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A special PIA plane carrying 250 Pakistanis left Newark Airport, New Jersey on Sunday for Lahore.   This is the third in a series of flights that the Pakistani Government has chartered to transport Pakistanis –...

A special PIA charter flight, carrying 200 Pakistanis stranded in the United States due to coronavirus-caused air travel suspension, Sunday left Dulles International Airport for Islamabad. This is the first of six special flights Pakistan has...

YouTube, the world’s biggest online video-sharing platform, will give Pakistan $5 million in advertisement grants to spread awareness about the coronavirus.   Addressing a letter to Prime Minister Imran Khan, YouTube Chief Executive Officer Susan Wojcicki...

Pakistan will operate first two special chartered for repatriation of stranded Pakistanis from Washington D.C. on May 10 and 13, an official announcement said Thursday.   The Pakistani government is flying Pakistanis – stranded due to...

By Dr Bettina Robotka and  Ikram Sehgal   With a population of more than 200 million people, more than half of which are living below or close to the poverty line, the production and distribution- of...

Pakistan, India and other South Asian countries are likely to record their worst growth performance in four decades this year due to the coronavirus outbreak that has halted economic activities across the region, according to a...

Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC), a top regulator of engineering services, has allowed the testing of domestically produced ventilators to help provide treatment to the COVID 19 patients as the life-saving equipment faces worldwide shortages. A special...

The World Bank has approved $200 million to support Pakistan’s response to coronavirus outbreak as part of $1.9 billion initial funding for 25 countries. According to the Bank, the $200 million funding will support Pakistan’s “preparedness and...

Responding to an increasing demand for ventilators in the face of fast-spreading coronavirus, Pakistan‘s auto-part manufacturers have started work on local production of the medical equipment. “We have designed the ventilator, and will come up with...

Prime Minister Imran Khan Tuesday said his Government has set up a Coronavirus Relief Fund where people can deposit their contributions to help the country’s fight against coronavirus, which has infected more than 1700 people and...