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

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

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Stories of survivors: ‘Isolation, not coronavirus, was my worst nightmare’

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GILGIT: I have lived my worst nightmare. It wasn’t the coronavirus, but the long-term treatment [read: observation] in isolation it made for one hell of an experience. Imagine being confined to a small room with no social interaction whatsoever for almost a month. Doctors and nurses were the only visitors, who also checked on me

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World leaders are being urged to help end Indian atrocities against Kashmiris

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

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Poor internet access for students echoes in KP collection

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

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Pakistan urges dialogue to reduce tensions on the Korean Peninsula

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UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has expressed concern over North Korea’s recent launch of a ballistic missile and called for diplomatic engagement and dialogue to resolve the challenges facing the Korean Peninsula. “We strongly support the calls for the revival of talks between the relevant parties,” Ambassador Munir Akram, Pakistan’s permanent representative to the UN, told the

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KP up in arms against liberties-depriving torture

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PESHAWAR: Many were injured on Friday when police and protesters clashed in the Tehkal area of ​​the provincial capital as the latter demonstrated against the former’s excesses. The clashes came even as the government wrote to the provincial judiciary asking it to investigate reports of police detaining an Afghan national, stripping and parading him naked

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