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Several countries put India on international travel ban list as second virus wave surges Geeta Mohan With a severe spike in Covid-19 cases, countries across the world are putting India on their travel ban list. Several countries have put India on international travel ban list as second virus wave surges. (Image for representation: AP) The US, Australia, Hong Kong, the UK, Pakistan and New Zealand have already released fresh travel advisories for their citizens, asking them to avoid travelling to/from India. Hong Kong The Hong Kong government late Sunday activated an "emergen...

Pakistani airport staff walk through the Islamabad International Airport. — AFP/File Pakistan on Monday imposed a ban on travellers from India through air and land routes for the next two weeks, citing the spread of a new variant of the novel coronavirus in the neighbouring country. A statement issued by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) said the decision was taken during a meeting of the forum today, presided over by Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar. The forum was briefed about the spread of the new Indian variant of the coronavirus — a double-mutant varia...

Sibling spat on Twitter: Mohammad Zubair disagrees with Asad Umar Pakistan Wed, Apr 14, 2021 PML-N leader Mohammad Zubair (left) and Federal Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar. — PID/File PML-N leader Mohammad Zubair disagreed with his brother and  Federal Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar Wednesday as the latter — while sharing statistics on Twitter — said car sales had gone up this year as compared to the last. "Car sales up 31% vs last year in first 9 months of this fiscal year. Private sector credit off-take up 34%," the federal minister said. "Jul to F...

Shafqat Mehmood chairs NCOC meeting to decide closure of schools Pakistan  Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mehmood. File photo. ISLAMABAD: Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mehmood is chairing a meeting at the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) to discuss the current COVID-19 situation with all the health and education ministers, the education ministry said in a tweet on Tuesday. "The  NCOC meeting will take stock of the pandemic situation in the country and decide the fate of schools," it said. The third wave of coronavirus has wreaked havoc in t...

PM Imran Khan to launch Sehat Sahulat Programme in AJK today By A file photo of PM Imran Khan. ISLAMABAD: Prime Imran Khan is scheduled to launch the Sehat Sahulat Programme in Azad Jammu and Kashmir today. The ceremony would be held today at 4:00pm and will be attended by AJK PM Raja Farooq Haider, Federal Minister of Finance Abdul Hafeez Shaikh and Federal Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar. The health programme would cover 1,200,000 households across 10 districts including Muzaffarabad, Mirpur, Kotli, and Neelum. Under the programme, all district hospitals in the northern r...