ISLAMABAD: The executive board of the World Bank is scheduled to approve on Thursday $200 million for an emergency project in Pakistan to respond to the coronavirus outbreak and strengthen national systems for public health preparedness. The project will address critical country-level needs to prevent, detect and respond to the threat posed by coronavirus, and […]
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Handling banknotes doesn’t pose a particular risk of contracting coronavirus, the head of Germany’s Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases said. “Transmission through banknotes has no particular significance,” RKI head Lothar Wieler told Reuters, adding that droplets from infected individuals were the main infection risk. His remarks appeared to contradict those of World Health Organisation […]
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KARACHI: People in the metropolis continued to face a serious shortage of various varieties of flour, especially the branded ones, as shopkeepers were either refusing them on the pretext of not having the commodity or demanding the prices of their own, it emerged on Sunday. Wheat flour has emerged as one of the most sought-after […]
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ISLAMABAD: The government is set to relax qualification criteria for beneficiaries of income support programme and relief in energy prices to both domestic consumers and big business as part of its rescue-cum-economic stimulus package. A senior government official said the multi-pronged package would be applicable across the country without discrimination to help industries and businesses […]
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ISLAMABAD: With international flight operations suspended until April 4, the federal government has decided to make special arrangements to bring home the Pakistanis stranded at airports in the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Thailand and Turkey. Speaking at a news conference on Sunday, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on National Security Dr Moeed Yusuf said […]
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Malls, restaurants closed for a week Shops to be closed at 8pm Police to screen arrested suspects before placing them in lockup 70 beds to be added to Pims for Covid-19 patients ISLAMABAD: The capital administration has prepared standard operating procedures (SOP) for a rapid response team that will deal with suspected and confirmed cases of […]
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RAWALPINDI: A group of 75 staff members of the United States embassy in Islamabad on Sunday departed for Georgia, US, aboard a special flight from the Islamabad International Airport. A spokesperson for the US embassy said in a statement that the Department of State on March 14 had authorised the voluntary departure from any diplomatic […]
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KARACHI: Wondering and showing helplessness to understand the logic behind Prime Minister Imran Khan’s decision of not ordering a countrywide lockdown in the wake of the growing threat of the novel coronavirus, Pakistan Peoples Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Sunday took it up on his own to build a national consensus for “the much-needed move […]
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Pakistan Day celebrations have been curtailed in light of the coronavirus outbreak in the country, with the country’s top leadership pledging to fight the pandemic that has claimed more than 14,000 lives across the world. On Monday morning, Pakistan’s death toll from the virus stood at six, while the total number of cases at 803. […]
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WASHINGTON: US congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard dropped out of the Democratic presidential nomination race on Thursday and immediately endorsed rival Joe Biden as flag bearer heading into the November election against President Donald Trump. “Today, I’m suspending my presidential campaign and offering my full support to vice president Joe Biden in his quest to bring our […]
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