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Pakistan to start opening schools as coronavirus cases fall

ISLAMABAD : Education officials in Pakistan say authorities will start reopening schools from Sept. 15 amid a steady decline in coronavirus deaths and infections.Schools were closed in March when the government enforced a nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus.

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'World's loneliest elephant' living in abysmal conditions gets new chance at better life

ISLAMABAD (AP) - An elephant who has become a cause celebre for animal rights activists around the world will be allowed to leave his Pakistani zoo and transferred to better conditions, the animal welfare group helping with the case said Saturday.Dubbed the ‘world’s loneliest elephant' by his supporters, Kaavan has languished at a zoo in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad for more than 35 years.Martin Bauer, a spokesman for Four Paws, said the elephant has been finally given medical approval to travel, most likely to Cambodia, where he will find companionship and better conditions.The overweight elephant Kaavan underwent a full medical examination at the zoo on Friday, said Bauer.In May, Pakistan’s High Court ordered the Marghazar Zoo

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Pak's COVID-19 cases reach 292,174

ISLAMABAD : Pakistan's tally of coronavirus cases on Saturday reached 292,174 after 586 new infections were reported in the last 24 hours, the health ministry said.The Ministry of National Health Services reported that 10 patients died during the period, taking the total number of COVID-19 fatalities to 6,231.Sindh registered a total 127691 cases, Punjab 96,057, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa 35,602, Islamabad 15,472, Balochistan 12,473, Gilgit-Baltistan 2,638 and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir 2,241 cases.A total of 275,317 people have recovered from the disease across the country and 731 patients are in critical condition.The total number of active patients is 10,626, it said.So far, 2,414,902 COVID-19 tests have been carried out in the country, including

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Pak's coronavirus tally jumps to 288,717, death toll at 6,168

ISLAMABAD : Pakistan's coronavirus tally reached 288,717 on Sunday after 670 new cases were detected in the last 24 hours, the health ministry said.Six more fatalities were reported overnight, pushing the death toll to 6,168, it said.While 266,301 patients were recovered so far, 769 are in critical condition at various hospitals across the country.With the detection of the 670 new cases, Pakistan's coronavirus tally now stands at 288,717, the ministry said.Of the total infections, Sindh reported the maximum number of 125,904 cases, followed by Punjab at 95,391, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa at 35,153, Islamabad at 15,378, Balochistan at 12,224, Gilgit-Baltistan at 2,486 and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) at 2,181.Health authorities have so far

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1 new confirmed case of COVID-19

There is one new case of COVID-19 to report in managed isolation today, in addition to the four cases in the community in Auckland that were announced yesterday.

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Pak reports 1,487 new COVID-19 cases

ISLAMABAD : Pakistan reported 1,487 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 271,886 on Saturday, the health ministry said.A total of 236,596 people have recovered from the disease, the Ministry of National Health Services said.Out of the total infections, 116,800 were in detected in Sindh, 91,691 in Punjab, 33,071 in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, 14,821 in Islamabad, 11,550 in Balochistan, 2,012 in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and 1,942 in Gilgit-Baltistan.The total number of COVID-19 cases in the country reached 271,886 after 1,487 new patients were identified in the last 24 hours, while 5,787 people died due to the virus, including 24 patients during the period.A total of 1,294 patients are in critical condition, it

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1,579 new COVID-19 cases push Pakistan's tally to 263,496

PAKISTAN : Pakistan has reported 1,579 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total count to 263,496.According to Radio Pakistan, 46 people have succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours. The total death toll now stands at 5,568.Out of the total confirmed cases, 112,118 cases have been reported in Sindh, 89,793 in Punjab, 31,890 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 11,424 in Balochistan, 14,576 in Islamabad and 1,807 in Gilgit Baltistan.Sindh government spokesperson tweeted, "In Sindh, so far 3,249 children under the age of 10 and 22,554 people above the age of 50 have been infected by COVID-19.

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Pakistan reports 1,918 new coronavirus cases

ISLAMABAD : Pakistan reported 1,918 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, taking the number of infections in the country to 261,917, the health ministry said.Out of the total infections, 198,509 patients have recovered, while 5,522 people have died of the disease.

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Pakistan's coronavirus cases reach 259,999

ISLAMABAD : Pakistan's coronavirus cases on Friday reached 259,999 after 2,085 more people tested positive for the COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, the health ministry reported.According to the Ministry of National Health Services, another 49 patients died in the last 24 hours, taking the death toll to 5,475.The ministry also said that 183,737 patients so far recovered from the disease.

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Pak records 2,752 new coronavirus cases, tally reaches 2,46,351

ISLAMABAD : Pakistan's coronavirus tally on Saturday reached 2,46,351 with the detection of 2,752 new cases in the last 24 hours, the health ministry said.The death toll jumped to 5,123 with 65 more fatalities due to the viral infection.The ministry also reported an improvement in the number of recoveries with 1,53,134 patients discharged from hospitals and health centres across the country so far.With the detection of 2,752 new cases, the coronavirus tally in Pakistan now stands at 2,46,351, it said.Sindh reported the maximum number of 1,02,368 cases, followed by 85,991 in Punjab, 29,775 in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, 13,927 in Islamabad, 11,128 in Balochistan, 1,630 in Gilgit-Baltistan and 1,532 in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).A total number

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EU bans Pakistan airline from flying to Europe for 6 months

ISLAMABAD – The European Union's aviation safety agency said Tuesday that Pakistan’s national airline will not be allowed to fly into Europe for at least six months after the country’s aviation minister revealed last week that nearly a third of Pakistani pilots had cheated on their pilot’s exams. Pakistan International Airlines spokesman Abdullah Hafeez said PIA has not been flying to Europe because of the pandemic.

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Pakistan announces record increase in fuel prices

Pakistan has announced a record increase in fuel prices days before the end of a fiscal year in which the country's economy contracted for the first time in 68 years as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.The hike, which ranges from 27% to 66%, depending on the petroleum product, was announced Friday night.

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Pakistan conveys to India its readiness to reopen Kartarpur corridor from June 2

ISLAMABAD : Pakistan on Saturday said that it is prepared to reopen the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor for all Sikh pilgrims from June 29.Taking to Twitter, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said he has conveyed to the Indian side about Pakistan readiness to reopen the 4.7-kilometre passage to the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur."As places of worship open up across the world, Pakistan prepares to reopen the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor for all Sikh pilgrims, conveying to the Indian side our readiness to reopen the corridor on 29 June 2020, the occasion of the death anniversary of Maharaja Ranjeet Singh," Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi tweeted.In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Kartarpur Corridor was shut down by

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The Latest: India may use train carriages for virus beds

Beijing is reinstating virus controls as an outbreak connected to a food market grows— Educators go sleuthing to ensure students thrown off track during distance learning don't fall further behind— An ambulance driver 's daily rush to save lives is exhausting, never-ending task in hard-hit Mumbai, India— A cleric in Peru fills his church with 5,000 portraits of pandemic victims, says health system based on egotism rather than mercy___Follow AP pandemic coverage at http://apnews.com/VirusOutbreak and https://apnews.com/UnderstandingtheOutbreak___HERE’S WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING:ISLAMABAD __ Pakistan’s number of infected people neared 145,000 Monday as leaders warned the coronavirus could sweep through the population.

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Former Pakistan PM Yusuf Raza Gilani tests positive for Covid-19

Islamabad: Pakistan's former prime minister Yusuf Raza Gilani tested positive for the coronavirus on Saturday, becoming the latest top political figure to contract COVID-19 that has claimed 2,551 lives and infected 132,405 people in the country.Gilani, 67, tested positive after attending a hearing of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in a corruption case.On Thursday, Shehbaz Sharif, chief of the Opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), tested positive for the coronavirus after he appeared before the NAB in a money laundering case.Gilani's son Kasim Gilani announced on Twitter that the former premier had tested positive for the coronavirus."Thank you Imran Khan's govt and National Accountability Bureau! You have successfully

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Covid-19 impact: Pakistan's economy contracts for first time in 68 years

Islamabad: For the first time in 68 years, Pakistan’s economy is set to contract in the outgoing fiscal year with a negative 0.38 per cent due to the adverse impact of the coronavirus pandemic coupled with the already weak financial situation before the pandemic hit the country, according to the economic survey unveiled on Thursday.Advisor on Finance Abdul Hafeez Sheikh, releasing the Pakistan Economic Survey 2019-20 said the economy suffered massively due to the coronavirus pandemic which has so far infected about 120,000 people in the country, and forced the government to impose lockdown in March for several weeks.The pandemic has badly hit the economy in the current fiscal year ending on June 30.For the first time in 68 years, Pakistan’s

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Pakistan sees over 100 Covid-19 deaths in 24 hrs; WHO says don't lift restrictions

Islamabad: With the number of COVID-19 cases crossing the 1,00,000-mark in Pakistan, the World Health Organisation has warned that the virus restrictions were hastily lifted in the country without due consideration to outbreak indicators.The coronavirus has so far claimed 2,172 lives in Pakistan with 108,317 confirmed cases.In a letter to Punjab province Health Minister Yasmin Rashid dated June 7, WHO Country Head, Pakistan, Dr Palitha Mahipala said the coronavirus has spread to almost all districts in the country with big cities making up majority of the cases.Punjab is the worst-hit province in Pakistan with over 40,000 cases.

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Pakistan sees biggest spike in coronavirus cases, tally tops that of China at 85,000

Islamabad: Pakistan on Thursday surpassed China, the first epicentre of the coronavirus, after a record 4,688 new cases were registered during the last 24 hours to take the tally to 85,246.

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The Latest: Pakistan, India coronavirus cases, deaths spike

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan reported a record single-day spike in coronavirus-related deaths with 82 new fatalities and 4,688 cases that it says resulted from increased testing in the past 24 hours.

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COVID-19 cases in Pakistan surge past 67,000

According to latest figures available on Dawn, Sindh reported 27,360 COVID-19 cases so far, Punjab 24,104 while Balochistan reported 4,087 cases

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US to provide $6 million to Pakistan to fight coronavirus

The US on Sunday announced that it will provide $6 million aid to Pakistan to support its effort in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.

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Taliban, Ghani declare three-day cease fire for Eid holiday

ISLAMABAD – The Taliban and Afghanistan's president announced late Saturday a three-day cease-fire ahead of a major Islamic holiday that begins Sunday to mark the end of the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan.

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Pak plane 'jolted' thrice before crash: Survivor

Muhammad Zubair, one of just two passengers who survived, says while landing, the plane jolted three times. Then it came on the runway and then the pilot ‘adroitly lifted’ the aircraft off the ground, only to crash moments later

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Pak PM orders probe into alleged scandal of importing medicines from India: Report

ISLAMABAD : Prime Minister Imran Khan has ordered a probe into the alleged scandal of importing over 450 medicines like vitamin tablets in the guise of buying life-saving drugs from India, according to a media report.

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Pakistan to use technology to identify covid-19 hotspots & enforce 'smart lockdown' as cases cross 30,330

ISLAMABAD : Pakistan on Sunday said it will use technology to identify coronavirus hotspots to enforce a "smart lockdown" as the country reported a record number of 2,870 coronavirus cases in a single day, taking the total number of infections to over 30,330 amid easing of the month-long lockdown.

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Pakistan reports nearly 2,000 covid-19 cases in 24 hours

ISLAMABAD : Pakistan recorded 1,991 new cases in the past 24 hours, taking the total tally of cases to 29,464 on Sunday, according to the National Command and Operation Centres latest update.

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Taliban say they don't have missing US contractor

ISLAMABAD – Taliban leaders searched their ranks, including the much-feared Haqqani network, and on Sunday told The Associated Press they are not holding Mark R. Frerichs, a Navy veteran turned contractor who was disappeared in Afghanistan in late January.

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Pakistan eases lockdown even as coronavirus cases rise

The first phase of easing lockdown began as the government announced removing restrictions by allowing more business to open and operate from dawn to 5pm

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Pakistan registers highest single day spike in COVID-19 infections

ISLAMABAD : Pakistan registered its highest single day increase in the coronavirus cases with 1,297 new infections, taking the total number to 18,114, officials said on Saturday.

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Covid-19: SAARC nations unveil emergency stimulus packages

ISLAMABAD/DHAKA : The SAARC countries have rolled out a raft of stimulus packages to boost investments, buffer private businesses and bolster growth in response to the COVID-19 pandemic that has upended life and disrupted economic activity in a region inhabited by over 1.8 billion people.

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Pakistan denies preparing vaccine for COVID-19; cases cross 12,000

ISLAMABAD : Pakistan on Saturday clarified that no vaccine was being prepared after reports emerged that the country was on the verge of developing it with the help of China even as the coronavirus cases climbed to 12,644.

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Pakistan using ISI's system to track suspected coronavirus cases: Imran Khan

Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan disclosed on Thursday that his government was using a system, originally meant to track down terrorists by the spy agency ISI, to trace the suspected coronavirus cases in the country, as the number of the COVID-19 patients rose to 10,927.

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Pak PM tests negative for Covid-19; country's case count crosses 10,000-mark

Imran Khan, 67, agreed for the test after Faisal Edhi, the son of late philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi and chairman of the Edhi Foundation, who met him last week tested positive for the coronavirus

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The Latest: Doctors urge mosques close to curb virus threat

The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.

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Pakistan PM Imran Khan may get tested for Covid-19

Islamabad: Imran Khan may be tested for the coronavirus or asked to go into isolation after a well-known philanthropist was tested positive for the COVID-19, days after meeting the Pakistan prime minister, his doctor said on Tuesday.

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COVID-19: IMF approves nearly $1.4 billion to Pakistan to meet BoP crisi

The IMF's decision comes at the request of Pakistan, which faces an urgent balance of payment crisis

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Pak to receive more medical supplies from China as Covid-19 cases cross 4,700

Islamabad: Pakistan is set to receive more medical supplies from its all-weather ally China to fight the coronavirus outbreak in the country where the COVID-19 cases have sharply increased to 4,788 and death toll reached 71, officials said on Saturday.

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India ramps up coronavirus tests as South Asian cases top 12,000

NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD : India said on Friday it ramped up coronavirus testing as documented cases there rose above 6,700 and topped 12,000 across South Asia.

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Pakistan's coronavirus cases rise to 4,072

Islamabad: Pakistan's novel coronavirus cases rose to 4,072 on Wednesday, as Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa directed his top commanders to provide full support to the federal and provincial governments in combating the pandemic which has killed 58 people in the country.

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Taliban warn peace deal with US near breaking point

ISLAMABAD – The Taliban said their peace deal with the United States was nearing a breaking point, accusing Washington of violations that included drone attacks on civilians, while also chastising the Afghan government for delaying the release of 5,000 Taliban prisoners promised in the agreement.

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Mosques stay open in Pakistan even as virus death toll rises

ISLAMABAD – Mosques were allowed to remain open in Pakistan on Friday, the Muslim sabbath when adherents gather for weekly prayers, even as the coronavirus pandemic spread and much of the country had shut down.

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Coronavirus: Pakistan deploys army across country to fight Covid-19

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China sends medical aid to Pakistan to combat virus outbreak

ISLAMABAD – China has sent a plane loaded with medical personnel and supplies to aid Pakistan in the fight against the spread of the coronavirus in one of the world's most populous nations, the Pakistani foreign ministry said Saturday.

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Pakistan halts domestic passenger flights over new virus

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan on Wednesday halted all domestic passenger flights to stop the spread of the new coronavirus after reporting nearly 1,000 cases the country, just as Libya became the latest at-risk Mideast nation to report its first infection.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0