Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health Dr. Zafar Mirza on Thursday said low Covid-19 deaths in Pakistan does not mean people start becoming lax about preventive measures against the virus outbreak. Speaking at a news briefing in Islamabad, Mirza said: “I am seeing reports on some media programs that Pakistan’s Covid-19 death rates are lower as compared to …
Prime Minister Imran Khan Thursday arrived in Quetta, where he was welcomed by Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal. The premier toured the quarantine centre at the Bolan Medical College Hospital. He chaired a meeting where he was briefed on COVID-19 situation in Balochistan and the steps being taken to contain spread of the virus. Prime Minister Imran Khan is expected to hold …
Pakistan’s Foreign Office spokesperson Aisha Farooqui Thursday said Pakistan was “deeply concerned” at the lack of medical supplies and assistance in Indian occupied Kashmir where 170 cases of Covid-19 and five fatalities from the disease have been reported. Speaking at the weekly FO press briefing, she said: “Voices from within India and around the world continue to condemn the inhuman …
Dr. Sania Nishtar, the head of the Ehsaas Programme, told the media that the National Identity Card numbers being sent to the government through text messages on 8171, had passed through several stages so that the government can be sure that they qualify for the program. Islamabad: The government will distribute the relief money from tomorrow among lower-income people who …
UNITED NATIONS: A spokesman of the Chinese Mission to the UN has rejected Indian media reports that China, during its presidency of the Security Council in March, had ignored Pakistan’s call for urgent consideration of the situation in Indian occupied Kashmir at the 15-member body, saying Beijing’s position on the decades-old dispute remains unchanged. “The question of Kashmir remains high on …
UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has defended the World Health Organisation (WHO), saying the UN agency had done “tremendous work” in fighting coronavirus, after US President Donald Trump accused it of being “China centric” and criticized its handling of the pandemic. “For the Secretary General, it is clear that WHO under the leadership of Dr Tedros (Adhanom Ghebreyesus) has …
BEIJING – The Chinese and Pakistani armies held a video conference on the sharing of experience in the prevention and control of pneumonia caused by coronavirus, according to Chinese Ministry of Defence here on Tuesday. Around 20 health officials and experts of the two militaries in clinical, testing, prevention and control related fields attended the video conference in Beijing, Wuhan …
Indian Army spokesperson said that the army’s five “best soldiers” were killed. Srinagar: Eight Indian army personnel, including five Junior Commissioned Officers from elite para forces, were killed in a five-day-long gunfight with Kashmiri fighters along the ceasefire line in northern Kashmir’s Kupwara woods in Keran sector. The death toll of Indian army personnel jumped to eight after three more personnel, …
Association also arranging Rs 4.16 million donation to help NDMA operations ISLAMABAD – All-Pakistan Chinese Enterprises’ Association (APCEA) has donated 16,000 face masks to Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) to support Pakistan’s fight to overcoming the daunting challenge of novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). The package was handed over here at the Chinese Embassy to Prof. Anser Maqsood, Executive Director of …
Ambassador Yao Jing hopes Pakistan will soon defeat COVID-19 ISLAMABAD: Chinese Ambassador Yao Jing Sunday expressed optimism that Pakistan would soon defeat Coronavirus pandemic and China would keep supporting the fight against the outbreak as Pakistan is number-one priority for China as both the countries are all-weather friends. Speaking on the occasion, Chinese Ambassador expressed these views during his …