Islamabad : Pakistan has achieved a major milestone of administering ten million doses of anti-Covid vaccine.

A ceremony marking the achievement was held at the National Command and Operation Center in Islamabad on Wednesday.

Speaking on the occasion, Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umer expressed satisfaction over the vaccination drive. He, however, said we have a long way to go as our target is to vaccinate seventy million people by the end of this year.

Asad Umar said about three hundred thousand to three hundred and fifty thousand people on daily basis are registering themselves for the vaccination.

The Minister for Planning said the measures taken in the wake of third wave of Covid-19 have shown positive results and there is a visible reduction in the positivity ratio. He, however, said that three thousand people are still on critical care in hospitals and the threat is not over yet.

Asad Umar appealed to all segments of the society to increasingly participate in the vaccination drive as it is the only way to lift all the Covid related restrictions in the country.

Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhary Fawad Hussain was also present on the occasion.

Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhary Fawad Hussain has said world recognizes the struggle waged by Pakistan against COVID-19.

In a tweet on Wednesday, he said Prime Minister Imran Khan did not disappoint the nation even for a moment in this nerve wracking fight against the pandemic. He said the way National Command and Operation Center implemented Prime Minister’s policy is really commendable.

Islamabad, June 09, 2020 : Chairman of Capital Development Authority (CDA) Amer Ali Ahmed on Wednesday said women are hardest hit by the pandemic and we will try our best to provide them relief as per the vision of Prime Minister Imran Khan to empower women.

The pandemic has made things harder for women particularly those involved in business and those facing poverty due to multiple reasons, he said.

Talking to a delegation of women entrepreneurs lead by the founder President of Islamabad Women Chamber of Commerce Samina Fazil, he said that the pandemic has disproportionately pushed many working women out of employment reversing decades of progress.

Worldwide, 740 million women work in the informal economy and their income has fallen up to 70 percent, he observed.

It is estimated that maternal deaths have increased by 39 percent poor countries and 13 million more child marriages are projected to take place by 2030 due to school closures and because of increased poverty reversing the gains of the last 20 years of global progress made on girls’ education.

Amer Ali Ahmed said that CDA will try its best to support businesswomen as the majority of them are related to the services sector. We will provide space for an office and a display center to IWCCI and try to accommodate as many women entrepreneurs as possible.

He agreed to the allocation of space in F-9 Park or any other suitable place where IWCCI can conduct two day exhibition thrice in a year

At the occasion, Samina Fazil and other members of the delegation lauded the initiatives of CDA to remove encroachments, combat pollution, providing relief to traders,  investing heavily in industrial areas of Islamabad and Kahuta and efforts to make Islamabad a model city.

She said rehabilitation of roads and parks should be preferred and the issue of traffic congestion should be resolved so that the Capital city can become liveable again.

Farida Rashid, Rozina Lahooti, Naima Ansari, Rubina Shafqat, Rabia Raheel, Samina Akhter, and Sajida Anwar were also present at the occasion.

Islamabad : Minister for Energy Hammad Azhar says the government is taking measures to bring improvement in the power sector.

Talking to a private TV channel, he said all out efforts are being made to reduce the fiscal deficit in the power sector from 450 billion rupees to 200 billion rupees.

Hammad Azhar said the previous governments had made expensive agreements in power sector due to which the government had to pay 1500 billion rupees in different heads.

He said the present government, in collaboration with foreign companies, is exploring resources to meet future demands of power sector.

He said an agreement of gas pipeline has been made with Russia to fulfil the need of domestic and commercial consumers.