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New coronavirus case emerges in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan’s tally rises to 20

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The 14-year-old boy, a resident of Skardu, was detained in an isolation center where he tested positive for COVID-19. The second coronavirus case in Gilgit-Baltistan emerged on Wednesday, taking the total number of confirmed cases in Pakistan to 20. The 14-year-old boy, a resident of Skardu, was detained in an isolation center where he tested […]

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Survivor stories: ‘Isolation, not coronavirus, was my worst nightmare’

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GILGIT: I lived my worst nightmare. It wasn’t the coronavirus, but the prolonged treatment [read: observation] in isolation, it made it a hellish experience. Imagine being confined to a small room without any social interaction for almost a month. Doctors and nurses were the only visitors, who also checked on me once or twice a

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More than 300,000 people subject to 1,291 smart confinements

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ISLAMABAD: The National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) was informed on Saturday that smart lockdowns were enforced in 1,292 localities across the country in the last 24 hours to prevent the spread of Covid-19. The forum, which is the nerve center of the country’s unified efforts to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus, learned

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World leaders urged to help end Indian atrocities against Kashmiris

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MUZAFFARABAD: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Sardar Masood Khan has urged the international community and the United Nations to help end the most “cruel, inhuman and degrading” treatment meted out to the people of Jammu -and Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOJ&K) by the occupying forces. “We fully agree with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ statement that

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Poor Internet Access for Students Echoes KP Assembly

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PESHAWAR: Lawmakers on Friday addressed the issue of poor internet connectivity for students in remote areas of the province, noting that the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic means online classes are now the only way to get an education for students. This was discussed when the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly resumed on Friday to debate the provincial

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FIA officer’s accomplice arrested in $2,000 bribery case involving foreign ship’s crew

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Listen to the article The Anti-Corruption Circle of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) arrested a shipping agent, an accomplice of an FIA officer, in a case involving a $2,000 bribe for authorization of the crew of a foreign ship. The arrested agent, identified as Nadeem Awan, allegedly prepared fake documents, including letters of credit, altered

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Hinduism disguised as secularism in India, says AJK president

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MUZAFFARABAD: Sardar Masood Khan, President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), said that after reluctantly accepting independence from Pakistan, India adopted a secular doctrine, an insincere attempt to hide nationalism Hindu dominant under the guise of secularism. He made these remarks at two separate web conferences organized by the Institute of Policy Studies on the

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