The government has taken steps to address shortages of fuel and gas to some extent when compared to the earlier situation which had long queues that stretched for kilometres outside fuel and gas stations. But a well-planned recovery plan still cannot be seen that can address the long-term food security issues.
The recent crash of a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane in which 91 passengers and six others were killed, has led to many in Pakistan pointing fingers at the corruption of the country's infamous military-industrial complex, which is now headed by the Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa
At least four workers were killed after a huge fire broke out in an oil depot in Pakistan's Faisalabad city, officials said on Tuesday
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases will continue to rise in the country, and a peak will be witnessed by the end of July or beginning of August
The social media controversy that began with Pakistan-based American blogger Cynthia Ritchie’s allegations against former prime minister Benazir Bhutto is turning murkier after rape accusations against former interior minister Rehman Malik and her claims that she had been “investigating” an ethnic organisation
As the feared peak of COVID-19 cases nears, major hospitals across Pakistan are rapidly running short of capacity, official data shows
If there are Bhutanese still living across the border, in Jaigaon, India they should report to the COVID-19 task force in Phuentsholing and come home
Representatives of Arab countries in Sri Lanka assured the Arab world’s fullest cooperation and support for continued excellent relations with Sri Lanka and also in continuing to look after the welfare of Sri Lankans in the Gulf region, the Ministry of Foreign Relations said Monday
Sri Lanka's Transport Ministry said it had resumed public transport services in capital Colombo and the outskirts of Gampaha after over two months of no reported public transmission of COVID-19
A 100-year-old woman in Bangladesh has survived COVID-19 infection despite being a heart disease patient and suffering from old-age complications, family members told Turkey-based Anadolu Agency
The Kuwaiti Public Prosecution has ordered the remand of Bangladesh MP Mohammad Shahid Islam alias Kazi Papul pending investigation into human trafficking charges, according to the Middle-East media
Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina has approved the plan to clamp special restrictions on the areas with high infection rate to strangle the spread of the coronavirus
Ministry of Public Health on Monday said that it has recorded 575 new positive cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, bringing the tally to 20,917 in Afghanistan
Lack of oxygen in the country’s hospitals for COVID-19 patients who are seriously ill has posed a new challenge to the coronavirus response in Afghanistan, where, according to officials, over 20,000 people are affected
The US peace envoy for Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, and the commander of foreign troops in Afghanistan, US Gen. Scott Miller, met with the Taliban’s deputy leader Mullah Baradar in Doha on Sunday, said Suhail Shaheen, a spokesman for Taliban
Residents of Kunar province in the east of the country say Pakistani forces have advanced towards the Afghan part of the Durand Line --which serves as a de facto border between the two countries--and in some districts have put up installations
