According to media reports, drop in the prices of petroleum products is expected with a PKR20-25 decrease in the price of petrol. This follows as the world reels from the plunge in oil prices as Saudi Arabia and Russia continue their price war. Nadeem Babar, the Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Petroleum said that this will not only ease inflation but will also boost the economy of Pakistan.
Two more persons have tested positive for the deadly coronavirus in Sindh, taking the total number of the COVID-19 infections in the country to 18. According to Sindh Health Department, one of the infected persons reached Karachi from Syria via Doha while second patient, who is resident of Hyderabad, arrived in Karachi from Iran via Dubai. On Monday, Sindh Health Department confirmed nine new cases of coronavirus in Karachi
An accountability court in Islamabad has summoned witnesses in the PIA illegal appointment case on March 20. Judge Mohammad Bashir heard the case on Monday. Former secretary Muhammad Irfan Elahi and Musharraf Rasool appeared in court, while former aviation adviser Sardar Mahtab Abbasi didn’t appear. The court has instructed the witnesses to appear at the next hearing.
Twenty-six passengers, including women and children, were killed Monday morning after a passenger bus fell into a river in Gilgit-Baltistan. The vehicle was heading to Skardu from Rawalpindi before it fell into the Indus River. There were no survivors.Nine bodies have been taken out while rescue teams from Skardu and Gilgit are on their way to Rondu to retrieve the other bodies.
Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC), district administration and Sindh Building Control Authority have started to demolish illegal buildings in Karachi after Rizvia building collapse. The demolition work has started and it will take a week to finish, according to the KMC senior officer. Any residential plot between 60 and 399 square yards with construction of more than two floors falls into the category of “illegal construction”.
Prime Minister Imran Khan promised development for tribal areas as those areas suffered the most during the terrorism in the country. During a rally, the PM promised the people of Mohmand district a better system of education, healthcare and employment as they were left behind in the race of life. He said that Ehsaas Programme aims to take responsibility of the poor segments of the society.
Another coronavirus case has emerged from Karachi, Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah was told during a briefing on the novel virus on Sunday. A meeting of the Sindh government’s taskforce formed to grapple with the novel coronavirus was held. Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah chaired the meeting. Four suspected patients were tested for the novel virus and only one came back positive.
The participants of Aurat March came under stone-pelting in Islamabad on Sunday. The incident occurred when two different rallies were held on the occasion of International Women s Day in Islamabad one of the rally participant tried to enter in Aurat Azadi March. Few people had managed to enter in Aurat march and pelted stoned on it as Police used tent to separate both rallies.
The Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) has warned people to beware of a mafia that has been forging thumb impressions for the issuance of SIM cards used in grey trafficking. Grey trafficking is a route that is legal for one country, but illegal for the alternative end. The mafia steals people’s identities, even their thumb impressions, to commit crimes and it is suspected that the data s being stolen from NADRA.
In a bid to electrify its public transportation, the Punjab transport department has announced that this year, they will be introducing 300 electric buses. The buses will be bought from China as well as Austria but there is no concrete time for when these buses will be seen on the roads, but the aim is to introduce them before smog descends on Lahore, according to Asad Gilani, transport secretary, Punjab