Section: Pakistan Today (Pakistan)
UN aid going to Assad-linked companies: report
United Nations aid contracts worth tens of millions of dollars have gone to people closely associated with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad despite US and EU sanctions, the Guardian reported on Tuesday. The newspaper’s analysis of hundreds of UN contracts granted since the Syrian conflict began in 2011 showed many awarded “to companies run...
Preventive measures against Congo virus advised: Experts
Health experts on Thursday advised the citizens to take special preventive measures to protect from carrying Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF). According to them, healthcare workers caring for patients with suspected or confirmed Congo virus or handling specimens from them should implement standard infection control precautions. These...
Trump adviser’s Russia credentials come under scrutiny
When Donald Trump named a little-known US energy consultant as part of his foreign policy team, the adviser’s ex-boss was puzzled; how could the relatively junior banker he knew in Moscow a decade ago be qualified to brief a presidential candidate? Carter Page, who worked in Russia at US investment bank Merrill Lynch, paints an impressive...
Afghans push India for more arms, despite Pakistan’s wary eye
India is set to deliver more arms to Afghanistan to help it fight militants, Kabul’s envoy to New Delhi said, even if Pakistan is wary of closer military cooperation between countries lying to its east and west. India has provided a little over $2 billion in economic assistance to Afghanistan in the last 15 years but has been more measured...
JPMC admits suspected Congo case
A man suffering from symptoms like the Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) was admitted in the Medical Intensive Care Unit of Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) on Monday. An official of JPMC told PPI that a 35-year old man named Abdul Nabi who appeared to have symptoms of Congo fever was rushed to the emergency department of the...
Congo virus kills 9 people in Quetta
At least nine people have been killed by the Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) in Quetta. According to details, 84 patients have been brought in Quetta’s Fatima Jinnah General and Chest Hospital this year. At least 22 of them have been confirmed with the disease whereas three are still under treatment. One of the affected patients...
One World, One Road
Connecting the world through trade routes The initiatives is aimed at enhancing trade ties while normalisation of relations, resolution of conflicts and launch of dialogue between various countries, civilisations, cultures, societies and religions would be the byproducts of these linkages An ancient Chinese proverb goes like this: “The journey of...
Military success in Syria gives Putin upper hand in US proxy war
Russia seems winning on the new chessboard The Syrian military was foundering last year, with thousands of rebel fighters pushing into areas of the country long considered to be government strongholds. The rebel offensive was aided by powerful tank-destroying missiles supplied by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Saudi Arabia....
Congo scare: Hospital heads directed to maintain ‘isolation wards’
The provincial health department and health and medical services department of the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) have directed the heads of major public sector hospitals of the city to establish or make functional ‘Isolation Wards’ in their hospitals for treatment of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF). Talking to PPI, KMC...
Trump’s embattled campaign chairman resigns
Donald Trump sought to reboot his flagging presidential bid Friday, dismissing his tainted campaign chairman, seeking to broaden his shrinking support base by appealing to black voters and visiting flood-ravaged Louisiana. The resignation of the seasoned Republican strategist Paul Manafort — under fire for his pro-Kremlin ties and role in a...
