Opinion: Religious clerics will make COVID-19 worse in Pakistan?
Pakistan, like much of the world, is in the midst of a covid-19 pandemic. Luckily, compared to global numbers and averages, it is doing...
PCB donates money to fight against Covid-19
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced its cricketers and staff will play their part in the fight against COVID-19 by making contributions to...
Masks production becomes a profitable business in China amidst global demand
As the coronavirus pandemic that originated in a central Chinese city has gone global, thousands of factories in China have nimbly turned to a...
US virus cases mount to 85,000: 3.5M unemployed despite $2T package
The United States was quickly becoming a new epicenter of the global coronavirus pandemic Thursday as new infections soared and unemployment claims skyrocketed to...
US puts NEW sanctions on Iran, despite calls for relief
The US Treasury Department has slapped fresh sanctions on Iran, accusing several Iranian firms of aiding terrorism. Meanwhile, Tehran and the UN have called...
London hospitals overwhelmed with virus patients, risking collapse
Hospital bosses and doctors on Thursday warned of being swamped by a "tsunami" of COVID-19 patients in London, as Britain braced for a peak...
Covid-19 through Behavioral Economist’s Eyes: Pakistan needs extraordinary steps
Infectious diseases like Black Death, Plague, Cholera, Spanish Flu and SARS have shaped history and economies. The new coronavirus (Covid-19) is a threat to...
G20 leaders’ ‘united’ response to coronavirus crisis: pledge $5tr to fight the disease
G20 nations pledged a "united front" Thursday in the fight against coronavirus, saying they were injecting $5 trillion into the global economy to counter...
Foreign Direct Investment to get hurt amid the pandemic: UN
The global COVID-19 pandemic is now expected to take a far worse toll on foreign direct investments worldwide than feared just a few weeks...
COVID-19 transmission among new-born babies rare but possible
Chinese scientists reported Thursday it is possible, although rare, for pregnant mothers with the COVID-19 illness to pass the infection down to their babies. The...
PTI and PPP at war of words over donations from China’s Alibaba Company
The donations of medical supplies from Alibaba Group arriving from China in Pakistan became a matter of contention between the PPP and PTI. https://twitter.com/AlibabaGroup/status/1242747090582659072?s=20 While PTI...
Can Covid-19 bring US and Iran closer?
The ongoing Covid-19 has exposed not only public health facilities in many countries, but also revealed complex manifestations of international politics. For the last three...