Pakistan

GUJRAT: The Sarai Alamgir administration on Thursday imposed a complete lockdown in the Simbli village, a tehsil of Sarai Alamgir after six coronavirus cases were reported in the area, ARY News reported. As per details, the Assistant Commissioner Sarai Alamgir has sealed Simbli village after six COVID-19 cases were confirmed on Thursday.

KARACHI: Police on Sunday arrested two people, one of them step father of a girl, who was allegedly tortured and raped in Awami Colony area of the city, ARY NEWS reported. According to police, taking notice of a viral video, they apprehended two suspects from Awami Colony area. “One of them was step father of the victim while the other was his brother,” they said.

ISLAMABAD: Faisal Edhi, the head of Edhi Foundation and the son of philanthropist late Abdul Sattar Edhi, has met Prime Minister Imran Khan and donated Rs10 million in PM?s Corona Relief Fund Faisal Edhi has presented a cheque for the donation of Rs10 million in the PM?s relief fund for coronavirus affectees.

Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah. ? Geo News/File KARACHI: Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah announced on Sunday that the province is set to undergo a lockdown after midnight tonight. "After 12am tonight [Sunday night], Sindh will undergo a lockdown," he said. "People will not be allowed to venture out of their homes unnecessarily."

ISLAMABAD: The confirmed coronavirus cases in Pakistan has reached 1,865, according to the National Command and Control Centre. According to the report, there are 652 cases in Punjab, 625 in Sindh, 221 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 153 in Balochistan, 58 in Islamabad, 148 in Gilgit Baltistan and six cases in Azad Kashmir.

ISLAMABAD: Religious cleric Maulana Tariq Jamil called upon Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan at the Prime Minister office in Islamabad on Monday amid fast-spreading coronavirus fears for a consultative meeting, ARY News reported. PM Imran Khan and Maulana Tariq Jamil leading by example took strict precautionary measures in times of the deadly coronavirus pandemic.

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has summoned a meeting of the federal cabinet in Islamabad on Tuesday, ARY News reported. According to details, the cabinet meeting, which will be chaired by PM Imran Khan, will discuss the five-point agenda. According to the agenda of the meeting, the federal cabinet will approve the exemption of sales tax for the construction industry, while the meeting will give go-ahead for the restructuring of the national commission on minorities.

Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) MNA Munir Khan Orakzai. Photo: File Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) MNA Munir Khan Orakzai has tested positive for the virus, the politician?s son said on Saturday. ?My father was on a ventilator at Hayatabad Complex last night. He is doing much better now,? Akhtar Munir Orakzai told Geo News.

Twitter (@BabarNawazKhan7) HARIPUR: Former Member of National Assembly and PML-N leader, Babar Nawaz Khan, tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday. The PML-N leader had been suffering from severe fever and respiratory problems over the last two days after which his samples were sent to PIMS hospital Islamabad from district hospital Haripur.

ISLAMABAD: Religious scholar Maulana Tariq Jameel has met Prime Minister Imran Khan where the premier praised his awareness campaign against coronavirus pandemic, ARY News reported on Thursday. PM Imran Khan said that the government sought clerics’ cooperation to overcome the pandemic and he will soon meet the ulemas by himself.