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...

Askari Cement is in full swing to fight COVID-19

To fight the widespread coronavirus, Askari Cement Limited has placed strict rules to work in these times. The Health, Safety and Environment Department (HSE)...

Life is still far from normal in virus-free China

Banners warning that playing cards together is suicide and guards yelling at crowds to separate: a Chinese city near the coronavirus ground zero remains...

Lockdown will shake Indian economy to its foundations

Even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi was addressing the nation yesterday announcing “total lockdown” in the country, Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro also took to...

Dr. Faisal Sultan, PM Khan’s trusted man, appointed focal person for coronavirus

Dr. Faisal Sultan, the CEO of Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital, has been appointed as the Prime Minister Imran Khan's focal person for coronavirus in...

Fawad Chaudhry leads Pakistan in a global fight against coronavirus

Fawad Chaudhry, Federal Minister for Science and Technology, informs his ministry has constituted a task force under the leadership of Dr. Ata-ur-Rehman to develop...

Can India and Pakistan fight “Corona War” together?

South Asia is poised to be pummeled by the COVID-19 pandemic given its largely dilapidated health infrastructure and widespread abject poverty, which isn't helped...

Amir Khan offers 60,000 sq foot property to treat coronavirus patients

Boxer Amir Khan has offered to donate his 60,000 square foot, 4 story building to the National Health Services to turn it into a...