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Trump extends social distancing guidance through April 30 as coronavirus cases rise
President Donald Trump Sunday forwarded the countrywide social distancing guidelines to April 30 as coronavirus cases spread across the United States to number over 140,000. Trump, who had earlier expressed the hope to loosen restrictions by...Mar 30, 2020 573 0 -
US, China start aiding Pakistan’s fight against coronavirus
The United States and China have started helping Pakistan’s fight against the coronavirus as the key South Asian country faces a challenging task to contain the spread of COVID-19 among its more than 200 million people....Mar 29, 2020 1250 0 -
Center for Pluralism expresses solidarity with Sikhs after attack on Gurdwara in Afghanistan
The Center for Pluralism and Muslims Together condemn the attack on the place of worship of the Sikh community in Afghanistan. At a time when the Sikh community has worked as a shining example to the...Mar 27, 2020 764 0 -
IMF working expeditiously on Pakistan’s request for coronavirus relief financing
The International Monetary Fund has said it is working expeditiously to respond to Pakistan’s request for emergency assistance to deal with coronavirus outbreak through a relief package. “Our team is working expeditiously to respond to this...Mar 27, 2020 796 0 -
US now leads the world in coronavirus cases
The number of coronavirus cases in the United States has surpassed China with more than 83,000 infections, as medical staff in the hardest-areas grapple with growing treatment demands. According to Johns Hopkins data, 1201 people have...Mar 27, 2020 744 0 -
What is hampering Pakistan’s fight against coronavirus?
Tahir Saeed, an owner of Pakistan‘s leading brand and husband of renowned fashion designer, Maria Butt was arrested by Police after he sent his coronavirus positive chef from Lahore to the chef’s hometown Vehari in Punjab....Mar 25, 2020 600 0 -
White House, Senate agree on $2 trillion package to stimulate coronavirus-hit economy
The White House announced early Wednesday that it had reached a mammoth stimulus package deal with Senate to inject $2 trillion into the economy facing coronavirus outbreak disruption. After days of Capitol Hill negotiations the bipartisan...Mar 25, 2020 603 0 -
EDITORIAL: Pakistan must make tough decisions to stave off coronavirus catastrophe
In dealing with the coronavirus outbreak, Prime Minister Imran Khan faces a huge challenge, which may prove to be even bigger than the dire economic conditions he inherited at the start of his government in 2018 summer....Mar 22, 2020 712 0 -
Americans believe news media doing fairly well in covering coronavirus outbreak
There is so much happening around the world with regard to coronavirus outbreak that I am tempted to recall Vladimir Lenin’s famous quote: “There are decades where nothing happens, and there are weeks where decades happen.”...Mar 22, 2020 830 0 -
Coronavirus: Rising infections and the glimmers of hope
By Huma Nisar, Iftikhar Ali, Muhammad Luqman The rapidly spreading coronavirus infections in the United States and Europe are making the task to contain the COVID -19 harder. Policymakers look for ways to confront the outbreak while...Mar 21, 2020 653 0