Wednesday, April 15th, 2020
PM Imran Khan to visit Karachi on Thursday
ISLAMABAD, APR 15 – Prime Minister Imran Khan will visit Karachi for a day on Thursday. He is expected to hold a meeting with the coronavirus task force at Governor House. The Sindh CM and other members of the provincial cabinet will attend it. The premier is also expected to visit the Expo Centre field hospital. He will review the arrangements there. PM Khan is also expected to hold meetings with Ulema and traders.
Last day to register for Coronavirus Relief Tiger Force
ISLAMABAD, APR 15 – Today (Wednesday) is the last day to register for the Prime Minister’s Coronavirus Relief Tiger Force. The registration process for the programme started on March 31 through the PM’s Citizens Portal. So far, 941,000 volunteers have registered. The force will be run under the supervision of deputy commissioners across the country. All decisions regarding functions related to it will be taken by Youth Affairs Adviser Usman Dar. The Tiger Force is a force of volunteers formed to combat the novel coronavirus. In case a curfew orRead More
CGSS experts discuss fruitful recommendations for uplifting lockdown
ISLAMABAD, APR 15 (DNA) – Center for Global & Strategic Studies (CGSS) has organized an “Online Interactive Session” on the topic “Suggestive Measures for Lifting the Lockdown: What can be the Phases”, on Wednesday. The aim of the session was to discuss the recommendations that can be fruitful for uplifting the lockdown. The session was chaired by Mr. NadeemulHaq Vice Chancellor, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE). He stated that this is a bigger war than 1965 and 1971 but unfortunately our response has been less than required. We haveRead More
Japan provides more grant to fight against COVID-19
ISLAMABAD, APR 15 (DNA) – The Government of Japan has decided to provide third cache of assistance worth USD 1,000,000 to the Government of Pakistan through United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to equip Pakistani people and Afghan Refugees to fight against COVID-19. Prior to this grant assistance, the Government of Japan has provided USD 2,410,000 to Pakistan to support its efforts to combat the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) infection, including USD 1,620,000 through the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), USD 540,000 through the International Organization for Migration (IOM) andRead More
FWO constructing Isolation Hospital, Infectious Treatment Centre (IHITC) in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD, APR 15 (DNA) – National Command & Operation Centre NCOC As part of National effort for containment of COVID-19, Frontier Works Organization (FWO) is constructing Isolation Hospital and Infectious Treatment Centre (IHITC) in Islamabad in collaboration with National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and National Institute of Health (NIH) on Turnkey basis. Earth breaking of said facility was done by PM Imran Khan on 26 March 2020. The 250 bedded prefabricated state of the art hospital would be used to treat not only Coronavirus infected patients under best available equipmentRead More
COVID-19: Turkish Institute Launches Scientific Electronic Platform
LAHORE, APR 15 (DNA) – The Yunus Emre Turkish Cultural Institute in Istanbul has launched a scientific electronic platform in both Turkish and English languages to find a viable treatment for COVID-19. The platform ‘COVID-19 Hub’ which is available at covid19. tabipacademy.com, is part of the Academic and Scientific Cooperation project in Turkey (TABIP) which was implemented under the auspices of the Presidency of the Republic of Turkey. It allows all researchers who are working hard to find a safe and effective treatment forthe coronavirus enabling them to follow theRead More