Tag: #aid
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Relief package for Balochistan received from KSA
A relief package was sent by King Salman Shah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) for the people suffering in the cold of Balochistan. According to reports, King Salman Relief has started distributing winter aid package to deserving people in the coldest areas of Balochistan province keeping in view the past traditions. The contents will be…
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Second C-130 Aircraft Arrives in Kandahar From Pakistan
Kabul: The second C-130 aircraft from Pakistan has arrived in Kandahar. Pakistan’s Ambassador to Afghanistan Mansoor Ahmed Khan has said that Pakistan has always stood with the Afghan people in difficult times. According to details, Pakistani Ambassador Mansoor Ahmed Khan said in a post on social networking website Twitter that the second C-130 aircraft from…
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UN Thanks Pakistan for Cooperation in Relief Work in Afghanistan
United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has thanked Pakistan and other countries for their support in the ongoing relief efforts in Afghanistan. During a briefing at UN headquarters in New York, Stephen Dujarric, a spokesman for Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, said UN operations in Afghanistan, a major humanitarian crisis, were continuing, according to the state-run news…
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World Bank to Stop Aid to Afghanistan
August 25, 2021: The World Bank has announced the closure of all aid to Afghanistan following Taliban control in the nation. According to reports, over two dozen World Bank development projects have been underway in Afghanistan. However, now with the Taliban in power, the situation in Afghanistan has become worrying, and as such, the situation…
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G7 Finance Ministers have Agreed to Support New IMF Aid
London, March 19 (AFP/APP): G7 finance ministers have agreed to support new IMF aid for the poorest nations hit by the Covid pandemic, Britain said Friday after hosting an online gathering. British finance minister Rishi Sunak and his G7 counterparts “support a new and sizeable International Monetary Fund (IMF) special drawing rights (SDR) allocation, helping vulnerable countries get…
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World Bank rolls out vaccine funds for impoverished Asian nations
Washington, March 18 (AFP/APP):The World Bank on Thursday announced financing for Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Nepal to vaccinate their populations against Covid-19. Afghanistan will receive $113 million — including $60 million from the International Development Association (IDA), part of the Washington-based development lender that helps the world’s poorest nations — to “deploy safe and effective Covid-19…
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India to make billion-plus vaccine doses with US, Japan, Australia
Washington, March 12 (AFP/APP):India will manufacture at least one billion more Covid-19 vaccine doses by the end of next year in a joint initiative announced Friday with the United States, Japan and Australia. Following the nations’ first four-way summit, President Joe Biden’s national security advisor, Jake Sullivan, said the so-called Quad had made a “massive…
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UN says Yemen aid pledges ‘disappointing’ at $1.7 billion
Dubai, March 1 (AFP/APP):The United Nations said Monday that a donor conference for war-torn Yemen had yielded just $1.7 billion, less than half the funds needed, a “disappointing” outcome as it tries to prevent a devastating famine. “Millions of Yemeni children, women and men desperately need aid to live. Cutting aid is a death sentence,”…
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Circular Debt Management Plan is Being Implemented in Pakistan
Government of Pakistan Ministry of Planning, Development & Special Initiatives Islamabad, January 07, 2021: A meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Energy (CCOE) was held under the Chairmanship of Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar here in Islamabad on Thursday. The Power Division presented the latest circular debt situation and the…
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More Than One Lac to Get Aid Through Ehsaas Kafalat Program
More than one lac will get aid through Ehsaas Kafalat Program.