Pakistan reports over 4,000 new coronavirus cases for second consecutive day
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59,707 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours out of which 4,497 returned positive.
The positivity rate stands at 7.5%.
For the first time after June 9 Pakistan records 76 new COVID-9 deaths.
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan for the second consecutive day reported more than 4,000 new coronavirus cases, data from the National Command and Operation Centre showed on Thursday.
As per the NCOC, 59,707 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours out of which 4,497 returned positive. The cases reported today were the highest since April 30.
The new cases takes the nationwide tally of COVID-19 cases to 1,020,324. While, the positivity rate stands at 7.5%.
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KARACHI: Federal and provincial ministers, leaders of different political parties, senior journalists and civil society representatives came together to discuss the state of press freedom and the present media crisis in the country at a seminar here on Saturday.
The programme, which was organised by the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) in collaboration with the Karachi Union of Journalists (KUJ), also featured the launch of a PFUJ book titled From Layoffs to Lashes: PFUJ’s 70-Year Fight for Media Freedom.
While the journalist fraternity highlighted the need for building a united front against all the injustices and for documenting the same besides demanding legislation for journalists’ protection, senior political leaders called the present situation ‘the times of hopelessness’ and said it was the government responsibility to ensure media freedom that the constitution guaranteed.