Saturday, April 4th, 2020
Pakistan allows exit of Afghan nationals on humanitarian basis
ISLAMABAD, APR 4 (DNA) – At the special request of the Government of Afghanistan and based on humanitarian considerations, Pakistan has decided to allow the exit of Afghan nationals in Pakistan, wishing to go back to their country. The Torkham and Chaman land border crossings will be opened for a specific period from 6 April to 9 April 2020 to facilitate Afghan nationals. As a neighbor and in view of fraternal bilateral relations, Pakistan remains in abiding solidarity with the people of Afghanistan, particularly at this time of global pandemic.=DNARead More
IHC allows govt to turn hotels into quarantine centres
ISLAMABAD, APR 4 — The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday gave a nod to turning three- and four-star hotels into ‘quarantine centres’ where the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has planned to keep coronavirus patients. Last month the NDMA had proposed to the government that the hotels in all major cities across Pakistan be converted into quarantine centres for suspected and confirmed coronavirus cases. Later with the federal government consent, the NDMA also issued directives to the management of different hotels on March 16 and March 28, to vacateRead More
$200m pandemic response pact signed with World Bank
ISLAMABAD, APR 4 – Pakistan and the World Bank have signed a $200 million ‘Pandemic Response Effective Project’that will help the poor and vulnerable cope with the immediate impact of the Covid-19 pandemic through social protection measures, food rations and remote learning education. The board of executive directors of World Bank earlier approved the $200 million package to help Pakistan take effective and timely action to respond to the coronavirus pandemic by strengthening the country’s national healthcare systems and mitigating socio-economic disruptions.
Govt trying to maintain balance between lockdown, hunger and economy: PM
ISLAMABAD, APR 4 – Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that government is walking on tightrope in maintaining balance between a lockdown to prevent spread of COVID-19 and ensuring people do not die of hunger and economy does not collapse. In a tweet, he said in the subcontinent, with a high rate of poverty, we are faced with the stark choice of having to balance between a lockdown necessary to slow down and prevent spread of COVID19, ensuring people don’t die of hunger and our economy doesn’t collapse. The PrimeRead More
PIAF hails PM package, demands more cut in fuel rates
ISLAMABAD, APR 4 (DNA) – The Pakistan Industrial and Traders Associations Front has appreciated the government for announcing new incentives and package to run the economy, reiterating its demand of passing on full relief of cut in oil prices in the global market to the industry, besides bringing key policy rate to the single digit. PIAF Chairman Mian Nauman Kabir, in a joint statement with Senior Vice Chairman Nasir Hameed and Vice Chairman Javed Iqbal, demanded the petrol price should be set at Rs80 per litre, besides reducing taxes onRead More
Masood calls on int’l community to quash unlawful domicile rules in IOJK
ISLAMABAD, APR 4 – Strongly denouncing new domicile rules imposed by India in the Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IOJK), Sardar Masood Khan, President Azad Jammu and Kashmir, has said that the international community has failed to respond to India’s unlawful and criminal actions, whereby they have announced plans to settle Hindus from India who have lived in the occupied territory for 15 years or studied there for 7 years or have appeared in Secondary and Higher Secondary School Examinations. “This is a vicious plan to settle former military personnel andRead More