A US pharmaceutical firm has signed agreements with drug makers in South Asia to expand supply of the drug remdesivir for treating Covid-19.
The agreement between Gilead and five generic pharmaceutical companies in India and Pakistan will help make the medicine for 127 countries.
Remdesivir...
Well, past governments have signed inflated contracts with electric companies so to prevent being charged unfair amount people will naturally move towards solar to reduce or eliminate the bill.
Pakistani ulemas are suggesting that their preparations for prayer gatherings during Ramadan are under WHO recommendations and have been agreed upon by the President of Pakistan.
But here is why ulemas are not really following WHO's directions. According to WHO report on "Key planning...
At least four Pakistani soldiers have been injured in an attack in the restive southwestern province of Balochistan.
The attack on the paramilitary Frontier Corps' patrol on September 20 happened in the Bolan district close to the provincial capital, Quetta.
The troops were carrying out an...
The placid, green grasslands at an Indian Air Force (IAF) firing range here, about 140 km from the Pakistan border, reverberated with the sound of explosions Friday as supersonic fighters staged bombing runs to practice for penetrative action into "enemy territory."
Fighters, including the...
A large media contingent on Friday questioned the delegation of Indian MPs on Pakistan bashing in India and were assured that on the contrary, there was a constituency for peace.
Over 50 Parliamentarians from Pakistan and 13 MPs from India took part in the fifth round of the dialogue...
Former Afghan Taliban second-in-command Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar is to be released from prison in Pakistan on Saturday, the foreign ministry says.
A spokesman said the release was to "further facilitate the Afghan reconciliation process".
Mullah Baradar is one of the four men who founded...
Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has remarked that arms flow into Karachi from a number of countries including India, Israel, US and Russia. He observed that the arms which flow from the South into Karachi come from India and Israel and the arms which flow from the...
Women doctors are are highly sought after as brides in Pakistan -- they are considered to have the qualities of both a working woman and a housewife, in addition to the status that comes with being a qualified medical professional. However, there is a downside...
Dr Henna Pervaiz is a top...
Youngsters get ready to become first Pakistan Idol?
After making waves across the world and in India, Pakistan is set to get its own version of the singing talent show `Pop Idol`, auditions for which began here today.
`Pakistan Idol`, the local version of the globally celebrated singing...
Pakistani authorities have tripled the security of disgraced nuclear scientist A.Q. Khan amid threats from the Taliban and fears of a repeat of the Abbottabad raid which killed Osama bin Laden, a media report said on Thursday.
Other than extraordinary security deployment at his residence...
Ahsan Iqbal, Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms, said that there is complete harmony between International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme and PML-N promises to the nation made in elections.
Pakistan should embrace economic freedom fully while sequencing and pacing reforms...
YANGON : A court in Myanmar has jailed a Muslim teenager for seven years for the attempted rape of a Buddhist woman that triggered recent religious unrest, an official said Thursday.
Hundreds of people were left homeless after about 1,000 anti-Muslim rioters tore through villages in Kanbalu, in...
Pakistan to maintain credible deterrence
The National Command Authority (NCA) Thursday reaffirmed centrality of Pakistan’s nuclear programme to its defence and reposed full confidence in nuclear command and control structure and all the security controls related to strategic assets of...