The numbers: As Pakistan enters its fifth month dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, The tally of nationwide infections has reached 217,809 with 4,473 fatal cases. 77,740 cases have been reported so far in Punjab, 86,795 in Sindh, 10,608 in Balochistan, and 26,938 …Continue reading

A new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine takes a closer look at the benefits of volunteering to the health and well-being of volunteers, both validating and refuting findings from previous research. The results verify that adults over 50 who …Continue reading

When students all over Pakistan’s most populous province Punjab came home from school on March 13, they probably couldn’t imagine that schools are going to be closed for months on end, and the entire mode of education is going to change drastically. …Continue reading

The news: The federal government of Pakistan has made a decision to remedy the low tax-to-GDP ratio, which has been 11% for the past two decades. In order to rectify the long-standing lack of governance, the government plans to speed up the …Continue reading

The federal government of Pakistan called upon the CEO of SurveyAuto, Dr. Umar Saif, for recourse in the process of implementing smart lockdowns across the country and identifying coronavirus hotspots. Last week, the World Health Organisation (WHO) urged Pakistan to implement intermittent …Continue reading

The news: Facebook has appointed a private company ‘Dial Zero’ as its sales partner in Pakistan, according to a press release by the social media platform. Dial Zero can provide limited but useful services to Facebook businesses in the Pakistani context.  Authorized …Continue reading