Karachi, April 19, 2020: The government has announced Standards Operating Procedures (SOPs) for workplaces and industry in wake of Coronavirus. In view of the spread of corona virus and resulting disease (Covid-19) and deaths worldwide and also due to increasing number of cases in Pakistan as well as in Sindh the Government of Sindh passed…
Islamabad, April 19, 2020: The strategic preparedness and response plan to fight the COVID-19 has left most of the public policy decision makers in a fix between the availability of resources versus technological solutions available to them. This challenge becomes more significant for countries like Pakistan, when the population and influx points are in greater…
Islamabad, April 19, 2020: Prominent economists, experts and associations had hailed the concessional package, announced by the government, for construction industry through amendments in the Income Tax Ordinance (2001) to provide tax relaxation to the builders and developers in the existing COVID-19 pandemic situation. “In the current COVID-19 pandemic situation, when whole global economy is…
New York, April 19, 2020: The United States is considering the withdrawal of frontline CIA personnel from bases in Afghanistan, as part of an effort to further reduce violence in the war-ravaged country in line with the historic peace deal with the Taliban, according to The New York Times. The newspaper said the deliberations over…
Beijing, April 19, 2020: Pakistan Ambassador to China, Naghmana Hashmi has said that a number of mechanisms had been established to complete all projects under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) within the prescribed time frame in order to achieve the desired goals. “This is a transformative project that, through a radical overhaul of Pakistan’s energy and…