.pk, the country’s fastest-growing insurance aggregator to offer cutting-edge insurance policies at the consumers’ finger tips through a dedicated online buying platform...
Minister for Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives Asad Umar Tuesday said that last week, the country witnessed surge in daily mortality rate by about 140 percent compared to the previous few weeks, and on average as many as 12 people died of Covid-19 during the last week. “We are collectively...
Lahore’s Shahdara police on Tuesday registered a case against PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz, her husband Captain (r) Safdar and other party leaders and workers for damaging public order by ‘causing trouble for citizens, blocking roads, unnecessarily using loudspeakers and microphones...
One in six children – or 356 million globally – were living in extreme poverty before the coronavirus pandemic began, and this is set to worsen significantly, according to a new World Bank Group and UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) analysis released on Tuesday. ‘Global Estimate of...
Inspector General of Police Punjab Inam Ghani said that eradicating crime by improving the investigation system and speeding up the process of providing justice to the citizens is one of the top priorities of Punjab Police. In this connection, Coordination and Collaboration with institutions at all...
The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has been making all-out efforts to enhance opportunities and facilities available to the university faculty. The commission has also initiated a number of programmes for their higher studies, professional development as well as providing guidance to universities...
Worldwide coronavirus cases crossed 40 million on Monday, according to a Reuters tally, as the onset of winter in the northern hemisphere fuelled a resurgence in the spread of the disease. The Reuters tally is based on official reporting by individual countries. Experts believe the true numbers of both...
For a creative artist, how difficult is it to work on a given theme? Does it require extra work in comparison to naturally inspired musical pieces? I won’t say it’s difficult in the sense of being impossible, however it is challenging in an exciting way. It requires understanding, practice, consistency...
Passport, ticket, travel insurance – and a negative Covid-19 test result. The latter is fast becoming an essential item when packing for holidays. You now need to prove you’re free of Covid-19 before you can enjoy a trip to a growing number of holiday hotspots around the world, including Cyprus,...
Shares in Swedish defence company Saab slid more than 10% on Monday after it posted falling third-quarter profits and said it saw increased risks due to the coronavirus pandemic. The maker of the Gripen fighter jet said the slow economic recovery from the pandemic was primarily affecting subcontractors...
The head of the European Central Bank says the economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic “risks losing momentum” due to the second wave of infections. Speaking in an interview with the French newspaper Le Monde that was published on the ECB’s website, Christine Lagarde also said that more...
Chilean Pedro Campos hatched a plan to bake and sell homemade sourdough bread to neighbours after riots in Santiago last year shuttered the restaurant where he worked and the coronavirus pandemic left many shops closed. Business is now booming. Campos is not alone in reinventing himself. More than 2...
With development of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), improvement of the infrastructure and the security situation, and especially when the novel coronavirus pneumonia is effectively controlled, Pakistan’s eco-tourism will definitely develop greatly in the days to come. This was stated...