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China carries hope for global vaccine supply which may be affecting the h2328 While the US presents itself as an advocate of expanding vaccine supplies, the world is rapidly becoming more dependent on China for vaccines as the COVID-19 pandemic makes it difficult for India to fulfill its vaccine supply agreement. "Not only has China become the largest exporter [of COVID-19], but in many countries, China has become the only option," said Yanzhong Huang, a China expert and senior fellow for globa...

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government’s Rs2.6 billion programme for giving monthly stipends to the students of government schools in merged tribal districts is still in the doldrums. — Photo by Sumaira Jajja/File PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government’s Rs2.6 billion programme for giving monthly stipends to the students of government schools in merged tribal districts is still in the doldrums despite lapse of about two years. Since its approval in the Annual Development Programme (ADP) ...

In this file photo, vials of the AstraZeneca vaccine in London, on February 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) The Ministry of Health and Wellness has confirmed that an investigation is underway into the circumstances in which a vial with 10 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccines went missing from a vaccination site at the Cornwall Regional Hospital in St James on Monday The vial was discovered to be missing after standard checks were carried out during the vaccination process, the ministry said in...

KINGSTON, Jamaica— Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Audley Shaw, says the Gov...

Innovative planning mechanism developed in KP Peshawar February 10, 2021 PESHAWAR: The Planning and Development Department of the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has developed an innovative sector-wide planning mechanism termed as the Programming Approaches/ Analytics & Measures Framework (PAMframe). A press release said under the leadership of the Additional Chief Secretary, Shakeel Qadir Khan, the planning framework has been improved based on the last one-year experiences when it was pilot...

Safari Bus Service to be launched in Khyber CM Mahmood chaired a meeting on the progress made by the task force of tribal districts PESHAWAR: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan has approved to launch a Safari Bus Service in Khyber district. While chairing a meeting of the newly merged district’s task force on Thursday, the provincial chief executive directed the tourism department to take necessary steps to start the aforementioned bus service in the short run and take up the cas...

65 mega road schemes being executed in merged districts Peshawar January 13, 2021 PESHAWAR: Under the Accelerated Implementation Programme (AIP), 65 mega schemes in road infrastructure are being executed in the newly-merged districts for which more than Rs 17 billion have been allocated in the current financial year, a meeting of Communication and Works Department was told on Tuesday. Chief Minister Mahmood Khan chaired the meeting which reviewed the progress made so far on the projects regar...

By Peter Uzoho The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced the appointment of Ms. Murjanatu Ibrahim Gamawa as the Implementation Programme Manager for the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). The corporation said the appointment was in line with its resolve to deepen compliance with the transparency standards dictated by the EITI as a supporting company and to help drive speedy attainment of the EITI requirements across its operations. NNPC in a statement s...

By Etuka Sunday In keeping with its resolve to deepen its compliance with the transparency standards dictated by the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) as a Supporting Company, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced the appointment of Ms. Murjanatu Ibrahim Gamawa as EITI Implementation Programme Manager to help drive speedy attainment of the EITI requirements across its operations. A press release by the group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Di...