Dawat-e-Islami ( Urdu : دعوتِ اسلامی ) is a Sunni Islamic organization based in Pakistan . It has several Islamic educational institutions around the world.
79-597: In addition to local charity efforts, Dawat-e-Islami offers online courses in Islamic studies and runs a television station , Madani Channel . It is associated with global Preaching of Peace which counters terrorism . Dawat-e-Islami was officially founded in Karachi in September 1981 by leading scholars who selected Ilyas as its main leader. Arshadul Qaudri and Islamic scholar Shah Ahmad Noorani , since 1973 head of
158-619: A barter in some cases. COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan The COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan is part of the pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 ( COVID-19 ) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ( SARS-CoV-2 ). The virus was confirmed to have reached Pakistan on 26 February 2020, when two cases were recorded (a student in Karachi who had just returned from Iran and another person in
237-506: A transmitter on the earth's surface to any number of tuned receivers simultaneously. The Fernsehsender Paul Nipkow ( TV Station Paul Nipkow ) in Berlin , Germany , was the first regular television service in the world. It was on the air from 22 March 1935, until it was shut down in 1944. The station was named after Paul Gottlieb Nipkow , the inventor of the Nipkow disk . Most often
316-421: A 1000 cases over the next two days and the tally reached a total of 4,005 on 7 April with 54 deaths and 429 recoveries. Sindh became the second province to cross 1,000 confirmed cases after Punjab on 8 April. On 11 April, the total cases surged over 5,000 leaving over 80 dead so far. The total number of recoveries in Pakistan reached above 1,000 on 12 April. The federal government decided on 14 April to extend
395-424: A major Pakistani English-language newspaper reported about a 3-day public gathering in the city of Multan , Pakistan which was held by Dawat-e-Islami organization and was attended by thousands of people from all parts of Pakistan and other countries. Pakistan Railways had used special trains from Karachi , Hyderabad and Nawabshah to take passengers to Multan. Ilyas Qadri spoke at the first and last sessions of
474-415: A much shorter wavelength, and thus requires a shorter antenna, but also higher power. North American stations can go up to 5000 kW ERP for video and 500 kW audio, or 1000 kW digital. Low channels travel further than high ones at the same power, but UHF does not suffer from as much electromagnetic interference and background "noise" as VHF, making it much more desirable for TV. Despite this, in
553-473: A nationwide lockdown from 1 April and extended twice until 9 May. Upon its end, the lockdown was eased in phases. After the first wave, the country has battled COVID-19 by using "smart lockdowns" and enforcing SOPs. The distribution of COVID-19 in Pakistan is heavily concentrated in a few key areas. The city of Karachi (as of 7 May 2021) has recorded about 189,000 confirmed cases, making up about 22% of all cases of COVID-19 in Pakistan. Meanwhile, Lahore ,
632-1008: A network of Masajid , Islamic centers, schools and/or Jamias in order to create future scholars for society. Some buildings have been completed and others are being worked upon. More than 100,000 British Muslims are in some form or the other associated with Dawat-e-Islami in UK . In 2009, a madrassa was opened in Rotherham , England , for the education of young children and adults. Dawat-e-Islami operates twelve centers in Greece and seven in Spain . In Athens , it has association with local Sufis and has established four centers. Present Pakistan United Kingdom Bangladesh Sri Lanka South Africa Dawat-e-Islami organized an annual congregation in Multan, Pakistan until 2008, when it
711-483: A relief package will be provided to the employees of transport companies. With a total of 159 new cases, the number confirmed cases jumped to 461. On 20 March, the first death was reported in Sindh. The patient was a 77-year-old who had acquired the virus through local transmission. The patient was a cancer survivor and had other underlying medical problems such as hypertension and diabetes . While in other provinces,
790-425: A variety of ways to generate revenue from television commercials . They may be an independent station or part of a broadcasting network , or some other structure. They can produce some or all of their programs or buy some broadcast syndication programming for or all of it from other stations or independent production companies. Many stations have some sort of television studio , which on major-network stations
869-418: A welfare division of Dawateislami Dawateislami , a non-profitable organization, is building a shelter home for homeless children under its project ‘Madani Home’. Television station A television station is a set of equipment managed by a business, organisation or other entity such as an amateur television (ATV) operator, that transmits video content and audio content via radio waves directly from
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#1732775840159948-496: Is non-commercial educational (NCE) and considered public broadcasting . To avoid concentration of media ownership of television stations, government regulations in most countries generally limit the ownership of television stations by television networks or other media operators, but these regulations vary considerably. Some countries have set up nationwide television networks, in which individual television stations act as mere repeaters of nationwide programs . In those countries,
1027-470: Is broadcast via terrestrial radio waves. A group of television stations with common ownership or affiliation are known as a TV network and an individual station within the network is referred to as O&O or affiliate , respectively. Because television station signals use the electromagnetic spectrum, which in the past has been a common, scarce resource, governments often claim authority to regulate them. Broadcast television systems standards vary around
1106-400: Is especially low, currently standing at 1.10%. Islamabad Capital Territory , which is richer than any of Pakistan's provinces, has confirmed 80,300 cases and has seen 745 deaths so far, giving it a higher number of deaths per capita and a higher number of confirmed cases per capita than any Pakistani province, while also having the lowest fatality rate in the country. The country was put under
1185-469: Is expected to get the first COVID-19 vaccine shipment by the end of the month. On 9 January 2021, Islamabad got its first coronavirus vaccination centre after the government established the facility in Tarlai area of the federal capital. On 10 January 2021, the government's National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) opened registrations for frontline healthcare workers, who will receive the first doses of
1264-654: Is free of commercial advertisements and it runs on charity and broadcasts programs to spread the true teachings of Islam and to reform the society through spiritual and moral guidance. During the COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan , Dawat-e-Islami distributed food ration bags to needy people affected by lockdown in Pakistan. On 20 April 2020, Imran Attari said that Dawat-e-Islami had distributed 250,000 ration bags across Pakistan, including 40,000 in Karachi . The organisation had also set up blood donation centres in 13 places in Karachi. It collected 18,000 bottles from 106 campuses across
1343-792: Is often used for newscasts or other local programming . There is usually a news department , where journalists gather information. There is also a section where electronic news-gathering (ENG) operations are based, receiving remote broadcasts via remote pickup unit or satellite TV . Outside broadcasting vans, production trucks , or SUVs with electronic field production (EFP) equipment are sent out with reporters , who may also bring back news stories on video tape rather than sending them back live . To keep pace with technology United States television stations have been replacing operators with broadcast automation systems to increase profits in recent years. Some stations (known as repeaters or translators ) only simulcast another, usually
1422-665: Is worrisome and needs to be contained further." On 30 March, Pakistan reported the highest number of new cases in a single day for March at 240. The total number reached 1,865 while total recoveries stood at 58 with 25 deaths. the Federal Minister for Science and Technology Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said that locally manufactured ventilators and testing kits would hit the market in the coming days. The coronavirus testing kits were developed by Pakistan's National Institute of Virology based in Karachi University and
1501-657: The Islamabad Capital Territory ). On 18 March 2020, cases had been registered in all four provinces, the two autonomous territories, and Islamabad Capital Territory , and by 17 June, each district in Pakistan had recorded at least one confirmed case of COVID-19. Despite being the world's 5th-most-populous country , Pakistan only has so far recorded the world's 29th-highest death toll (at approximately 23,087) and 29th-highest number of confirmed cases (at approximately 1,011,708). However, these figures do not include undercounting of COVID-19 infections in
1580-658: The Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (JUP), along with other Pakistani Sunni scholars, selected Ilyas Qadri , who was the then Punjab president of Anjuman Talaba-e-Islam , JUP's youth wing, aged 23, as the head of Dawat-e-Islami at Dār-ul ´ulūm Amjadia. Dawat-e-Islami was established initially to dilute the influence of many wahabi group and its teachings. 2nd September is considered as the Day of Dawateislami because on this day 40 years ago Dawateislami came into being. Dawat-e-Islami has spread into an excess of 194 nations of
1659-721: The National University of Science and Technology (NUST) have been handed to the Drug Regulatory Authority (DRAP) for final approval. While the Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) developed ventilators, in collaboration with NED University of Engineering and Technology and Pakistan Engineering Board, which were handed over to DRAP later in the week. He also said that the capacity of Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR) for production of hand sanitizers
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#17327758401591738-567: The Qur’an in Arabic, as well as foundational Islamic studies. Currently, Madrasa tul Madina has around 3790 branches, with approximately 169,000 boys and girls studying free of charge in these institutions. Since 2009, Dawat-e-Islami is operating its Madani Channel, which had been launched with Urdu broadcasts but afterwards three more channels in English, Arabic and Bengali were launched. Madni Channel
1817-610: The Sinopharm BIBP vaccine for emergency use. On 21 January 2021, Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that China agreed to provide half a million doses of the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine free of cost to Pakistan by 31 January. On 31 January 2021, it was announced that 17 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine would be provided to Pakistan by COVAX . On 1 February 2021, Pakistan received
1896-654: The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that a novel coronavirus was the cause of a respiratory illness in a cluster of people in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, which was reported to the WHO on 31 December 2019. The case fatality ratio for COVID-19 has been much lower than SARS of 2003 , but the transmission has been significantly greater, with a significant total death toll. On 26 February, Pakistan confirmed its first two cases of
1975-405: The broadcast range , or geographic area, that the station is limited to, allocates the broadcast frequency of the radio spectrum for that station's transmissions, sets limits on what types of television programs can be programmed for broadcast and requires a station to broadcast a minimum amount of certain programs types, such as public affairs messages . Another form of television station
2054-534: The electricity bill and emergency backup generators . In North America , full-power stations on band I (channels 2 to 6) are generally limited to 100 kW analog video ( VSB ) and 10 kW analog audio ( FM ), or 45 kW digital ( 8VSB ) ERP. Stations on band III (channels 7 to 13) can go up by 5 dB to 316 kW video, 31.6 kW audio, or 160 kW digital. Low-VHF stations are often subject to long-distance reception just as with FM. There are no stations on Channel 1 . UHF , by comparison, has
2133-617: The COVID-19 vaccine. Staff in both public and private health facilities will be vaccinated, NCOC announced on its website. On 16 January 2021, AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine was approved for emergency use in Pakistan as the Chinese vaccine was awaiting approval from the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP). Faisal Sultan added that Pakistan had adequate cold chain facilities for most kinds of vaccines. On 18 January 2021, The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) approved
2212-720: The Foundation set up by the Chinese billionaire Jack Ma and the Alibaba Group sent a second aircraft carrying various medical supplies to Pakistan. The aircraft was received in Karachi with at least 50,000 testing kits, large number of face masks, ventilators, and personal protective equipment (PPE), which were combined around two tonnes of supplies worth Rs 67 million. The same day, Pakistan allowed Thai Airways to resume its flight operation for Islamabad to bring back 175 Pakistanis stranded in Bangkok , Thailand. Meanwhile,
2291-506: The Government of Punjab announced a Rs 10 billion relief package for financial support of 2.5 million families of daily-wage earners. The country reported an additional 118 cases on 29 March, taking the total to 1,526. One death each was reported in the provinces of Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, taking the total number of deceased to 13. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa developed and disseminated quarantine discontinuation guidelines. Also on
2370-647: The U.S., the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is taking another large portion of this band (channels 52 to 69) away, in contrast to the rest of the world, which has been taking VHF instead. This means that some stations left on VHF are harder to receive after the analog shutdown . Since at least 1974, there are no stations on channel 37 in North America for radio astronomy purposes. Most television stations are commercial broadcasting enterprises which are structured in
2449-625: The United Kingdom. On 16 March, Pakistan received 500,000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccine as a donation from China. On 28 May, Pakistan received 106,000 doses of Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine through the COVAX initiative. Pfizer officials confirmed that 1 million more doses could be delivered to Islamabad in July or August, subject to the bilateral agreement being negotiated at
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2528-405: The age of 10 had tested positive in Sindh. Most cases were asymptomatic . In early June, after testing began to pick up once again, case numbers began rising far faster, after levels of new cases in 24 hours breaking 3,000 on 31 May 3 June was the first day in which more than 4,000 people tested positive for COVID-19. The ratio of positive cases to tests also increased, hovering around 20 – 25% in
2607-522: The coronavirus. Zafar Mirza , the Prime Minister's Special Assistant on Health, stated in a tweet : "I can confirm first two cases of coronavirus in Pakistan." The first patient was a student at the University of Karachi , Karachi in Sindh province, while the second patient was from the federal territory of the country. Both patients had recently returned from Iran . Within a week of
2686-481: The country were linked to the religious congregation of the Tablighi Jamaat. Pakistan crossed a critical mark of the outbreak in the country as the total number of cases surged above 10,000 on 22 April. On 24 April, the federal government once again extended the lockdown in the country, this time until 9 May. In late April, a group of senior doctors in Pakistan, and abroad, wrote to religious leaders and to
2765-456: The country's second-largest city, has recorded (as of 5 September 2020) 170,000 cases of COVID-19, making up about 19% of the country's cases. Islamabad Capital Territory and Peshawar District have recorded about 79,000 and 47,000 confirmed cases respectively as of the latest available data. Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, and Peshawar account for about 485,000 cases, which make up over 55% of the country's total confirmed cases. On 12 January 2020,
2844-418: The country. Pakistan so far has experienced three different waves of COVID-19. The nation's first wave of COVID-19 began in late May 2020, peaked in mid-June when daily new confirmed case numbers and daily new death numbers reached high points, then ended in mid-July. The first wave was marked by a low death rate, and passed very suddenly as case and death rates began to drop very quickly after peaking. After
2923-615: The country. Dawat-e-Islami started campaign for planting trees across Pakistan which aims to pollution free country. Governor Sindh Imran Ismail inaugurated monsoon tree plantation drive at Governor's House as a part of the Clean Green Pakistan Initiative in collaboration with Dawat-e-Islami Pakistan in August 2021. Green Pakistan plantation campaign covers all major cities of Pakistan and costs millions of Pakistani rupees. Faizan Global Relief Foundation (FGRF),
3002-650: The day, five Pakistani nationals visiting India on medical visas returned home via the Wagah border after being stranded in Noida and New Delhi due to the countrywide 21-day lockdown imposed by the Indian government. Two of them tested positive for the virus on 31 March. As the cases neared 500 in Sindh, the CM of the province said that the data showed 25% of cases were due to local transmission. He stated, "the local transmission ratio
3081-475: The eighth death in the country. The number of positive cases in the nation crossed 1,000 as the tally increased to 1,057. On 26 March 140 new cases were tested positive across Pakistan. One new death was reported in Punjab, meaning that the death toll increased to 9. The total number of cases reached 1,197. Meanwhile, the number of recoveries increased by 2. On 27 March, Pakistan reported a total of 211 new cases,
3160-520: The first case in Quetta , Balochistan . On 11 March 76 suspected cases were reported in several districts of Punjab province, including Lahore , Gujranwala , Sargodha , Hafizabad and Lodhran . The Healthcare Department officials informed that ten patients were immediately cleared of the suspicion, while 55 patients were cleared after testing negative. A second case in Gilgit-Baltistan
3239-645: The first case of local disease transmission as the patient had travelled from Islamabad . 24 of the 27 suspected cases in Khyber Pakhtunkwa were also cleared that day. At the end of the day, the total number of cases had risen to 28, with six new cases in Taftan and another in Sindh. By 14 March, the number of cases was 31 as two new patients were found positive in Karachi while one was reported in Islamabad. Five more cases were announced in Karachi
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3318-613: The first few days of June. On 1 June 2020, it was reported that Punjab's chief minister, Usman Buzdar, had been told in a summary that there were an estimated 670,000 cases of COVID-19, most of them asymptomatic, in Lahore and that COVID-19 had reached every single area of Lahore. On 13 June 2020, veteran Pakistani cricketer and former captain of Pakistan national cricket team Shahid Afridi confirmed that he has been tested positive for COVID-19 through his official Twitter account after experiencing severe body pain since 11 June 2020. He
3397-482: The first time the number crossed 200. Punjab also overtook Sindh as the province with the highest number of cases at 490, while two deaths were also reported there. The National Institute of Health (NIH) distributed N95 masks across Sindh, while in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, screeing teams were deputed at all district entry and exit points for the screening of visitors of COVID-19 patients. In Gilgit-Baltistan,
3476-475: The first two cases, Pakistan confirmed three more cases, including a case in Pakistan's capital, Islamabad and also in Rawalpindi , Punjab . The fifth case was also reported, on 2 March, from the federal area of the country, of a 45-year-old woman from Gilgit-Baltistan , who had also travelled from Iran. On 6 March, Murtaza Wahab announced that the first patient in Karachi had fully recovered and
3555-501: The first vaccine doses from China. On 12 February 2021, Pakistan approved the emergency use of the Convidecia vaccine developed by CanSino Biologics . On 24 February 2021, Pakistan announced all coronavirus restrictions would be lifted from 15 March. By 5 March 2021, 197,000 vaccine doses had been administered in Pakistan. On 6 March, Nadhim Zahawi announced that Pakistan will get 17 million COVID-19 vaccine doses from
3634-551: The first wave, Pakistan's COVID-19 situation subsided daily new death numbers and testing positivity rates in the country stabilized at low levels. Cases and deaths began rising again, though, in early November 2020, culminating in the country's second wave. This wave was low in its intensity, mainly affected the southern province of Sindh , and peaked in mid-December 2020. The country's third wave began in mid-March 2021, when testing positivity rates, and daily new confirmed cases and deaths began to skyrocket. The third wave mainly affected
3713-462: The gathering. In addition to mosques, Dawat-e-Islami has also started Dar-ul-Madinah , an Islamic school system that aims to improve conventional academic studies in conformity with Sharia . Dawat-e-Islami expanded to the United Kingdom in 1995, holding its first Ijtima (weekly congregation) in Halifax . As of December 2019, it now has at least 38 properties in the United Kingdom which are used as
3792-490: The globe through 26000+ workers, various volunteers and evangelists who are engendering the message of Islam in their area. The two most significant activities of Dawat-e-Islami are Madani Qafila ( missionary travel) and Naik Amal (self assessment questionnaires). Followers travel for specific days to spread the message of Islam to the people. Dawat-e-Islami owns its own TV Channel known as Madani Channel. It also arranges an annual gathering of Muslim in Multan . In October 2002,
3871-495: The highest death rate out of any province and the third-highest number of deaths (3,920). In the southwest of the country, the sparse and arid province of Balochistan has seen the lowest confirmed case count (24,500) and the lowest death count (270) of all of Pakistan's provinces and has also shown the lowest number of confirmed cases per capita, as well as the lowest number of deaths per capita. The fatality rate in Balochistan
3950-420: The highest point available in the transmission area, such as on a summit , the top of a high skyscraper , or on a tall radio tower . To get a signal from the master control room to the transmitter, a studio/transmitter link (STL) is used. The link can be either by radio or T1 / E1 . A transmitter/studio link (TSL) may also send telemetry back to the station, but this may be embedded in subcarriers of
4029-542: The increase in number of new cases was lower compared to the past few days at 34 and the tally stood at 495. On 22 March, the third death in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was announced. The first death in Gilgit-Baltistan and Balochistan were also announced on that day, meaning that the number of deaths increased to 6. The number of cases had also increased to 784 with 138 new cases. The fatality at DHQ Hospital in Gilgit
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#17327758401594108-497: The local government decided that all travellers coming from the Taftan border would be tested for COVID-19. The total number of positive cases in the country reach 1408, while 3 patients were discharged, making the recovered cases a total of 26 and two deaths occurred, taking the total number of deaths to 11. The NIH initiated district level trainings of high-dependency unit , isolation and quarantine staff across Punjab. On 28 March,
4187-551: The local police detained 472 people in various districts of the province the same day in violation of the lockdown, with 222 of them in Karachi alone and a total of 72 FIRs were registered on 24 March. The cases pertained to hoarding and profiteering of safety masks and hand sanitisers, large gatherings, opening shops and restaurants, and travelling in passenger buses. The provincial government of Sindh allowed 640 pilgrims quarantined in Sukkur to return home after being tested negative for
4266-400: The local television station has no station identification and, from a consumer's point of view, there is no practical distinction between a network and a station, with only small regional changes in programming, such as local television news . To broadcast its programs, a television station requires operators to operate equipment, a transmitter or radio antenna , which is often located at
4345-653: The lockdown ended in Pakistan. On 18 May 16 new fatalities were recorded in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , bringing the death toll to 334 in the province. The next day, a further 11 fatalities were reported in the province, bringing the death toll to 345. On 19 May, it was reported that a 64-year-old patient in Hyderabad , Sindh, recovered after undergoing plasma therapy. On 21 May, the number of positive cases passed 48,000, after 2,193 new cases were announced. 32 new fatalities were recorded. The death toll reached 1,017, as
4424-419: The main broadcast. Stations which retransmit or simulcast another may simply pick-up that station over-the-air , or via STL or satellite. The license usually specifies which other station it is allowed to carry. VHF stations often have very tall antennas due to their long wavelength , but require much less effective radiated power (ERP), and therefore use much less transmitter power output , also saving on
4503-617: The month. The passengers were subject to strict screening upon arrival. Another flight was arranged to bring 150 citizens for the UAE stranded at Dubai and Abu Dhabi International Airport . The Sindh Education Minister Saeed Ghani tested positive for the virus and self-quarrantined for 14 days that day. He recovered from the virus on 30 March. On 24 March, Sindh and Balochistan observed lockdown until 7 April, while Azad Kahmsir went under it until 13 April respectively. Punjab also imposed lockdown on 24 March, but only until 6 April. In Sindh,
4582-699: The nation complained about the lack of proper equipment for battling the virus. A spokesman for Doctors' Union in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa said, "We do not have personal protective equipment (PPE), or goggles , and even [face] masks we are buying from our own funds". Arrangements were made on the day by the Foreign Office to bring 72 Pakistanis stranded at the Doha International Airport in Doha , Qatar as it had decided to temporarily ban travellers from Pakistan and 14 other countries early in
4661-495: The next day on 15 March, including a second local transmission of the coronavirus in Sindh, while the other three had a travel history of Saudi Arabia and one had been to Balochistan. There was also a new case reported in Islamabad Capital Territory . Lahore Health Secretary, Mohammad Usman confirmed the first case of coronavirus in Punjab in the city of Lahore . The infected patient had returned from United Kingdom on 10 March and
4740-425: The number of recoveries reached 14,155. Planning Minister Asad Umar said that Pakistan could test 25,000 people a day. On 22 May, Pakistan International Airlines Flight 8303 crashed on approach to Jinnah International Airport , killing 97 of the 99 people on board. The crash further stretched health resources, and led to a three-day long decline in testing. On 29 May, it was announced that 900 children under
4819-408: The ongoing lockdown for two more weeks until 30 April. On 15 April, the national death tally surpassed 100 and the number of cases crossed 6000. On 16 April, it was reported that 58% of the cases had been locally transmitted in Pakistan. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa crossed the mark of 1,000 confirmed cases on 18 April. A report released on 21 April stated that over 2,000; 27% of the total positive cases in
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#17327758401594898-402: The prime minister "pleading" not to open mosques during ramadan , particularly as 80% of the people attending would be mostly in their 60s and 70s. This could result in an "explosion of Covid-19". The governor of Sindh, Imran Ismail revealed on 27 April that he had tested positive for COVID-19 via Twitter. By 7 May, COVID-19 had infected more than 500 Pakistani healthcare workers. On 9 May,
4977-476: The programmes seen on its owner's flagship station, and have no television studio or production facilities of their own. This is common in developing countries . Low-power stations typically also fall into this category worldwide. Most stations which are not simulcast produce their own station identifications . TV stations may also advertise on or provide weather (or news) services to local radio stations , particularly co-owned sister stations . This may be
5056-477: The provinces of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa . This wave peaked in late April 2021, and since then, positivity rates, daily new case numbers, and daily new death numbers have been falling. Pakistan's most populated province, Punjab , has so far seen the highest raw number of confirmed cases (334,000) and deaths (9,770). Sindh , the second-most populated province in the country, has seen the second-highest number of confirmed cases (308,000) and deaths (4,910), but
5135-463: The second death was a 36-year-old from Hangu District . Both had been hospitalised in Peshawar . The cases doubled by more than half from 33 to 80 in Punjab, and from 23 to 81 in Balochistan on 19 March. The rise in cases led the provincial government of Balochistan to declare a health emergency and impose a ban on public transport. The provincial government spokesperson Liaquat Shahwani stated that
5214-518: The sharpest increase so far as not only were more than a 100 cases were reported in a province within a day but also the number across the country reached 187. The tally had shot up to 237 with 25 new cases in Punjab, 12 in Sindh and 4 in Islamabad on 17 March. By 18 March, the first case of coronavirus was reported from Azad Kashmir . The provinces of Sindh and Gilgit-Baltistan saw an increase of cases by 36 and 10 respectively. New cases were also reported in other provinces. A patient from Hyderabad
5293-402: The tally to 2450. Four deaths were reported, two from Sindh and one each from KP, and Gilgit increasing the total to 35. The total cases increased to 2708 after 258 new cases were confirmed on 3 April, making Punjab the first province to cross 1,000 confirmed cases. Five deaths were reported. The number of confirmed cases crossed 3,000 around the nation on 5 April. The country recorded nearly
5372-400: The term "television station" refers to a station which broadcasts structured content to an audience or it refers to the organization that operates the station. A terrestrial television transmission can occur via analog television signals or, more recently, via digital television signals. Television stations are differentiated from cable television or other video providers as their content
5451-519: The virus. The Chief Minister issued directives for the relevant deputy commissioners to receive the pilgrims on their return and monitor their health conditions for the next 10 days. On 25 March, several restrictions were imposed in the capital territory of Islamabad. These included closing of the outpatient departments of hospitals, complete bans on intra-city, inter-district and inter-province public transport as well as gatherings in public and private places. Three new recoveries were announced as well as
5530-462: The world. Television stations broadcasting over an analog system were typically limited to one television channel , but digital television enables broadcasting via subchannels as well. Television stations usually require a broadcast license from a government agency which sets the requirements and limitations on the station. In the United States, for example, a television license defines
5609-488: Was a doctor who contracted the virus after screening pilgrims returning from Iran. On 22 March, Gilgit-Baltistan went under lockdown for an indefinite period. 13 new pilgrims from Taftan via Dera Ghazi Khan were put in quarantine at Mirpur . Also on that day, Descon donated 10,000 hand sanitisers to hospitals in Punjab, whereas in Balochistan 26 drivers who transported the positive COVID-19 cases to hospitals were kept in quarantine. On 23 March, many doctors across
5688-761: Was actively involved in social service helping people across Balochistan in the remote areas during the lockdown imposed in the country prior to contracting with the coronavirus. On 17 June 2020, Shaheed Sikandarabad District , Sherani District , and Barkhan District , all in Balochistan, all recorded their first case of COVID-19. This meant that every single district in the four provinces of Pakistan had at least one confirmed case of COVID-19. On 31 December 2020, Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry said that Pakistan will purchase 1.2 million doses of coronavirus vaccine from Sinopharm . On 7 January 2021, Parliamentary Secretary for Ministry of National Health Services Dr Nausheen Hamid said that Pakistan
5767-506: Was also discharged after recovering in Sindh province, making the total number of recovered cases 5. A total of 302 positive cases were confirmed in Pakistan on 18 March. The first two deaths due to the virus in the country were also confirmed on the day. Both were reported from the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , the first being a 50-year-old man who had recently from Saudi Arabia to Mardan District after performing Umrah in Mecca , while
5846-690: Was confirmed the same day in Skardu leaving the tally at 20. A third case was confirmed in Gilgit-Baltistan in Shigar District on 12 March, who had a travel history of Iran and was reported to be under treatment at the Skardu hospital. The same day, Murtaza Wahab informed that the second patient of the virus had completely recovered. On 13 March, the Sindh Health Department identified a 52-year-old patient as positive, which marked
5925-701: Was discontinued for security reasons, and in Birmingham . In 2002, around 500,000 people participated in its congregation in Multan , Pakistan. Dawat-e-Islami planned to hold an annual congregation (Ijtema) in December 1991 in Mumbai (India). Ilyas Attar Qadri tried to cancel it, but local activists held it anyway. A dispute about this, caused the Mumbai-based group to break away as Sunni Dawate Islami . In Madrasa tul Madina, children are taught how to read
6004-430: Was enhanced. On 31 March 82 total recoveries were announced, as well as the 26th death in the country. 174 new cases were tested positive, meaning that the total number of positive cases had increased to 2,039. On 1 April 252 new cases were confirmed, bringing the total number of cases to 2291, while the total number of recoveries in the country surpassed 100. A further 159 new cases were confirmed on 2 April, bringing
6083-457: Was hit hardest by Pakistan's first two waves of the virus, and still has higher proportions of confirmed cases than all of Pakistan's other provinces. It also has the second-highest death rate, after Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , which is Pakistan's third-most-populated province. While Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has the third-highest number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 (129,000), it has faced an exceptionally high fatality rate of 3.03% which has caused it to have
6162-497: Was later discharged from hospital after testing negative. On 8 March, Pakistan confirmed its seventh case of COVID-19, also in Karachi. The next day, Pakistan reported nine new cases in Karachi, meaning that there was a total of 16 cases of COVID-19, with Sindh having the highest number of cases, 13 altogether. Five of the new patients had travelled to Syria and some others patients had returned from London. Three new cases were confirmed on 10 March, including one in Hyderabad and
6241-433: Was shifted to Mayo Hospital in an isolation ward. The National Institute of Health reported 11 new cases in Sindh and 6 new in a mobile lab at the Taftan border area. and the first case in Punjab , increasing the tally to 53. On 16 March, a total of 134 new positives cases were registered, the majority of them, 116 in Sindh. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa also reported its first 15 cases while 3 were found in Balochistan. This marked
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