Trade activities between Pakistan and Iran at the Taftan border crossing have resumed after remaining suspended for more than two months as Islamabad closed its border due to the COVID-19 pandemic, officials said on Thursday

Balochistan Finance Minister Zahoor Buledi on Thursday confirmed that he has tested positive for the novel coronavirus which has so far infected a total of 35,791 people in Pakistan and killed 770

The Pakistan government has decided to resume train services and allow public transport vehicles to operate with strict standard operating procedures (SOPs) to prevent the further spread of the novel coronavirus, a media report said on Thursday

Several markets in Karachi and Rawalpindi were sealed for violating the standard operating procedures (SOPs) issued by the government to curb COVID-19 spread after easing the coronavirus-induced lockdown and allowing business to reopen, it was reported

The Peshawar High Court (PHC) has been closed until May 31 as some of its staff members have tested positive for the novel coronavirus

Pakistan has reported a total of 34,337 COVID-19 cases, with 12,610 in Sindh, 5,021 in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, 2,158 in Balochistan, 475 in Gilgit-Baltistan and 759 in Islamabad, a health official said on Wednesday

Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Wednesday emphasised – while addressing a virtual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) – that tackling terrorism and extremism must continue to be a priority, but terrorism-related allegations must not be used as a political tool to malign and victimise any country or religion

As many as 379 more Pakistani nationals returning from various countries on the last 24 special flights from April 28 to May 8 have tested positive for coronavirus

The Pakistan government has decided to reduce the quarantine period for inbound air passengers from 48 hours to the earliest possible in an effort to bring back more stranded citizens from abroad amid the COVID-19 pandemic

Pakistan's Min­is­try of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony has notified the reconstituted National Comm­ission for Minorities and its terms of reference which include ensuring that worship places of non-Muslim communities are preserved and kept in a functional condition

Pakistan's nationwide tally of Covid-19 patients stands at 32,081 with 11,869 cases in Punjab, 12,017 in Sindh, 4,875 in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, 2,061 in Balochistan, 457 in Gilgit-Baltistan, 716 in Islamabad and 87 in Azad Jammu and Kashmir

The Pakistan government has banned a nationalist and two separatist organisations of Sindh, bringing the total number of the proscribed outfits in the country to 76

As Pakis­tan embraces further relaxation in lockdown amid a sharp rise in death toll and coronavirus cases last week, the government hopes that the virus will not spread as rapidly as previously had been estimated but takes measures to prepare the nation for the worst

The capital administration of Pakistan has extended the lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus until May 31, but with a number of new exemptions

The Parliament House came alive on Monday as parliamentarians gathered to hold a much-debated assembly session after a lull about two months, caused by the outbreak of the coronavirus