These are the stories, updates, and developments we are following Friday, January 14, 2022: The positivity rate of coronavirus cases has increased from 1% to 7.36%. According to NCOC, 3,567 new cases and seven deaths were reported in the last 24 hours. With 20.45%, Karachi has the highest positivity rate in the country. A meeting of education ministers was to be held Thursday but it was canceled after Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mehmood tested positive. I have unfortunately tested positive for coronavirus. My symptoms are mild so far and I feel fine. Hopefully with some rest will recover soon. Please continue to take all precautions specially wearing a mask at all time.
Pakistan Meteorological Department Director General Muhammad Riaz has warned that the Makran Coastal Belt could be hit by an earthquake anytime. Although he can t predict the exact time, Riaz says that there s enough energy gathered in the Eurasian subduction zone that it could cause an earthquake which could even trigger a tsunami. The subduction zone of the Makran Coastal Belts could be hit with an earthquake of 8 magnitude or above. This would also affect the coastal belts of Karachi and the rest of Balochistan. Over 4,000 people died when an earthquake followed by a tsunami had hit the coastal belt in 1944. Now, this fault line has completed its natural time period and the subdu.