February 4, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) on Wednesday simultaneously initiated national immunisation drive against coronavirus across the country with all federating units including that of AJK and GB.
The NCOC held the inaugural ceremony of national COVID immunisation programme with Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar in chair, flanked by National Coordinator NCOC Lieutenant General Hamood Uz Zaman Khan.
Commercial Minister Counsellor China Xie Guoxiang was the chief guest where Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Hussain Chaudhary, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Health Dr Faisal Sultan and SAPM on Poverty Alleviation Dr Sania Nishtar were also present on the occasion.
Jogging the peoples' memory of the centre-led anti-dacoit operation in Sindh in the 1990s, Federal Minister Asad Umar has underlined the need for another round of federal intervention to restore law and order in the upper Sindh region.
Nasir Shah terms increase in petroleum price as another mini budget
Karachi, February 01, 2021 (PPI-OT): Minister for Information Syed Nasir Shah rejecting fifth increase in the petroleum prices termed it a mini-budget and broad day robbery on the pockets of poor people of the country. In a statement issued here on Monday, the provincial minister said that the Niazi government was operating on the dictates of the IMF, therefore it has no respect for the poor people who have already been deprived of ‘roti’ by lifting its prices to Rs30.
Nasir Shah said: Pakistan was a poor country, and its people were struggling day and night to earn bread and butter for their families. “But, the federal government instead of giving relief to the people was increasing petroleum price off and on, as result everything including atta, vegetables, ghee, and other edibles prices shot up,” he said.
National
January 10, 2021
PHOENIX: The federal government has given approval for procurement of 1.1 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine from the Chinese company Sinopharm for 0.5 million healthcare personnel working in Pakistan, said Special Assistant to PM on National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination Dr Faisal Sultan.
Talking to this scribe, Dr Faisal said a three-member cabinet committee on COVID-19 vaccine procurement comprising Federal Minister Asad Umar, Federal Minister Fawad Chaudhry and Federal Minister Hammad Azhar has given approval for procuring the vaccine from the Chinese company in the first phase. Negotiations with the Sinopharm are in the final phase now.
The government has allocated $150 million for vaccine procurement. “I believe this amount is sufficient for the first phase, i.e. 1.1 million doses and for a couple of next phases too. In other words, this will cover a sizable population.