ISLAMABAD: A special meeting of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet on Thursday cleared a cumulative bailout package of almost Rs300 billion for the power sector to settle immediate liabilities besides allowing compensation against foreign exchange loss to oil marketing companies (OMCs). The ECC also approved a board resolution of the Karachi Port […]
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ISLAMABAD: Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Hussain Chaudhry on Thursday offered support to the Ministry of Information and Technology to enhance the provision of broadband and internet services across Pakistan. Mr Chaudhry emphasised the need for e-governance in the current circumstances during an online talk titled ‘Role of Ministry of Science and Technology amid […]
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday formally launched the Rs144 billion Ehsaas Relief Programme and a sum of Rs50bn was given to banks for distribution of Rs12,000 four-month stipend among the families of poor and daily-wage earners who have been hit hard by the lockdown across the country due to coronavirus. On the first […]
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LANDI KOTAL: More than 20,000 stranded Afghans went back to their country via Torkham during the last four days of border reopening. Officials told Dawn that the last day was comparatively calm as only about 1,100 Afghans, mostly men, crossed the border prior to its closure. The total number of returned Afghans during the four days was […]
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PESHAWAR: The US National Institute of Health has approved a proposal of medical teaching institution Ayub Medical College and Ayub Teaching Hospital Abbottabad to conduct trial on Covid-19 patients to find out treatment for the pandemic, which has no cure so far. The trial entitled “effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine in Covid-19 patients” was approved by the […]
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KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari warned his party government in Sindh on Thursday to prepare for the “worst situation” emerging from the novel coronavirus outbreak. He wanted the PPP provincial government to equip itself with a comprehensive plan warning that he would not tolerate any shortfall in the provision of assistance to […]
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US President Donald Trump sharply criticised the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday, accusing it of being too focused on China and issuing bad advice during the new coronavirus outbreak and saying he would put a hold on US funding for the agency. “The WHO really blew it,” Trump said in a Twitter post. “For […]
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The Chinese city where the coronavirus epidemic first broke out, Wuhan, ended a two-month lockdown on Wednesday, but a northern town started restricting the movement of its residents amid concerns of a second wave of infections in mainland China. China sealed off Wuhan, a city of 11 million people, in late January to stop the […]
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Human rights groups urged three Gulf Arab states on Wednesday to lift bans on free internet calls to help their large migrant workforces stay in touch during the coronavirus pandemic. Oman, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates have long blocked many voice and video calling apps on the grounds of protecting the commercial interests of […]
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India is considering plans to seal off coronavirus hotspots in Delhi, Mumbai and parts of the south while easing curbs elsewhere as a way out of a three-week lockdown that has caused deep economic distress, officials said on Wednesday. The sweeping lockdown of India’s 1.3 billion people to prevent an epidemic of Covid-19, the respiratory […]
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