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Children at the Public Health Initiative in Karnataka, India. Researchers in India found that COVID-19 infections in the country, had been grossly underestimated and could be up to 95 times higher than the official numbers. Copyright: Trinity Care Foundation, (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).
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Government urged to negotiate lower vaccine price
Islamabad
April 4, 2021
Islamabad: The Transparency International Pakistan, anti-corruption group, has urged the Sindh government to negotiate better coronavirus vaccine price with manufacturers and disclose all relevant information.
The demand comes after the provincial government allocated Rs500 million funds for the direct procurement of Cansino vaccine from China.
In a letter to provincial chief minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, TIP vice-chairperson Justice (r) Nasira lqbal appreciated his government’s ‘active efforts’ for buying COVID-19 vaccine to fight the pandemic.
“As the global prices set for the COVID-19 vaccine range from the cheapest $4 to expensive $37, we [TI Pakistan] recommends that the provincial government negotiate with manufacturers of approved COVID-19 vaccine the lowest cost, which is barely 10% of the costliest vaccine. This means with same amount of Rs500 million, vaccine for 1,080,000 doses of Ast
‘TI, WEF appreciate NAB’s efforts in eradication of corruption’
National
April 2, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Chairman National Accountability Bureau Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal has said that Transparency International Pakistan and World Economic Forum have appreciated NAB’s efforts in eradication of corruption as corruption is the root cause of all evils.
“The NAB was established to eradicate corruption and to recover the looted money from corrupt elements and NAB’s seven Regional Bureaus from 2018 to 2020 have recovered Rs487 billion directly and indirectly, which is a record achievement,” he said in a NAB meeting.
The NAB chairman said the NAB is committed to making Pakistan corruption free as the fight against corruption is being taken as a national duty. He said NAB is the focal organisation of Pakistan under the United Nation s Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) as Pakistan has ratified and is signatory of UNCAC.
National
April 2, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Chairman National Accountability Bureau Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal has said that Transparency International Pakistan and World Economic Forum have appreciated NAB’s efforts in eradication of corruption as corruption is the root cause of all evils.
“The NAB was established to eradicate corruption and to recover the looted money from corrupt elements and NAB’s seven Regional Bureaus from 2018 to 2020 have recovered Rs487 billion directly and indirectly, which is a record achievement,” he said in a NAB meeting.
The NAB chairman said the NAB is committed to making Pakistan corruption free as the fight against corruption is being taken as a national duty.
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