Friday, April 3rd, 2020
Exports, imports witness decline in March 2020, reveals PBS data
ISLAMABAD, APR 03 (DNA) – Pakistan’s exports have witnessed an over 15 percent decline in the month of March, plunging to United States Dollar (USD) 1.8 billion as compared to $2.14 in February 2020 amid coronavirus outbreak, a private television channel reported Friday citing data provided by Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS). The imports also witnessed a 21 percent decline during March 2020, and fell from $4.18 billion in February to $3.29 billion in the previous month. The trade deficit witnessed a decline of upto 27 percent during March afterRead More
Govt offers Rs100 billion to uplift industry: Razak Dawood
ISLAMABAD, APR 03 (DNA) – Adviser to Prime Minister for Commerce and Textile, Abdul Razak Dawood on Friday said that the government had offered up to Rs100 billion packages to the industrial sector as a support following current challenging situation, created due to COVID- 19 pandemic. “We are continuously in contact with all major industrial sectors, including textiles and construction. With consultation of all stakeholders, the government would give incentive to the priority areas of industrial sector for revival in current critical situation,” Razaq Dawood in a media talk. TheRead More
Corona Isolation Hospital inaugurated in Azad Kashmir
MUZAFFARABAD, APR 03 (DNA) – Azad Jammu and Kashmir Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider Khan inaugurated on Friday the first, state of the art Corona Isolation Hospital. The 50-bed health facility also includes ICU and HDV with six beds each and two isolation rooms with 20 beds. Ten ventilators were initially installed in the isolation hospital. The hospital has been set up at a newly constructed building of the Officer’s Club, which later would be extended to 100 beds converting into a cardiac hospital with provision of angioplasty and angiographyRead More
WB signs agreement worth $200 mln with Govt for Covid-19 response
ISLAMABAD, APR 03 (DNA) – World Bank has signed a financing agreement worth $ 200 million dollars with government of Pakistan for Covid19 pandemic response. Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Hammad Azhar witnessed the signing ceremony in Islamabad on Friday. Dr. Syed Pervaiz Abbas, Federal Secretary of Economic Affairs Division signed the financing agreement on behalf of Government of Pakistan while provincial project agreements were signed by the designated officers of provincial governments. Country Director Patchamuthu Illangovan signed the agreements on behalf of World Bank. The development objective of theRead More
Zardari pays tribute to Shaheed ZAB on his 41st birth anniversary
ISLAMABAD, APR 03 (DNA) – Former President of Pakistan and President Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians Asif Ali Zardari has said that despite the fact that 41 years has passed, Quaid-e-Awam Shaheed Zaulfikar Ali Bhutto is still ruling the hearts of the people and his killer are standing before the history as the culprits. President Asif Aki Zardari in his message on the eve of the 41st birth anniversary of Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto said that the founder of the PPP had defeated the exploiting forces by giving awareness to theRead More
Armed forces fully coordinating with Centre, provinces: ISPR
ISLAMABAD, APR 03 (DNA) – The spokesperson to military media wing, Major General Babar Iftikhar, has said that the armed forces were fully coordinating with the federal and provincial governments to fight COVID-19 pandemic. Director-General Inter-Services Public Relations (DG-ISPR), Maj Gen Babar Iftikhar, was addressing a press conference along with Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan after attending National Coordination Committee’s (NCC) meeting to review measures for containingoronavirus. The spokesperson prayed for the blessing of Allah Almighty to end the pandemic which has changed globalRead More