Wednesday, April 8th, 2020
Qureshi discusses ways to overcome COVID-19 with Malaysian FM
ISLAMABAD, APR 8 (DNA) – Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi held a telephone conversation today with the Foreign Minister of Malaysia, Hishamuddin Hussein, on the Covid-19 pandemic. The Foreign Minister felicitated Foreign Minister Hussain on his recent appointment to the important position, and offered condolences for the loss of innocent lives in the pandemic. The Foreign Minister also thanked the Malaysian Foreign Minister for looking after Pakistani nationals based in Malaysia, as well as facilitating Pakistanis at the airports. Underscoring that Pakistan’s and Malaysia’s infection rates and fatalities wereRead More
Impact of COVID-19 on the World
Op-Ed by Senator Sehar Kamran T.I. “Public health is really closely tied to the social, political and economic issues of the world. Where they go awry, public health can quickly go awry.”–Michael Osterholm The world is currently grappling with the yet untamable monster of COVID-19, as the global tally of people infected is on an upward march. Until 6th April, 2020, more than 1,274,923have been tested positive for the virus globally; with more than 69,000 dead, and 260,484 recovered. As clichéd as it sounds, the world as weRead More
FM Qureshi holds telephonic talk with Singaporean counterpart
ISLAMABAD, APR 8 (DNA) – Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi held a telephone conversation with the Foreign Minister of Singapore, Dr. Vivian Balakrishnan today, to discuss the situation arising out of the Covid-19 Pandemic and ways to address the situation. Commending Singapore’s deft handling of the public health crisis, Foreign Minister Qureshi stated that timely measures had helped in containing the spread of the virus, and that Pakistan looked forward to learning from Singapore’s experience in the field of epidemiology. While briefing his Singaporean counterpart of the stepsRead More
Debt relief for the poorest countries critical in fight against COVID-19
NEW YORK, 7 April 2020 – “COVID-19 is generating an unprecedented global economic crisis. And as we witness in all such crises, this economic destruction is cruelly and unequally distributed. “For the world’s poorest countries, the financial fallout caused by the pandemic, combined with debilitating debt-service obligations, are hampering their ability to prevent further transmission and protect citizens. “And for the families within those countries, with widespread loss of income and limited access to food in environments where social distancing is impossible, soap and water for handwashing a luxury,Read More