The Maldives government has made arrangements for resort employees in local islands to return to their place of employment

Islamabad rejected on Thursday India’s claims regarding the Taliban and Pakistan, dubbing them malicious and slanderous

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) for Political Communication Shahbaz Gill said on Thursday that major markets across Pakistan will be closed as standard operational procedures (SOP) formulated to curb the spread of the pandemic were not being followed

The founder of Pakistan's major political party, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Altaf Hussain on Thursday accused the Donald Trump administration of shielding Pakistan's Army which has occupied three provinces of the country using brutal repression

The Pakistan government has abolished the 48-hour quarantine condition for air travellers and would instead be sent to their homes after a medical check-up and test at the airports, aviation sources said

The capital administration has sealed nine areas in the capital following massive outbreaks of COVID-19. In addition, 295 new cases of COVID-19 and four more deaths were reported on Wednesday

The number of cases of novel coronavirus disease is unabated in the national capital

With the worst surge of 9,304 cases in a day so far, the total tally of coronavirus cases in India mounted to 2,16,919, a Health Ministry data revealed on Thursday. Of the total cases 1,06,737 are active, while 1,04,107 persons have been cured and discharged from the hospitals

India's Defence Secretary Ajay Kumar, who had been at the forefront in battling the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in India, has reportedly tested coronavirus-positive, sources said. The portion of South Block on the Raisina Hill complex has been sealed and is in process of sanitisation

Maharashtra recorded a new high of 122 COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday, taking the state toll zooming past the 2,500 mark to touch 2,587 fatalities even as the state grappled with the Cyclone Nisarga fury

Coronavirus is breaching mortality and conformity records on daily basis in Pakistan as on Wednesday more than 5,000 cases were reported. As many as 76 new death occurred due to the deadly virus

While the French air safety organisation announced on Wednes­day that the data of the ill-fated PK-8303 black box was successfully downloaded and being analysed, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said in a letter to the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) that the pilot of the crashed aircraft did not follow the instructions of the air traffic controller (ATC)

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday vowed no compromise on national security as he received intelligence briefing amid escalating tensions with India

Taking advantage of the India-China border standoff on Line of Actual Control (LAC), the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) of Pakistan is pushing militant cadres along the Line of Control (LOC) in Jammu & Kashmir, in a bid to infiltrate hundreds of trained terrorists into Indian territory, IANS reported

With no end in sight to the nationwide lockdown imposed on March 24 that has effectively halted all economic activities for the past two-and-a-half months, traders, firms and industries have begun defying restrictions and resuming their operations