UNICEF Pakistan tweeted on Friday that Pakistan has received over 100,000 doses of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine under the World Health Organization’s COVAX initiative. “Shipments of Pfizer diluents and syringes will be arriving over the next two days. The vaccines will be used for Pakistan’s ongoing Covid-19 vaccination campaign,” the tweet said. https://twitter.com/UNICEF_Pakistan/status/1398240491435606018 The UNICEF […]
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Why Asad Umar is disappointed at Islamabad population figure?
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar informed that 21 percent of the total targeted population in Islamabad has gone through with the vaccination. Addressing the Islamabad Chamber of Commerce in the capital, Umar said Islamabad was showing a positive response rate and had reached a point where the “first rays […]
Green indicators for GDP growth rate?
Amid the emerging differences in figures regarding GDP estimates and indicators, the National Accounts Committee recently announced growth rates that ironically increased the controversy surrounding the same. The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) had initially estimated rates at 2.5 percent and 1.5 percent respectively in contrast to the […]
Asad defends GDP growth, says IMF, WB projections not always true
ISLAMABAD: Putting up a fierce defence to the estimated GDP growth rate, Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar on Tuesday said that the growth rate of 3.94 percent predicted by the National Accounts Committee (NAC) for the outgoing fiscal year was based on real figures and data. The figure was not fudged […]
Businesses, markets closed as 2-day lockdown imposed in Lahore
LAHORE: Businesses and markets have been closed in Lahore as two-day lockdown has been imposed in the city keeping in view the current situation of covid-19. The Punjab government imposed complete lockdown in Lahore and other several cities on Saturday and Sunday (May 22 and 23) . Inter-city and inter-provincial transport have also been […]
Covid-19 vaccine for citizens over 30 begins today
The government will start vaccinating people aged 30 and above against coronavirus on Saturday. In today’s NCOC meeting it has been decided to open up vaccination for 30 years and older starting tomorrow. The messages for those who are being scheduled will go out today. — Asad Umar (@Asad_Umar) May 21, 2021 In a […]
NCOC allows reopening of schools, outdoor dining in districts with less than 5pc positivity rate
The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) meeting has decided to ease certain coronavirus control-related restrictions in the country, and of them include the resumption of classes in educational institutions in the districts where the positivity rate is less than five percent and resumption of outdoor dining. The NCOC met in Islamabad to review the […]
Pakistan Business Council proposes govt to devise pro-growth economic policy
The Pakistan Business Council (PBC)- an alliance of about 82 of the largest Pakistani business houses claiming about 18 per cent share in the country’s revenue and GDP — has recommended the federal government and the Economic Advisory Council (EAC) to devise equitable, predictable, pro-growth and pro-formalisation fiscal policy. According to the PBC, the Pakistan’s […]
PM Imran stresses public-private partnership for country’s progress
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan said that government is fully determined to involve private sector in the development process as it is very crucial keeping in view of the public need. He was addressing a briefing in Islamabad the other day regarding various development projects under Public Sector Development Programme and projects completed with the […]
Govt imposes ‘the most sever’ Eid holiday shutdown as coronavirus cases soar
Pakistan on Saturday began a nine-day shutdown affecting travel and tourist hotspots in a bid to prevent a surge in Covid-19 cases during the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr. Already battling a third wave of infections and increasingly nervous about the crisis across the border in India, the government has imposed the most severe […]