Pain for Pakistan: History makes a U-turn in India's neighbourhoodRussia and the Taliban have signed a significant military cooperation agreement. This pact alters regional security dynamics. Pakistan's st...
30 May, 2026, 08.27 PM IST
Lack of access to cost-effective Indian vaccines straining Pakistan's economy: MinisterPakistan faces economic strain as affordable vaccine imports from India ceased after a May 2025 conflict. This halt impacts the nation's ab...
07 Feb, 2026, 04.00 PM IST
Pakistan bans air travel for unvaccinated passengersThere is a catch though. Passengers below 18 years may be allowed to travel to Pakistan without a vaccination certificate, while passengers...
01 Oct, 2021, 03.15 PM IST
Pakistan receives 2.5 million Moderna doses from U.S."These vaccines will give boost to ongoing vaccination drive in Pakistan," Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri posted on Tw...
02 Jul, 2021, 07.14 PM IST
Pakistan develops home made anti-COVID-19 vaccine 'PakVac' with help of ChinaSpecial Assistant Health Dr Faisal Sultan said that Pakistan is trying to overcome the difficult challenges and turn them into opportunitie...
01 Jun, 2021, 11.28 PM IST
Pakistan approves emergency use of third Chinese COVID-19 vaccine despite low efficacy rateThe Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) on Thursday granted Emergency Use Authorisation (EUA) to CoronaVac, developed by Chinese c...
10 Apr, 2021, 12.32 PM IST
Pakistan approves emergency use of third Chinese COVID vaccine, despite its low efficacy rateCiting officials, Geo News reported that the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) has granted Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to ...
09 Apr, 2021, 02.18 PM IST
Pakistan govt to buy 7m doses of coronavirus vaccines from China: MinisterEarlier, Pakistan has said that it is not planning to buy vaccines anytime soon as it aims to tackle the COVID-19 challenge through herd im...
26 Mar, 2021, 01.38 PM IST
Pakistan reaches out to China to ensure supply of COVID-19 vaccineForeign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi held a telephone conversation with his Chinese counterpart and State Councilor Wang Yi, underscoring ...
23 Mar, 2021, 02.08 PM IST
Pakistan receives second COVID vaccine shipment from ChinaThe second consignment of the Sinopharm vaccine was received by Pakistan health officials at the Nur Khan airbase in Rawalpindi. Special As...
17 Mar, 2021, 07.58 PM IST
Pakistan not planning to buy COVID-19 vaccines; to rely on herd immunity and donated jabsSo far, four vaccines -Sinophram (China), Oxford-AstraZeneca (UK), Sputnik-V (Russia) and Cansino Bio (China) have been registered in the c...
05 Mar, 2021, 02.18 PM IST
China's PLA provides COVID-19 vaccines to Pakistan ArmyThe People's Liberation Army (PLA) said in a statement that the Pakistan Army has become the first foreign military to receive the COVID-19...
07 Feb, 2021, 05.57 PM IST
Pakistan says China's Sinopharm vaccine not effective for people over 60 yearsChina has said that it is currently conducting field trials for 16 vaccines, while it has so far granted conditional approval to Sinopharm,...
04 Feb, 2021, 10.33 PM IST
Pak to send special plane to China to receive first tranche of anti-COVID-19 vaccineThe National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), during a meeting here on the strategy of vaccine administration, said on Saturday that th...
30 Jan, 2021, 08.11 PM IST
Pakistan: China to gift half million doses of Sinopharm vaccine"They have said send your aircraft and airlift this vaccine immediately. So this is a happy bit of news for us, and we will hopefully be su...
21 Jan, 2021, 06.29 PM IST
Pakistan approves Chinese anti-COVID vaccine Sinopharm for emergency useDRAP approved the vaccine on Monday, two days after it had approved the emergency use of Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.
19 Jan, 2021, 04.00 PM IST
Astrazeneca Covid vaccine gets approval in Pakistan: Health minister"DRAP granted emergency use authorisation to AstraZeneca's Covid vaccine," Pakistan's Health Minister Faisal Sultan told Reuters, referring...
16 Jan, 2021, 04.57 PM IST