Karachi, Pakistan – 28th March, 2020 – In order to discuss the challenges faced by the banking sector in Pakistan in the time of COVID-19, a virtual one-day conference was conducted on March 28th, 2020 by co-hosts and organisers, Abdul Basit and M. Umair Khan. The event brought together industry experts, practitioners and regulators and […]

Government of Pakistan has launched an official website to keep masses updated about statistics of coronavirus in real time.  The website has been named ‘Novel Coronavirus Interactive Dashboard’. At the very top, the website displays the dedicated national Coronavirus helpline number, 1166. The home page consists of a live tracker of the number of confirmed […]

Dr.Safiuddin Siddiqui, MBBS, educates on how to tackle this pandemic and what are the things to avoid including mass hysteria.

‘Corona Chatbot’ has been launched by the Pakistani government. People can use this app to collect up to date information on COVID-19 pandemic in two languages that are English and Urdu. This was announced by the head of PM’s ‘Digital Pakistan’ initiative Tania Aidrus. Tania Aidrus wrote on Twitter, “Our team wanted to build an effective […]

Islamabad, 16th March 2020: Amidst the growing threats of Coronavirus, Pakistani telecom operator Ufone in collaboration with National Institute of Health (Pakistan) conducted a public awareness session on Coronavirus (COVID-19) at the Ufone Tower in Islamabad to educate its employees about the pandemic, its symptoms and key preventative measures that should be taken on an individual […]