Pakistan secret agencies are backing criminals to target civilians in Balochistan, activists claim
Quetta/Islamabad/IBNS: Apart from improper implementation of system by the government needed to contain COVID-19 outbreak in Pakistan, political activists are now alleging that the secret agencies are constituting criminal gangs and providing them weapons to target civilians and activists in Balochistan province.
COVID-19: Supreme Court directs Imran Khan govt to remove PM's Advisor on Health Dr Zafar Mirza
Islamabad/IBNS: In a major blow for PM Imran Khan-led Pakistan government, the country's Supreme Court on Monday expressed dissatisfaction over the performance of Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health Dr Zafar Mirza in tackling the coronavirus outbreak, media reports in Pakistan said.
Experts believe Gilgit-Baltistan, PoK are turning into COVID-19 epicentres, blame Imran Khan govt
Islamabad/IBNS: Experts are claiming that Pakistan's Gilgit Baltistan and Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) are fast emerging into COVID-19 hotbeds of the country and even the PM Imran Khan-led government is slowly turning blind eye to the suffering of the people in the region.
Hindu national forcefully converted to Islam in Karachi
Islamabad/IBNS: When the world is busy fighting COVID-19 outbreak, radical Islamists in Pakistan continued to convert by force, the latest being a Hindu national in Karachi city.
Islamabad/IBNS: Amidst coronavirus epidemic, Pakistan’s Gilgit-Baltistan region appears to have been forgotten by the country's government after a prominent lawyer of Astore, one of the ten districts of the belt, exposed how the PM Imran Khan-led regime had forgotten the area and have declined to provide even the basic minimum essentials to its people.
Pakistan: 12 doctors test positive for COVID-19 in Multan hospital
Multan/IBNS: Twelve doctors and nurses have tested positive for COVID-19 at Nishtar Medical Hospital in Pakistan's Multan area, media reports said.
Pakistan's economy may fall into recession due to COVID-19 break - World Bank
Islamabad/Xinhua/UNI: Pakistan may fall into an economic recession owing to the outbreak of COVID-19 in the country, a World Bank report said on Sunday.
Former Pakistan Minister Rehman Malik urges UN chief to probe COVID-19 origin
Islamabad/IBNS: In a bid to find the origin of the disease, former interior minister and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Senator Rehman Malik has urged the United Nations to form a high-powered commission to investigate whether Coronavirus, which has now hit almost all nations across the globe, is a man-made or a naturally grown virus, media reports said.
Pakistan settling retired soldiers, labourers in PoK in bid to change demography: Report
Islamabad/IBNS: In a bid to change the demography of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK), PM Imran Khan-led government is settling large numbers of retired Pakistani soldiers in that region, media reports said.
Pakistani lawmaker says COVID-19 lockdown in developing countries unlikely to succeed
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: Introducing a lockdown in Pakistan or any other developing country due to the coronavirus pandemic is unlikely to be effective since there are a lot of poor people there who will need to leave their homes to make a living, Saleem Mandviwalla, the deputy chairman of Pakistan's upper house, told Sputnik on Thursday.
COVID-19: Baloch National Movement condemns police action against protesting doctors in Pakistan
Quetta/IBNS: The Baloch National Movement (BNM) on Friday condemned the police action against doctors who were protesting against lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) kits for health workers on the front lines fighting against COVID-19 outbreak in Pakistan.
Pakistan pledges USD 3 million to SAARC Covid-19 Emergency Fund with condition
Islamabad/IBNS: Pakistan on Thursday said it will contribute USD 3 million to the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation’s (SAARC) Covid-19 Emergency Fund that was formed last month during a meeting of leaders of the member states to fight the menace.
Pakistan: Police arrest doctors protesting against lack of PPE
Islamabad/IBNS: Police have arrested several protesting doctors in Pakistan who were demonstrating against lack of personal protective equipment (PPE), media reports said.
Islamabad/IBNS: A shocking tale of discrimination by PM Imran Khan-led government has come to fore during the COVID-19 crisis in Pakistan where certain families, belonging to the religious minority communities, have claimed that the ration is being distributed in a certain region of the country selectively.
Pakistan mulling army deployment in Gilgit Baltistan, says PoK activist Amjad Ayub Mirza
Islamabad/IBNS: Doubting that it might be an attempt to establish absolute army rule, a human rights activist has alleged that the Pakistan Army is considering a massive deployment of troops in Gilgit Baltistan (GB) region.