Category: News & Announcement

A frightening new threat cascades around the world, upending familiar routines, disrupting the global economy, and endangering lives. Scientists long warned this might happen, but political leaders mostly ignored them, so now must scramble to respond to a crisis they could have prevented, or at least eased, had they acted sooner. The coronavirus pandemic and the slower-moving dangers of climate change parallel one another in important ways, and experts say the aggressive, if belated, response to the outbreak could hold lessons for those urging climate action. And while the dip…

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The wife of an Arizona man who died after ingesting chloroquine phosphate to protect himself from the novel coronavirus spoke out Monday to urge the public not to “take anything” or “believe anything” without talking to a healthcare professional. “We saw Trump on TV — every channel — and all of his buddies and that this was safe,” the woman told NBC News’ Vaughn Hillyard of President Donald Trump. “Trump kept saying it was basically pretty much a cure.” NBC News reported that the man, 68, and his wife, 61, took chloroquine to guard…

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In the light of the ongoing COVID-19 crisis and the difficult situation that Karachi is faced with, the K-Electric has decided to extend further relief to the industrial sector by deferring the collection of the Industrial Support Package (ISPA) arrears till the end of April. According to a press statement issued by the power utility on Monday, the arrears, accordingly, will not be collected in the monthly bills till April 30. The KE, while reiterating its commitment to playing its due role in providing relief to consumers during these difficult…

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ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has been requested through a petition to order the federal government to immediately declare a national public health emergency in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The federal government should also set up an emergency relief fund by utilising money received for construction of dams for curtailment of the virus, the petition suggested. The petition has been moved by some lawyers who are human rights activists, namely Rohail Kasi, Usama Khawar, Ammar Rashid, Makki Khan Vardag and Hassan Kamran. They alleged that the virus was rapidly…

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ISLAMABAD: In 2013, this writer wrote an article titled “Cheap gas and expensive fertiliser”. As the title implies, it seems to be related to the current situation as well. Some 85% of the cost of fertiliser production or more goes to the gas cost. High profits in the fertiliser sector are indicated by the earnings per share (EPS) of major companies that have risen to Rs13. Cheap gas, uncontrolled prices and taxation loopholes and changes provided such high profit opportunities. Fertiliser is on the agenda of the government these days and…

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