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First tests of COVID-19 vaccine in US show hopeful results
Results of the first ever COVID-19 tests conducted in the United States have produced positive results, strengthening immune systems of people administered shots in March. According to Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of...Jul 15, 2020 670 0 -
Pakistan’s Punjab province plans to build a new city on River Ravi
Pakistan’s largest Punjab province plans to build a new city along the river Ravi in the north of Lahore metropolis, a burgeoning city of 11 million people. A newly constituted River Ravi Front Authority has been...Jul 13, 2020 2252 0 -
UN rebukes attempts to deny 1995 genocide of Bosnian Muslims
Twenty-five years after the genocide of Bosnian Muslim boys and men at the hands of Serbia-backed forces, peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina remains fragile, the United Nations says while paying tribute to the memory of the...Jul 11, 2020 585 0 -
Trump to announce new immigration measure next month
President Trump plans to introduce an ambitious new immigration measure next month that may include a path to citizenship for recipients of the DACA program that has allowed young people to stay in the United States...Jul 11, 2020 539 0 -
US, Pakistan see value in expanding educational cooperation
Highlighting the significance of cooperation in the field of education, U.S. and Pakistan Thursday vowed to keep working collaboratively in the area of key interest to both. At a webinar hosted by the Pakistani embassy, U.S....Jul 9, 2020 1221 1 -
Any initiative for the struggling arts during the COVID-19 crisis?
The life of the arts, far from being an interruption, a distraction, in the life of the nation, is close to the center of a nation’s purpose – and is a test to the quality of...Jul 8, 2020 945 0 -
Pakistani mangoes in the land of the rising sun
Japan has temporarily allowed import of Pakistani mangoes that is going to help the South Asian country to offset the effects of the Coronavirus-related restrictions on horticultural exports. According to the Ministry of National Food Security and...Jul 8, 2020 2226 0 -
Pakistan seeks initiative to revive tourism beyond COVID-19
The COVID-19 crisis has harmed Pakistan’s economic growth prospects and one of the key areas of promise tourism has been badly hurt just when the country was trying to market it. Still trying to cope with...Jul 6, 2020 664 0 -
Independence Day – Fostering hope among all Americans
In 2010, we wrote a blog titled Interdependence Day: Celebrating the “Us” in USA calling for establishing Interdependence Day as a new national holiday. That blog was precipitated by a reaction to a “the acrimonious climate...Jul 4, 2020 991 0 -
Insufficient COVID-19 stimulus plans, job losses add to developing world’s troubles
The developing countries face some tough times as response to COVID-19 pandemic has exposed their inability to cope with the staggering cost of recovery from the economic crisis. International Lahor Organization‘s latest figures spent on recovery...Jul 1, 2020 1066 0