The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Pakistan have agreed on a $600 million new comprehensive social protection development program that will aid the government's attempts to implement the Ehsaas program in a planned, consistent, and calculated manner. Institutional capacity for social protection and climate adaptation will be improved as part of the program. On Thursday, ADB Country Director Yong Ye...
The United States government, along with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), will give $7 million to the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) proceeding project to address the secondary effects of Coronavirus disease in Pakistan. In this view, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Mission Director Julie Koenen, and ADB Country Director Yong Ye take part...
The joint session of the parliament concluded on Wednesday with the House passing 33 bills and deferring one bill, including significant changes to the Election Act. The government deferred one bill that appeared on the order of the day while passing the other 28. The joint meeting also passed five bills that were introduced under the supplementary order. The International Court of Justice (Review...
The main objective for the lawmakers voting is the members of the legislature will vote on a motion moved by the Adviser to the Prime Minister on Parliamentary Affairs Babar Awan introducing amendments to the Elections Act during joint sessions. After the opposition complained about the first round of voting on whether the bill could be tabled, the speaker ordered a recount. In a statement on Wednesday,...
As smog levels are rising with the change in weather, the air quality in Lahore has been declared very unhealthy' for all inhabitants, areas like Model Town, Johar Town, Green Town, and Cantonment neighborhoods have the greatest levels of pollution. To address the increasing risk of smog in Lahore, Punjab's provincial capital, an anti-smog squad has been formed. According to the reports, the Anti-Smog...
Foodpanda, Pakistan's premier food delivery service and comprehensive e-commerce network, has launched a pilot initiative to test meal delivery using a customized drone. The test flight of the Pandafly drone, which was conducted in collaboration with Deputy Commissioner Islamabad, took place in the F-9 Park Islamabad. A Foodpanda rider carried a meal box weighing around 2.5 kg and loaded it into the...
Lahore has dominated the global ranking for the city with the worst air quality once again. The smog layer in the city intensified on Wednesday, with the Air Quality Index reaching 348 (Hazardous). Citizens in many areas, particularly where the AQI level was high due to ongoing construction, face serious breathing difficulties. Different regions of Lahore witnessed adverse Air Quality Index (AQI) crossing...
In addition to the current $700 million available for procuring Covid-19 vaccines under the bank's APVAX facility, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) plans to provide approximately $10 billion for various development projects in Pakistan. Eugene Zukhov, Director General, Central and West Asia Department of ADB, disclosed the details during a meeting with Omar Ayub Khan, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs...
Lieutenant General Muhammad Saeed was given command of the Karachi Corps by recently hired Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Chief Lieutenant General Nadeem Ahmed Anjum. He handed over the Karachi Corps to Lt Gen Muhammad Saeed in a 'Change of Command' ceremony held in Karachi on Monday. Lt Gen Nadeem Anjum will start his new job on November 20. The statement for the appointment of Lt General Nadeem...