Daily News Pakistan

Tuesday, June 2, 2020

Aaj Ka Such 02 June 2020

Pak coastal areas under “no immediate threat” from cyclone “Nisarga” in Arabian sea

The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) says Pakistan’s coastal areas are under “no immediate threat” from tropical cyclone “Nisarga” in the Arabian sea.

The authority in a statement said: “Deep depression over the East-central Arabian Sea has intensified into Cyclonic Storm “NISARGA” and lay centred at 1700PST, the 2nd June near Latitude 15.8N and Longitude 71.4E, at a distance of about 1100km southeast of Karachi.”

It said maximum sustained surface winds around the system centre are 60-70 km/hour, gusting 80km/hour with sea condition rough/very rough.

The NDMA said the cyclone is likely to intensify further into a Severe Cyclonic Storm (SCS) by Tuesday night and move towards north initially and then re-curve north-eastwards toward south Gujarat coast, India.

“Currently none of Pakistan coastal area is under threat from this system,” it said. However, it advised fishermen to remain careful and not to venture out into the deep sea till June 4.

The NDMA asked the provincial authorities to be on the alert for the impact of the cyclone in coming days.

Aaj Kay Akhbar 02 June 2020

COVID-19: Pakistan's confirmed cases jumped to 76,398, recovery rate rose to 27,110

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Pakistan rose to 76,398 on Tuesday after new infections were confirmed in the country.

The province-wise break up of the total number of cases are as follows:

Total confirmed cases: 76,398

• Sindh: 29,647

• Punjab: 27,850

• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: 10,027

• Balochistan: 4,514

• Islamabad Capital Territory: 2,893

• Gilgit-Baltistan: 738

• AJK: 271

Deaths: 1,621

• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: 482

• Punjab: 540

• Sindh: 503

• Balochistan: 49

• Gilgit-Baltistan: 11

• Islamabad Capital Territory: 30

• AJK: 6

More than 6.2 million people have been reported infected with the novel coronavirus globally and over 374,000 have died, according to a Reuters tally.

Prime Minister Imran Khan

Prime Minister Imran Khan in a live televised address apprised the nation on the decisions made regarding the lockdown in Pakistan to contain the novel coronavirus during the National Coordination Committee (NCC) meeting held on Monday.

Noting that the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) met every morning and consulted everyone, including health experts from Pakistan and around the world, on every step, PM Imran spoke of the country's response and the current situation regarding the coronavirus.

"Since day one when we got to know that the coronavirus had started spreading in Pakistan, we imposed a lockdown following a national security committee meeting.

"We observed the conditions in Chinese city of Wuhan and in Europe when the virus started spreading and we were seeing how the world was responding. But at that time, when we had discussions and meetings, I was very clear on the path Pakistan had to take.

"Pakistan's situation is different than that in China or Europe," he said, noting that he had earlier informed the nation that 25% of the country's population was below the poverty line, which "means that nearly 50 million people in our country do not eat two full meals a day".

"After doing calculations, we figured out that there are 25 million people who are daily wagers and who get paid weekly and whose households had to remain hungry if they did not earn for one day," he added, saying those families comprised 12-15 million people in total.

The labourers and daily-wagers, he added, were part of the informal, unregistered economy.