Pakistan

After consulting local clerics, congregations were allowed without the elderly and children

March 23 (Geo News) - The death toll from novel coronavirus in Pakistan rose to six on Sunday, after the country reported its first death from Balochistan. Balochistan government's spokesperson, Liaquat Shahwani confirmed the province's first death from the virus on Sunday in a tweet. The deceased was a 65-year-old man, under treatment at the Fatima Jinnah Chest Hospital, according...

Offers to hold SAARC Health Ministers’ meet and proposes a video conference before that

Compassion and people to people interaction may help solve national and international problems

March 21 (Geo News) - Sindh on Saturday reported 15 new coronavirus cases, taking the provincial tally to 267. According to the Sindh Health Department, the new cases were reported in pilgrims from Taftan being quarantined in Sukkur. The number of confirmed cases in Pakistan now stands at 519. A day earlier, Pakistan had recorded its third death from the...

March 17 (The Express Tribune) - The first death due to the ongoing global coronavirus pandemic was reported in Pakistan on Tuesday, confirmed the Ministry of National Health Services. The under-treatment patient was hospitalised in a health facility in the provincial capital of Lahore. Punjab, till now, has eight confirmed cases. Punjab Health Minister Yasmin Rashid said the patient was brought...

Mumbai, March 17 (Reuters) - India closed the Taj Mahal, its top tourist site, and the financial hub of Mumbai ordered offices providing non-essential services to keep half their staff at home as efforts to control the spread of coronavirus in South Asia ramped up. Mumbai, a densely populated metropolis of 18 million, also authorised hospital and airport authorities to...

Government was niggardly, but a change is evident now

Beijing, March 2 (Reuters) - China could face a desert locust invasion, a government body warned on Monday, urging local authorities to prepare for the possible arrival of the voracious insects from neighboring Pakistan and India. The risk of swarms entering the country is low, although China will be hampered in tracking the locusts by a lack of monitoring techniques...

Feb 28 (BBC) - Pakistan declared an emergency earlier this month saying locust numbers were the worst in more than two decades. An agricultural expert behind the scheme says a single duck can eat more than 200 locusts a day and can be more effective than pesticides. However, another researcher questioned whether the ducks would be effective. Millions of the...