This Ramadan is very different -- it's just not festive!

I'm disappointed that I can't go to the mosque, but what can we do? The world is different now.

Mosques stood empty and fast-breaking feasts were cancelled as Muslims around the world began marking Ramadan under coronavirus lockdown on Friday, while a pushback in some countries  sparked fears of a surge in infections.

Mecca's Grand Mosque, Islam's holiest site, was among those devoid of worshippers as the holy month got under way amid unprecedented bans on family gatherings and mass prayers.

A stunning emptiness enveloped the sacred Kaaba -- a large cube-shaped structure in the Grand Mosque towards which Muslims around the world pray -- in the most potent sign of how the daytime fasting month will be a sombre affair across Islamic nations.

Ramadan is typically a period of both worship and socializing, but this year strict lockdowns limit socializing during iftar meals at dusk when the fast is broken -- a centerpiece of Ramadan.

The measures have put a damper on spirits in Indonesia, the world's biggest Muslim majority nation, where national religious organizations have called on the faithful to stay at home.

Zoo animals coping with pandemic

A worker disinfects the area next to a lion enclosure at the zoo closed to the public, in Macedonian capital of Skopje amid the COVID-19 outbreak.

Once lions made us afraid, but now if they get to know how much danger there outside they will empathy us!

خوش خبری !

واٹس ایپ میں زبردست سہولت کا اضافہ دنیا بھر میں وائس، ویڈیو کال ، ویڈیوز، میسج ، میڈیا فائلز شیئر کرنے کے لیے سب سے زیادہ استعمال کی جانے والی موبائل ایپلیکیشن واٹس ایپ انتظامیہ نے اپنے صارفین کیلئے زبردست سہولت پر کام شروع کردیا ہے۔ ایک رپورٹ کے مطابق واٹس ایپ نئی سہولت کے بعد واٹس ایپ ایک وقت میں 8 افراد ویڈیو کالنگ کرسکیں گے، جسے آزمائشی طور پر بیٹا ورژن میں استعمال کیا جارہا ہے۔ دنیا بھر میں لاک ڈاؤن کے دوران آن لائن شاپنگ اور دیگر رجحانات میں اضافہ ہورہا ہے، وہیں لوگوں نے سوشل میڈیا پر بھی زیادہ وقت گزارنا شروع کردیا ہے۔ لاک ڈاؤن کے ہی پیش نظر واٹس ایپ انتظامیہ نے اپنے صارفین کیلئے ویڈیو کالنگ میں زیادہ افراد کی شمولیت پر کام کردیا ہے۔ واضح رہے کہ واٹس ایپ ویڈیو کالنگ میں صرف 4 لوگ بات کر سکتے تھے۔ اطلاعات کے مطابق عام صارفین تک نئے سہولت کی رسائی میں کچھ وقت لگے گ

Twitter gets into Black Friday mode with relatable memes

Black Friday is an informal name for the Friday following Thanksgiving Day in the United States, which is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November. Since 1952, the day after Thanksgiving has been regarded as the beginning of America’s Christmas shopping season.
Wait wait, I wonder to talk about black friday like I am richie rich 😭 all my earnings just go away like this 

#blackfriday #poorme #abigpardon #😬

Expansion of lockdown upto May 9 in Pakistan

The novel coronavirus emerged in the central China city of Wuhan towards the end of last year and proliferated to almost the whole world within a couple of months. It’s not the virulence or fatality, but the infectivity of the new virus – also known as SARS-CoV-2 – that has set off a global frenzy.

The Covid-19 respiratory illness caused by this mysterious contagion has so far infected more than 2.7 million people in 202 countries and territories of the world – more than 190,000 of them have died and counting.
Pakistan, despite its close proximity with China, remained coronavirus-free until February 26 when a young man from Karachi tested positive after returning from Iran – one of the worst-hit countries. After a brief hiatus following the first case, Covid-19 cases spiked as more pilgrims returning from Iran tested positive for the virus.
The nationwide tally of Covid-19 patients stands at 11,736 with 4,851 cases in Punjab, 3,945  in Sindh, 1,708 in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, 656 in Balochistan, 307 in Gilgit-Baltistan, 214 in Islamabad and 55 in Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
The virus has claimed at least 248 lives while at least 2,527 coronavirus patients have recovered.
The number of cases has continued to soar despite the country being under lockdown for the third consecutive week.
The situation remains fluid and we’re updating stats as soon as new figures are officially released.

Taraweeh banned by Sindh- government due to Covid-19 pandemic

In the wake of rapid surge in the Covid-19 cases, the Sindh government has banned Taraweeh congregations in mosques during Ramazan, fearing that the novel coronavirus pandemic will massively spread if large gathering are not avoided.

In a late night video message, Chief Minister Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah urged the people to offer Taraweeh prayers at home. “We have taken the decision after consulting doctors and medical experts. I request the Ulema to cooperate with the government.” 

The Taraweeh prayers will be offered as usual but only mosque staff will be allowed to participate.

Covid-19 peshawar, Pakistan

PESHAWAR: 88 new cases of the novel coronavirus were confirmed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on Thursday, taking the provincial tally to 1,541, according to the health department.

88 new cases confirmed today taking the total provincial tally to 1,541. 31 of the new cases were confirmed from our quarantine centers for Torkham and international flight returnees. 2 new deaths were reported taking tally to 85. 41 new recoveries, taking the tally to 455.