- Govt clears documents to avail $305m loan from ADB Amount will be used for providing relief to coronavirus-hit people, equipment to hospitals.
- Court extends former PM Abbasi’s bail in view of pandemic The extension is until third week of May.
- Balochistan govt extends lockdown for two weeks Bilawal appreciates the move as effective defence against deadly virus.
- China launches rocket, spacecraft prototype The spaceship will one day transport astronauts to a station that China plans to complete by 2022.
- Cabinet approves easing lockdown after May 9 Okays religious affairs ministry’s summary for not including Ahmadis in commission for minorities.
- LHC moved for separate graveyards for virus victims Provincial, district govts issued notices for May 11.
- Pims seals MCH, operating theatre after 15 staffers test positive MCH doctor says she displayed Covid-19 symptoms for three days but had to continue working.
- Violation of SOPs for mosques aggravates virus situation in KP Govt asked to take prayer leaders into confidence and enforce SOPs strictly.
- Guidelines for home isolation finalised in Punjab To be sent to Chief Minister Usman Buzdar for approval.
- New Zakat system based on ‘ground realities’ suggested SC orders Mufti Taqi Usmani’s opinion be placed on court record.
- Sindh planning package for doctors, says Bilawal Accuses Centre of hindering relief efforts.
- Retired SSG commando killed in ‘encounter’ The former armyman’s relatives term the encounter fake, accuse police of murdering him.
- Passenger train service may resume on 10th Sindh warns move can cause further spread of novel coronavirus.
- Good time to broaden tax base, says OICCI Overseas Investment Chamber of Commerce and Industry says govt should review and revise all exemptions and relief.
- Decision on opening businesses in Peshawar on 9th KP CM says govt devising strategy to mitigate traders’ problems.
- Iran’s Rouhani pledges ‘crushing response’ if US extends arms embargo “If US wants to return to the deal, it should lift all sanctions on Tehran, compensate for reimposition of sanctions.”
- US infection rate rising outside New York as states open up Areas far from NYC are seeing ominous trends as coronavirus task force warns governors against “skipping phases”.
- Afghan govt, Taliban not living up to commitments: US Defence Secretary Says both Taliban and Afghan govt “need to come together and make progress on the terms that (are) laid out“.
- Dutch scientists claim finding virus-fighting antibody Researchers from Utrecht University and the Erasmus Medical Centre in Rotterdam injected cells of “humanised mice”.
- White House fears truth, says Pelosi as deaths, infections rise Grim predictions overshadow US President Donald Trump’s efforts to reopen the economy.
- UK becomes first country in Europe to record 30,000 deaths Although Britain’s death toll is shockingly high, the rate of deaths and hospitalisation continue to decline.
- Babar a special talent: Tom Moody “I think in next five to ten years, he will definitely be in your top five batsmen of the decade without a question.”
- Aamir Sohail blames Wasim Akram for Pakistan not winning World Cup after 1992 Says Wasim was made the captain of the national side in the last-minute till the 2003 World Cup.
