Mushahid hosts All Parties WEBINAR on coronavirus
Islamabad: Senate Foreign Affairs Committee & Pakistan-China Institute, Chairman Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed hosted an all parties Webinar on “Confronting Coronavirus...
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PM announces opening of construction sector from April 14
Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan Friday announced the opening of construction sector from April 14 to help the country’s daily wagers...
UNHCR intensifies its outreach to refugee communities on the coronavirus
Islamabad: UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency has intensified its outreach to Afghan refugee communities to raise awareness of the coronavirus. Amid...
Rehman Malik writes to UN Secretary General on coronavirus origin
Islamabad: Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Interior and Former Interior Minister Senator A. Rehman Malik today on Friday has written a...
Italy: Easing pressure on hospitals
Alessandria: An Italian city at the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic is asking its highest-risk residents to undergo drive-through COVID-19 checks.The...
High commission making efforts to repatriate stranded Pakistanis in UK: Nafees Zakaria
London: Pakistan High Commissioner (PHC) to United Kingdom (UK) Mohammad Nafees Zakaria, in a video message, Thursday said the government of...
Foreign Minister holds telephonic conversation with Secretary General UN
Islamabad: Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi held a telephone conversation with UN Secretary General Antonio Guetteres today, to discuss, inter...
Chinese grass roots back Pakistanis up amid COVID-19
Beijing: Pakistani volunteers stayed in China to fight the novel coronavirus when our country was stricken by COVID-19. It is high...
Pakistan lauds China’s help
Islamabad: Pakistan Thursday lauded China’s help to counter the coronavirus pandemic.In her weekly press briefing in Islamabad, Foreign Office Spokesperson...
ADB sells $4.5 bn 2-Year global bonds in largest-ever single tranche outing
Islamabad: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has returned to the US dollar bond market with the pricing of a 2-year global...
UN launches new plan aimed at defeating coronavirus
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has launched a new plan to counter the devastating socio-economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic,...
South Asia could learn from China in combating COVID-19
Beijing: China’s successful containment of COVID-19 can be explained in multiple dimensions: commitment of the leadership, people’s resolution, developed health services...
China enterprises donate 35 ton medical supplies to Pakistan: Ambassador Naghmana Hashmi
Beijing: Pakistan Ambassador to China, Naghmana Alamgir Hashmi said on Wednesday that the Chinese companies, foundations and individuals had donated 35...
Number of COVID-19 cases jump to 2,039
Islamabad: Special Assistant to Prime Minister on National Health Services Dr Zafar Mirza Wednesday said that number of COVID-19 cases jumped...
Govt to equip front line doctors, paramedics: PM
Rawalpindi :Prime Minister Imran Khan Wednesday assured the doctors and paramedics, who were on the front line in the fight against...
Xi stresses coordinating epidemic control, economic work, achieving development goals
Hangzhou: Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, has stressed coordinating efforts for the novel...
Italy will be free of coronavirus soon
Rome: Italy may be virtually free of new COVID-19 cases by the middle of May, statistical research has indicatedExperts from the...
EAP countries must act now to mitigate economic shock of COVID-19: WB report
Islamabad: :The World Bank (WB) in its latest report urged the East Asia and the Pacific (EAP) countries to act now...
Wuhan sees second newborn Pakistani baby girl during the epidemic
Beijing: The second Pakistani female citizen gave birth to a healthy baby-girl, on Friday at Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital of...
Coronavirus: Boris Johnson says 20,000 ex-NHS staff have returned to help fight COVID-19
London: Boris Johnson has revealed 20,000 ex-staff have returned to the NHS to help fight coronavirus after Britons were warned restrictions...
ADB approves $2 million grant for Pakistan’s fight against COVID-19
Islamabad: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) Monday approved a further $2 million grant to support the government of Pakistan’s efforts to...
China pledges to continue best help to Pakistan against Covid-19
Beijing: China will continue to provide its best help to Pakistan against Covid-19 pandemic as both the countries have fine tradition...
Phase-wise repatriation of Pakistanis reviewed
Islamabad: A high-level meeting chaired by Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Monday discussed situation on COVID-19 with reference to phase-wise...
Trump extends coronavirus social distancing to April 30
New York: US President Donald Trump has extended the national social-distancing guidelines aimed at fighting the coronavirus pandemic to April 30,...
China to strengthen prevention, control of asymptomatic COVID-19 infections
Beijing: The leading group of China's COVID-19 response on Monday stressed the control of cases of infections that show no symptoms....
Coronavirus: Italy’s front-line medical heroes
Rome: Their eyes are tired. Their cheekbones rubbed raw from protective masks. They don't smile.The doctors and nurses on the...
Police urge Brits to report neighbours if they break coronavirus lockdown
London: Britons are being encouraged to tell on their neighbours if they are not following coronavirus lockdown rules. Several police forces...
Trump backs off quarantine of virus-hit New York
New York: US President Donald Trump has said quarantining New York, which has emerged as the nation’s epicentre for the coronavirus,...
Pakistan expresses gratitude to China for extending cooperation
Islamabad: Special Assistant to Prime Minister on National Health Services Dr. Zafar Mirza Sunday expressed gratitude to China for extending cooperation...
Shehryar Afridi steps up efforts to provide food ration to besieged Afghan refugees
Islamabad: Amid lockdown situation due to Coronavirus epidemic, Minister for States and Frontier Regions Shehryar Khan Afridi has stepped up efforts...
