Maternal Mortality: Ticking up in Pakistan while India stems rise

Dec 31, 2022, at 08:28 pm

Despite gains, maternal deaths haunt South Asia. While the figure ticks up in Pakistan, in India the rise has been stemmed amid challenges, report Amer Malik and Abantika Ghosh from across the border

Pakistan’s ‘climate carnage beyond imagination’, UN chief tells General Assembly

Oct 08, 2022, at 05:03 pm

New York: The people of Pakistan are the victims of “a grim calculus of climate injustice”, Secretary-General António Guterres told the UN General Assembly on Friday, reminding that while the country was responsible for less than one per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, it is paying a “supersized price for man-made climate change”.

Pakistan floods: Six month wait for water to recede, warn relief agencies

Sep 21, 2022, at 04:59 pm

New York: Millions of people in Pakistan are still deeply affected by catastrophic flooding which “is not going anywhere”, UN relief agencies said on Tuesday.

Pakistan: $160 million UN emergency plan launched, as ‘monsoon on steroids’ continues

Aug 31, 2022, at 02:27 pm

New York: A $160 million emergency plan to help Pakistan deal with devastating flooding has been launched by the United Nations, aiming to reach “5.2 million of the most vulnerable people in the country”.

Pakistan: WFP working to expand food aid as deadly flooding continues

Aug 30, 2022, at 08:53 pm

New York: The World Food Programme (WFP) is supporting Pakistan as the country takes stock of floods which have reportedly killed more than 1,000 people and displaced some 33 million, the UN agency said on Monday.

Pakistan witnesses surge in COVID-19 deaths

Aug 13, 2022, at 12:01 am

Islamabad: Pakistan recorded a surge in deaths due to COVID-19 overnight as 11 people succumbed to the viral infection, media reports said on Friday.

Pakistan; Polio samples found in several cities

Aug 02, 2022, at 08:02 pm

Islamabad: Pakistan has confirmed the presence of polio virus in samples collected from seven cities.

Pakistan records over 500 COVID-19 cases for first time in three months

Jun 29, 2022, at 07:14 pm

Islamabad: Pakistan's fresh COVID-19 cases crossed 500 mark on Wednesday as the country is continuously witnessing an uptick in dailly count for the past several days, media reports said on Wednesday.

Pakistan: COVID-19 positivity rate spikes by 1.3 percent after detection of 152 cases

Jun 20, 2022, at 01:46 am

Islamabad: Pakistan, a nation which has witnessed several deadly rounds of COVID-19 outbreaks, witnessed a 1.3 percent rise in positivity rate after 152 new cases were detected, as per data released by the National Institute of Health on Sunday.

Pakistan detects first case of Omicron sub-variant

May 10, 2022, at 01:14 am

Islamabad: Pakistan has detected its first case of  Omicron sub-variant,  the National Institute of Health, Islamabad confirmed on Monday.

Villagers in Fazilka in India's Punjab suffering due to Pakistani tanneries

Apr 29, 2022, at 09:02 pm

Fazilka, Punjab: Hundreds of residents of 130 villages located in Fazilka region of Punjab are suffering for the past 15 years due to the highly polluted water of tanneries located on banks of Sutlej river across the border in Pakistan’s Kasur.

Pakistan announces it is lifting all COVID-19 related restrictions

Mar 16, 2022, at 11:09 pm

Islamabad: Pakistan on Wednesday lifted all Covid-19 related restrictions across the country, saying it "has come close to eliminating the pandemic,".

Pakistan witnesses rise in COVID-19 deaths following days of decline

Feb 23, 2022, at 03:31 pm

Islamabad: Pakistan is slowly witnessing a rise in COVID-19 deaths after days of decline as 43 people succumbed to the virus in a single day, media reports said on Wednesday.

Pakistan registers 6047 new COVID-19 cases

Feb 02, 2022, at 09:15 pm

Islamabad: Pakistan registered 6,047 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said on Wednesday.

Pakistan seeing fifth wave, 7,586 fresh COVID-19 cases recorded in past 24 hours

Jan 23, 2022, at 10:00 pm

Islamabad: Pakistan is witnessing a rise in COVID-19 cases as 7,586 fresh cases were recorded in the past 24 hours, media reports said on Sunday.

Pakistan registers over 4000 COVID-19 cases for second straight day

Jan 16, 2022, at 11:10 pm

Pakistan, a nation that has witnessed several waves of the COVID-19 pandemic, registered 4,000 COVID-19 cases for the second straight day, media reports said on Sunday.

Pakistan registers highest number of daily COVID-19 cases in over two months

Jan 03, 2022, at 09:48 pm

Islamabad: Pakistan registered 708 new cases in the past 24 hours, which is the highest number of COVID-19 cases recorded in a single day since Oct 30.

Pakistan detects 79 Omicron cases so far

Dec 29, 2021, at 03:01 pm

Islamabad: Pakistan on Tuesday said 79 Omicron cases have been detected in the country so far.

Pakistan: Islamabad reports first Omicron case

Dec 25, 2021, at 09:58 pm

Pakistan's Islamabad city has registered the first case of Omicron variant, media reports said on Saturday.

Pakistan: Balochistan reports 32 suspected Omicron cases

Dec 22, 2021, at 09:42 pm

Quetta: As many as 32 suspected cases of Omicron infected people have been reported from Balochistan's Kalat district in Pakistan, media reports said on Wednesday.

Pakistan: COVID-19 mortality rate much higher than global rate

Dec 20, 2021, at 04:22 am

Islamabad/UNI: A document of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) has stated that the mortality rate due to COVID-19 in Pakistan was much higher than the rest of the world, Dawn reported here on Sunday.

Pakistan: 81 new dengue fever cases, 2 more deaths reported in Punjab

Nov 30, 2021, at 11:00 pm

Islamabad/UNI/Xinhua: Pakistan's eastern Punjab province reported 81 new dengue fever cases and two more deaths during the last 24 hours, Secretary of the Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department of Punjab Imran Sikandar Baloch said Tuesday.

Pakistan: 5.9 magnitude earthquake hits Balochistan, death toll touches 20

Oct 08, 2021, at 02:38 pm

Quetta: The death toll due to the 5.9 magnitude earthquake in Pakistan's Balochistan region has now touched 20, media reports said on Friday.

Pakistan: 46 people die due to COVID-19 in past 24 hours

Oct 02, 2021, at 09:41 pm

Islamabad: Pakistan claimed 46 new deaths due to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, media reports said on Saturday.

Pakistan lowers Coronavirus vaccination age to above 12

Sep 28, 2021, at 11:29 pm

Islamabad/UNI/Xinhua: Pakistan has decided to inoculate COVID-19 vaccines to citizens of 12 years old and above, Chairman of the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) Asad Umar said on Tuesday.

Pakistan registers 2,060 new COVID-19 cases

Sep 25, 2021, at 11:05 pm

Islamabad/UNI/Xinhua: Pakistan reported 2,060 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said on Saturday.

Pakistan records 50 fresh COVID-19 deaths

Sep 24, 2021, at 10:35 pm

Islamabad: Fifty people died due to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours in Pakistan, a country which has witnessed several critical wave of the pandemic, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said on Friday.

Pakistan adds 3902 more COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours

Sep 08, 2021, at 11:49 pm

Islamabad/UNI: Pakistan has reported 3,902 new novel Coronavirus cases, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said on Wednesday.

Pakistan registers 66 new COVID-19 deaths in past 24 hours

Aug 30, 2021, at 10:32 pm

Islamabad: Pakistan, a nation which has witnessed several rounds of COVID-19 pandemic, registered 66 new deaths due to the disease in the past 24 hours, media reports said.

Pakistan reports 141 COVID-19 deaths in past 24 hours

Aug 25, 2021, at 10:29 pm

Islamabad: Pakistan registered 141 fresh deaths due to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, the highest number of fatalities recorded in one day since 161 deaths were recorded nearly four months ago on May 4, media resorts said.