Muhammad Luqman
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Pakistan’s infotech exports boom, raising hopes for $5 billion target
Pakistan’s COVID-19-induced economic boom is not just about a jump in its traditionally largest textile exporting base. Technology exports are also leaping ahead with a sizzling momentum. For a country confronted with many longstanding economic challenges,...May 18, 2021 1036 0 -
Legendary puppeteer and creator of Uncle Sargam passes away
Farooq Qaisar, the creator of puppet character Uncle Sargam, passed away in Islamabad due to cardiac arrest, leaving behind a legacy of producing humor, fun, and satire through novel characters. Born in Lahore on October 31,...May 15, 2021 794 0 -
Growing US-Pakistan trade raises hopes for better ties
Thanks to Pakistan’s textile exports, the U.S.-Pakistan trade is has been on the upswing, and now experts say the new Joe Biden Administration could facilitate greater commerce between the longtime allies, whose relations have seen many...January 23, 2021 668 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...July 13, 2020 2209 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...July 6, 2020 658 0 -
Pakistan claims ventilator manufacturing breakthrough amid COVID-19 crisis
Pakistan says it has successfully manufactured inexpensive ventilators that would soon be supplied to the local market amid coronavirus outbreak that has infected more than 200,000 people and claimed thousands of lives. Ventilators are expensive equipment...June 29, 2020 947 0 -
Plasma Transfusion Treatment for COVID-19 in Pakistan – Hope and Caution
Can transfusion of plasma from the body of a person who has recovered from COVID-19, be a magical cure for averting coronavirus infection? There is still very little empirical evidence to prove this proposition, one way...June 27, 2020 1113 0 -
In reality check, Pakistan reimposes lockdown to contain coronavirus spread
Pakistan‘s government has decided to seal selected areas of various cities from Monday night to help check the spread of the coronavirus as the number of infected people in this part of the world is feared...June 15, 2020 828 0 -
Pakistan fears COVID-19 cases may soar to 1.2 million by end-July
The number of COVID -19 cases in Pakistan may touch the alarming level of 1.2 million by the end of July, warned Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar on Sunday. The number of...June 14, 2020 982 0 -
Coronavirus, locust invasion push Pakistan into negative growth for the first time in 68 years
The twin monsters of coronavirus and locust invasion have pushed Pakistan into negative territory, causing a contraction of 0.38 per cent in growth – something that the country has not witnessed in almost seven decades. Even...June 12, 2020 740 0