Pakistan s COVID-19 death toll breaches 19,000-mark
12 May 2021, 09:18 GMT+10
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 12 (ANI): Pakistan on Tuesday crossed another grim milestone as the number of COVID-19 deaths in the country exceeded 19,000.
Citing the data provided by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), The News International reported that 3,084 people tested COVID-19 positive during the last 24 hours after 38,883 tests were conducted, taking the total caseload to 864,577.
With additional 113 deaths, the countrywide death toll has reached 19,106. The number of active COVID-19 cases in the country is 78,959 and the positivity ratio stands at 7.93 per cent.
In a province-wise breakdown, Punjab remains the most affected province with the highest number of deaths 9,125, The News International reported.
Covid-19: Pakistan s death toll breaches 19,000 mark
ANI/Islamabad Filed on May 12, 2021
A health worker inoculates a woman with a dose of the Covishield AstraZeneca vaccine in Lahore. Photo: AFP
3,084 people tested Covid-19 positive in the last 24 hours
Pakistan on Tuesday crossed another grim milestone as the number of Covid-19 deaths in the country exceeded 19,000.
Citing the data provided by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), The News International reported that 3,084 people tested Covid-19 positive during the last 24 hours after 38,883 tests were conducted, taking the total caseload to 864,577.
With additional 113 deaths, the countrywide death toll has reached 19,106. The number of active Covid-19 cases in the country is 78,959 and the positivity ratio stands at 7.93 per cent.
End illegal and forceful occupation of PoK, India asks Pakistan at UN
End illegal and forceful occupation of PoK, India asks Pakistan at UN
In A Statement, India Asked Pakistan âto Provide Freedom To People Of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) By Ending Its Illegal And Forceful Occupation And To Stop Torture, Enforced Disappearances And Unlawful Killing.
News Nation Bureau | Edited By : Shashikant Sharma | Updated on: 14 Nov 2017, 07:07:21 AM
New Delhi:
India on Monday asked Pakistan to end its illegal and forceful occupation in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) at its third Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in the United Nations.
India, in a statement, insisted Pakistan “to provide freedom to people of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) by ending its illegal and forceful occupation and to stop torture, enforced disappearances and unlawful killing.”
Pak traders defy govt s COVID-19 rules
ANI
08 May 2021, 10:37 GMT+10
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 8 (ANI): Defying the government s orders amid a third COVID-19 wave, the All Pakistan Traders Association on Friday announced that it would ban all commercial activities starting tomorrow until chand raat - the day before Eid-ul-Fitr.
All markets and businesses will operate across the country, including Gilgit-Baltistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, according to All Pakistan Traders Association President Ajmal Baloch. We should be allowed to operate businesses 24 hours as the Saudi government did, said Baloch, adding that the Pakistan government should not tell traders to shut down businesses if it cannot provide relief to the business community.