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
Two drug dealers were arrested for supplying drugs to university students in the jurisdiction of the Bahara Kahu police station in Islamabad, according to the police. More than one kilogramme of hashish was confiscated from them and the suspects identified as Arsalan and Babar, were planning to sell the drugs to students of universities and colleges across Islamabad.
Another Coronavirus case has been confirmed from Karachi, Pakistan as an elderly man tested positive on Thursday evening. With this confirmation, the total number of cases from Sindh has jumped to three and overall six in the country. Taking to Twitter last night, Federal Health Minister, Dr. Zafar Mirza. said that the 69-year-old man had returned from Iran on February 25 and was among the patients under observation.
Pakistan Railways has decided to reduce train fares by 25% of 21 express trains from March 9th till May 8th. However, only passengers intending to travel in AC business or AC standard class can avail this facility, and that too if they book tickets in advance. In a press conference, Minister for Railways, Sheikh Rasheed, said that the PTI government is dedicated to transforming the Pakistan Railways.
A sessions court in Karachi has sentenced a Chinese citizen after he pled guilty to data theft and ATM skimming. Leo Lin, the accused, will have to serve 6 years and 3 months of jail time and pay a fine worth Rs. 1 million to the government.The Federal Investigation Agency had arrested Lin and indicted him for stealing private information of citizens by using skimming devices at different ATMs throughout Karachi.
Facebook has agreed to expedite information sharing with Pakistani authorities in connection with investigations in cyber crime cases. A team from Facebook’s Asia Pacific headquarters visited the office of Director General Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Wajid Zia to discuss issues of cooperation and data sharing between FIA and Facebook. The two teams discussed mutual collaboration and cooperation in data sharing as well as cyber crime awareness among social media users in Pakistan.
Lahore High Court (LHC) has rejected National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) petition regarding giving exemption to Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president Shehbaz Sharif from appearing in the hearings.
NAB prosecutor told that accountability court had granted permanent exemption to Shehbaz Sharif on January 17 in Ashiana Iqbal and Ramzan Sugar Mills references. He further requested the that the court should annul this decision and nd direct PML-N president to rejoin the trial.