Pakistan Railways announce 40 trains for Eidul Azha

Pakistan Railways announce 40 trains for Eidul Azha.

Minister for Railways Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed said this, while talking to a private news channel.

Pakistan Railways announce 40 trains

He said around 40 trains would be made operational to carry the commuters during Eid-ul-Azha.

The minister said the number of trains could be increased to facilitate the people to go their native villages to celebrate Eid with the beloved ones.

On the other hand, Pakistan is fighting deadly Coronavirus pandemic dedicatedly.

Notably, 172,810 patients have so far recovered from coronavirus across the country.

According to the latest statistics, 2165 new coronavirus cases were reported in the country during the last 24 hours taking the tally to 255,768.

These includes 107,773 in Sindh, 88,045 in Punjab, 31,001 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 11,239 in Balochistan, 14,315 in Islamabad, 1,708 Gilgit-Baltistan and 1688 in Azad Kashmir.

Meanwhile, 67 patients died of the virus during the last 24 hours taking the death toll to 5,386. 21,749 corona tests were carried out during this period.

Situation regarding coronavirus improving

On the other hand, Chairman NDMA Lieutenant General Muhammad Afzal said situation regarding coronavirus in the country is improving.

National Disaster Management Authority head said this in a meeting with Punjab Governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar in Lahore.

Both sides discussed measures to contain coronavirus pandemic in the province.

Meanwhile, chairman NDMA said the death rate has come down and the number of people on ventilator have also decreased.

He said the smart lockdown is showing very positive results.

Lt-Genl Muhammad Afzal cited construction of the Federal Capital Isolation Hospital at a cost of 44 million dollars with help of China.

He said the patients of the epidemic diseases would get treatment there.

Furthermore, he said forty kanals of land has also been allotted for building six more hospitals.

GTV