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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 743 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 -
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 -
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 652 0 -
Rich economies should waive off debt to help developing countries contain coronavirus outbreak
Sounding alarm over the possibility of coronavirus outbreak affecting his country’s marginalized groups, Prime Minister Imran Khan has proposed that rich countries cancel debt that developing countries owe them in order to let them deal with...Mar 17, 2020 611 0 -
Key ways U.S., Pakistan can boost their trade and investment ties
By Marvin Weinbaum and Syed Mohammad Ali Improving currently under-performing bilateral trade and investment is perhaps the single most effective means by which the two nations can better converge their interests and demonstrate the practical value...Mar 8, 2020 2848 0 -
A strong Pakistan will be in U.S. interest – New Washington think tank study
As the U.S. prepares to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan after this week’s Pakistan-facilitated peace deal – that paves the way for negotiations between Kabul and the Afghan Taliban – a new study Wednesday called for...Mar 3, 2020 977 0 -
Coronavirus kills 6 in Washington state; U.S. has now 100 confirmed cases
EvergreenHealth Medical Center in Kirkland, Washington state, where the first six U.S. deaths were reported, Image: Oran Viriyincy from Santa Barbara / Wikimedia Commons The coronavirus has claimed six lives in Washington state while the number of confirmed...Mar 3, 2020 524 0 -
Let’s not forget common sense in our defense against coronavirus offense
We are living in a world facing a strange kind of seemingly unstoppable challenge – some would say it’s very much a biological warfare from the pages of a fiction book. The coronavirus has no boundaries...Feb 29, 2020 934 0 -
WHO asks reluctant countries to share data as coronavirus cases outpace China
For the first time, the number of coronavirus cases outside China has outpaced those inside the country, where it originated with most probable transmission happening from wild animal food to humans. The World Health Organization, a...Feb 27, 2020 836 0