ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Imran Khan Sunday appealed to donor agencies, United Nations Secretary General and financial institutions to launch a ‘Global Initiative on Debt Relief’ amid fears of a global economic recession due to Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19). Meanwhile, global leaders have also joined Imran Khan’s call for debt relief to the developing nations. On Sunday, Pope Francis also called …

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ISLAMABAD: A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) aircraft, carrying medical relief goods donated by China, reached Islamabad on Saturday. Speaking at the Islamabad International Airport, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Chairman Lt Gen Muhammad Afzal said this relief equipment is a donation from the Pakistani community in China. The NDMA chief said Pakistan currently has the ability to conduct about 40,000 …

ISLAMABAD – Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar Saturday said that Pakistan now had the capacity to conduct at least 100,000 Covid-19 tests in 26 laboratories situated across the country, adding that the government may begin testing asymptomatic individuals moving forward. “We’ve only been testing visibly symptomatic patients thus far. It is possible that we will start …

 Parliamentary Committee actively facilitating immediate return of stranded Pakistanis inside, outside Pakistanp

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 …

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 …

President Alvi, Shah Mahmood Qureshi welcome Chinese medical team ISLAMABAD: A special Chinese flight carrying an eight-member team of medical experts and relief assistance landed Saturday at Islamabad International Airport to support Pakistan in its efforts to fight the Covid-19 pandemic. Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Foreign Secretary Sohail Mahmood, Chairman of National Disaster Management Authority Lt. General Muhammad Afzal …

  ISLAMABAD – Leader of Opposition in National Assembly and President of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Mian Shehbaz Sharif has expressed gratitude to the Chinese leadership for extending assistance to Pakistan for helping fight Coronavirus Pandemic. In separate letters of thanks to Chinese President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Li Keqiang, Shehbaz Sharif wrote that Pakistan and its people and …