Pakistan's confirmed 4,695 coronavirus cases, recovery rate reaches up to 727

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Pakistan rose to 4,695 on Friday after new infections were confirmed in the country.

The province-wise break up of the total number of cases as of 03:38pm, April 10, is as follows:

Total confirmed cases: 4,700

• Sindh: 1,214

• Punjab: 2,287

• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: 620

• Balochistan: 219

• Islamabad Capital Territory: 107

• Gilgit-Baltistan: 215

• AJK: 33

Deaths: 66

• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: 22

• Sindh: 20

• Balochistan: 2

• Gilgit-Baltistan: 3

• Punjab: 18

• Islamabad Capital Territory: 1

Officials have recorded more than 1.6 million cases and more than 96,344 deaths in 193 countries since the virus emerged in China in December.

In global war on coronavirus, some fear civil rights are collateral damage

Across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Africa and the Americas, governments have introduced states of emergency to combat the spread of the new coronavirus, imposing some of the most stringent restrictions on civil liberties since the attacks of Sept 11, 2001, lawyers and human rights campaigners have said.

“In many ways, the virus risks replicating the reaction to Sept 11,” said Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch, referring to the welter of security and surveillance legislation imposed around the world after the Al Qaeda attacks on the United States that killed nearly 3,000 people.

“People were fearful and asked governments to protect them. Many governments took advantage of that to undermine rights in ways that far outlasted the terrorist threat,” he told Reuters.

Medical relief equipment procured by NDMA arrives from China

The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has procured medical relief equipment with financial assistance from the National Disaster Risk Management Fund (NDRMF) amid the coronavirus outbreak, it said in a statement.

In this regard, the first consignment carrying medical equipment including PCR testing kits, mobile X-ray machines, Chinese KN-95 masks, disposable medical masks and water impermeable surgical gowns arrived at Islamabad airport from China today, the statement added.

Khairpur police arrest 2 people for mishandling funds at cash centres

Two people have been arrested in Khairpur after police received complaints that staff at some Kifalat centres was handing out half the amount pledged by the federal government under Ehsaas Emergency Cash Programme.

Senior Superintendent of Police Umar Tufail said that a case has been registered against three people. One person is on the run, he added

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