NAIROBI, Dec 2, 2021 (AFP) – The African Union’s health watchdog on Thursday appealed for calm over Omicron, the new, heavily mutated Covid-19 variant which has prompted many governments to impose new restrictions. The new variant was first reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) by South Africa a week ago, and has quickly showed up across … Read more
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has warned that Global remittances will fall by 108.6 billion dollars if the Covid-19 economic impact persists throughout the year A Recent report by ADB said Remittance receipts in Asia and the Pacific will fall by 54.3 billion dollars, equivalent to 19.8 percent of remittances in 2018. By sub-region, remittances in … Read more
Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting, Firdous Ashiq Awan says that PM Imran Khan will shortly address the nation regarding lockdown to be imposed all across Pakistan to curb the spread of Coronavirus. Taking to Twitter, on Sunday, Firdous Ashiq wrote, “Prime Minister Imran Khan will address the nation today in the … Read more
US President Donald Trump was warned about the global impact and threat that the novel coronavirus posed for the US and the world in January via reports from intelligence agencies. However, Donald Trump did not take them seriously. According to The Washington Post, intelligence agencies depicted the nature and global spread of the coronavirus when … Read more
Asian Development Bank (ADB) to immediately release $50 million for Pakistan in an effort tofend off the deadly coronavirus. ADB to approve an immediate grant of $50 million for Pakistan amidst COVID-19 crisis. An official statement by the global money lending body said that the grant will exclusively given to the country’s National Disaster Management … Read more
President Arif Alvi departs for a two-day visit to China, along with senior ministers, at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping. A delegation, including Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar, and other senior officials will accompany the President Arif Alvi on the visit. During the visit, … Read more
