National
May 8, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Though a weekday, Friday witnessed unprecedented crowds of shoppers in markets and malls of Islamabad and Rawalpindi as it was the last day before the start of the weeklong pandemic-induced closure of businesses in complete disregard of Covid-19 SOPs. The twin cities have been worse hit by coronavirus in its third intense wave. As many as 480 deaths were reported from March 1 and over 100,000 patients uptil Friday. In last 24 hours four deaths, 467 COVID-19 cases were reported from the twin cities
Muhammad Qasim adds: The intensity of the third wave of coronavirus illness, COVID-19 outbreak can be gauged from the fact that well over 31 per cent of all cases so far reported from Pakistan have been registered from March 1 this year to date while 30.95 per cent of all deaths caused by the disease from the country have been reported in the last 68 days. The worst is the situation in Islamabad Capital Territory and Rawalpindi district from where as many
Eid shopping picks up pace
Islamabad
May 3, 2021
Rawalpindi:The Eid shopping is gaining momentum in twin cities despite a spike in third wave of COVID-19. The important shopping malls located at Raja Bazaar, Moti Bazaar, Commercial, Barra and cantonment markets seem fully crowded where the violations of the standard operating procedures against coronavirus and lockdown continue unabated.
The Punjab government had issued a notification to change the business hours and weekly closure of bazaars and markets in Rawalpindi district in the wake of COVID-19 surge. The traders were directed to close shops by 6:00 p.m. and take an off on Fridays and Saturdays.
A health worker shifts an oxygen cylinder for coronavirus patients being treated at Rawalpindi Institute of Urology. Photo by Mohammad Asim
ISLAMABAD: There was no let-up in Covid-19 casualties as nine more people died from the infection in the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad.
However, both the cities saw a decline in the number of cases with the capital reporting 327 cases and the garrison city 95.
Officials of the capital administration said five patients three men and two women in the age groups of 40-49, 70-79, 80-89, 50-59 and 60-69 died from the virus.
Those who died were the residents of G-11, G-9, Sohan, Chak Shahzad and I-12, they added.
Islamabad
April 21, 2021
Sales of iftar items in the Rawalpindi city have come down this year because of abnormal rise in the prices of almost all the iftar items. The prices of iftar items shot up by 20 to 30 percent this year, reducing the consumption while food sellers say the rise in the prices of ingredients had forced them to hike the prices of the iftar items.
“Food enthusiasts from different city parts thronged famous iftar spots, including Raja Bazaar, Kashmiri Bazaar and Commercial Market Satellite Town etc. to buy traditional iftar items which are rare in other parts of the city, but many of them were found disappointed with the high prices,” says Munawwar Taqi.
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