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In spite of the lockdown, coronavirus continues to spread and target lives across the globe and force people to stay at home. The number of officially confirmed cases globally has crossed 2 million…
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The Teleschool, a new educational television channel, will start transmission today (Tuesday).
A day…
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Punjab on Thursday has reported 216 additional coronavirus cases bringing the provincial tally to…
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Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan on Thursday said that the step to ease coronavirus lockdown did not mean that the challenge of corona…
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Minister for National Food Security Syed Fakhar Imam on Thursday has called on Prime Minister Imran Khan in Islamabad.
According to sources, both the leaders discussed the matters…
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East-West infrastructure projects in Pakistan pose unique challenges. Sending hundreds of cusecs of water up more than a mile from the River Indus to Balochistan via Kachhi canal is one of these challenges. Another challenge is to improve and expand national east-west highways like N-70. These recently completed infrastructure projects linking South Punjab with Balochistan will boost …
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Can Pakistan's 88% BCG vaccination rate against tuberculosis (TB) help reduce the impact of coronavirus? A New York Institute of Technology study using data from 178 countries has concluded that both the incidence and mortality of COVID-19 are significantly lower in countries with BCG…
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I have just learned that a close Pakistani-American friend of mine in Silicon Valley is recovering from the disease caused by COVID-19. He’s a 66 years old man. His age and gender put him in a relatively high-risk category for coronavirus infection. When he took his elderly…
Continueپنجاب جي مختلف اسپتالن ۾ ڪورونا جي مريضن تي مليريا جي دوا جو استعمال شروع ڪيو ويو. ميو اسپتال جي سي او او ڊاڪٽر اسد اسلم موجب اسپتال ۾ ڪورونا ٽيسٽ مثبت ايندڙ مريضن تي مليريا جي دوا استعمال ڪئي پئي وڃي.
ميو اسپتال لاهور ۾ 15 ڏينهن ۾…
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Three more coronavirus cases were reported in AJK on Wednesday, taking the region's tally to nine.
Azad Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Commissioner said the two of the cases belonged to the Bhambore…
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Pakistan on Tuesday has reported 18 new confirmed coronavirus cases, pushing the total to 1,866.
According to the national dashboard for the coronavirus, managed by the…
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The registration for Prime Minister Imran Khan's 'Corona Relief Tigers' force will be started from today (March 31), Special Assistant of the Prime Minister on Youth Affairs Usman Dar…
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The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Pakistan has mounted to 1,848 on Tuesday after new cases reported in different parts of the country.
According to the…
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Pakistan Textile Industry was celebrating a big milestone with 20% jump in exports in February 2020 when coronavirus struck a heavy blow. Some western retailers canceled orders while others put them on hold as the virus spread to Western Europe and the United States in…
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Mainstream western and Indian media have widely covered a recent MIT paper by a Pakistani-American scientist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on the effects of heat and humidity on coronavirus…
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The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Pakistan has risen to 1,000 on Wednesday after new cases reported in Sindh, Balochistan, Islamabad and Gilgit Baltistan.
Balochistan government spokesperson confirmed…
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The number of coranavirus patients in Pakistan climbed to 908 on Tuesday after new cases reported in Punjab and Sindh.
According to sources, with the rise in the number of cases in Sindh stood at 399, in Punjab at 265, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa at 38, in Balochistan at 110, in Islamabad…
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The United States is the biggest export market for India. Among its top 5 trading partners, the US is also the only country with which India runs a trade surplus. This surplus is now at risk with the 50% tariff recently imposed by President Donald Trump on imports from India. Can Prime Minister Narendra make up for it by cozying up to China and Russia? Recent trade data shows he…
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Since the dawn of the 21st century, the US strategy has been to woo India and to build it up as a counterweight to rising China in the Indo-Pacific region. Most beltway analysts agree with this policy. However, the current Trump administration has taken significant actions, such as the imposition of 50% tariffs on India's exports to the US, that appear to defy this conventional wisdom widely shared in the West. Does President Trump have a grand strategy guiding these actions? George…
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