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By Masood Sattar Khan (Pakistan News & Features Services) China will provide a coronavirus vaccine candidate developed by Sinopharm, a unit of the China National Pharmaceutical Group, to Pakistan as part of a trial agreement. The University of Karachi and Sinopharm are set to collaborate on vaccine trials and Pakistan will get vaccine doses sufficient to vaccinate one-fifth of its population.  According to reports, the initial doses will be used to vaccinate the most vulnerable among the Pakistani population including the elderly, healthcare workers and people with medical conditions associated with serious cases of COVID-19. Earlier in April, Sinopharm had invited the National Institute of Health (NIH), Islamabad, to collaborate in conducting clinical trials of its inactivated vaccine for COVID-19 in Pakistan.  In a letter sent to NIH Executive Director Maj Gen Dr Aamer Ikram, the general manager of China Sinopharm International Corp, Li Can, h...

By Masood Sattar Khan (Pakistan News & Features Services) Two diplomats of the Pakistan Embassy posted in Beijing, China, have been conferred Tamgha-e-Imtiaz for facilitating and assisting Pakistani students confined in the locked down in the city of Wuhan, the epicentre of novel coronavirus early this year.  The diplomats, Muhammad Junaid and Muhammad Suleman Mehsud, were the members of a special task force who met Pakistani students in different universities in Wuhan and collected first-hand information on the health and safety needs of the students.  As a result of their work, the welfare of the Pakistani students was ensured and they were well-looked after during the lockdown in Wuhan.  The investitures ceremony for the awards would be held on March 23, 2021, the next edition of Pakistan Day.

By Masood Sattar Khan ( Pakistan News & Features Services) Pakistan has announced, on its Independence Day (August 14), the conferment of the country’s prestigious Hilal-e-Quaid Azam award on Jack Ma, the distinguished Chinese philanthropist, business leader, investor, co-founder and former executive Chairman of conglomerate Alibaba Group. It may be recalled that when COVID-19 was at its peak in Pakistan, his Alibaba Group came out with huge assistance to combat the fight against the pandemic.  It has been acknowledged that the timely assistance from Alibaba Group had helped Pakistan greatly to controlling COVID-19.  On his directive, Alibaba Group has launched Cyber Mulan to help 50 million women across the world to realize their dream through technology.  Jack Ma, also known in Chinese as Ma Yun, is popular all over the world for his philanthropy and promotion of women empowerment as well as sports particularly in less developed countries includi...