Tag: COVID-19
Pakistan’s central bank cuts interest rate down by 2pc to keep...
By Muhammad Luqman
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Thursday cut its key interest rate by two percent bringing it to the single digit level...
COVID 19 Lockdown: Pakistan plans to incentivise retail sector
By Muhammad Luqman
Pakistan government has constituted a five-member committee to prepare a package of incentives for country's retail sector that has been badly been...
Pakistan Extends Coronavirus Lockdown till end-April
By Muhammad Luqman
Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan has announced a two-week extension to the ongoing nationwide shutdown to curb the COVID-19 spread while allowing...
COVID 19: PM Imran asks world bodies to grant debt relief...
By Muhammad Luqman
Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan has appealed to the international community and world bodies to "launch an initiative to give debt relief...
Pakistani zoos asked to conduct COVID-19 diagnostic tests of animals, staff
By Muhammad Luqman
After a tiger in a New York's Bronx zoo was found contracted COVID-19, the wildlife department authorities of Pakistan's Punjab province have...
50,000 Pakistanis may be affected by COVID-19 by April 25 :...
By Monitoring Desk
Around 50,000 people in Pakistan may be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic by April 25 of which 41,482 cases could be mild,...
Coronavirus in South Asia: Fears rise for people at higher risk,...
World Desk
As cases of COVID-19 escalate in South Asia, one of the world’s poorest and most populous regions, Amnesty International calls on the authorities...