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By Masood Sattar Khan (Pakistan News & Features Services) China’s Shenzhen Sunwin Intelligent Co Ltd has donated five Industrial UAVs (drones) to Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on June 24.  On behalf of the NDMA, Muhammad Irfan, Trade and Investment Counsellor of Consulate General of Pakistan in Guangzhou, attended the donation ceremony in Shenzen.  Addressing at the ceremony, Pakistan’s Trade and Investment Counsellor appreciated the gesture of the Chinese people, expressing the hope that the friendship between the two countries will be even stronger in future.  The donation of Sunwin at a critical time when Pakistan was fighting fiercely against both COVID-19 and the locust attack was deemed yet another reflection of iron-clad friendship between Pakistan and China.  Zhou Yong, Chairman of the Board of Sunwin, stated that China and Pakistan were all weather strategic cooperative partners and the bond of frie...

By Masood Sattar Khan (Pakistan News & Features Services) The 8th consignment of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for doctors and other paramedical staff has been sent to hospitals of all the four provinces.  According to the spokesperson of National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), the consignment comprised of 306 thousand medical and face masks of different types, 50,700 protective suits, 150 thousand surgical gowns, 15,000 protective caps, 30,000 shoes covers and 65,000 protective glasses.  He disclosed that Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan had previously been provided equipment as per their requirements.  As many as 70 ICU ventilators have also been provided to Sindh province, besides 20,000 RNA Auto Extractor each to all four provinces while Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Kashmir got 10,000 each.

By Masood Sattar Khan   (Pakistan News & Features Services) Pakistan was confronted with dual challenges, COVID-19 and Locust plague, Lt. General Muhammad Afzal, Chairman, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), shared with the Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan, Yao Jing.  “At present, Pakistan is facing the double challenge of the epidemic situation and the locust disaster. China has provided Pakistan with a large amount of anti-epidemic and locust extermination materials to effectively help Pakistan to deal with these challenges,” the NDMA Chairman remarked during his meeting with the Chinese diplomat in Islamabad.  He thanked China for their strong and continued support for Pakistan’s fight against the New Coronary Pneumonia epidemic and the locust plague, according to a statement issued by the Chinese embassy.  “Whenever Pakistan faces difficulties, China always stands up and proves the hardcore friendship between China and Pakis...

By Masood Sattar Khan (Pakistan News & Features Services) The Federal Minister for Food Security, Syed Fakhar Imam, has said that coordinated steps were being taken at federal and provincial levels to eradicate the locusts. Addressing a media briefing in Islamabad on May 20, he remarked that the locust attack was a global threat and government was taking all out steps to eradicate it in coordination with all stakeholders.  Mentioning that locust can be eliminated at deserts and at croplands differently, he lauded the role of provincial governments as well as district administration and the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in stemming the tide of this pest.  The NDMA Chairman, Lt Gen Muhammad Afzal, informed that the survey of 125,000 hectare areas of Balochistan, 87,000 hectares area of Punjab, 65,000 of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and 83,000 hectare area of Sindh had been completed during last 24 hours, adding that their organization had five helicopters for which kit...

By Masood Sattar Khan (Pakistan News & Features Services) Presently the infected patients of life threatening COVID-19 figure has crossed forty thousand all over the country and the death toll spiking every passing day at the same time, the country is also faced with locust swarm attack that can threaten food security.  The country's main food-producing pockets have been haunted by a plague of locust swarms which are sweeping green fields with their devastating instinct heavily.  The locusts has imposed a loss of 15 percent to the winter-sown crops last year amounting to at least 100 billion rupees (around 625.7 million US dollars), with fears that the damage would be huge if the next generation hatched, the Chinese news agency Xinhua said quoting Food Security Ministry.  It may be recalled that the Chinese government is helping Pakistan both in terms for provision of medicines, equipments as well as experts to cope with the situation.  In a recent report, the Fo...

By Masood Sattar Khan (Pakistan News & Features Services) The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has announced dispatching medical items, including sprayers to provinces for combating the locusts in their respective areas. The NDMA sources informed PNFS that a dozen spraying machines each have been sent to Sindh, Punjab and Balocistan while six and eight sprayers had been provided to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and department of plants protection respectively.  The spokesman further revealed that the affected provinces had been provided 350,000 liters medicine to combat locusts.  Balochistan has been provided 106,299 litres, Sindh 124,000 litres, Punjab 79,800 litres and DPP was provided 40,000 litres. The anti-insecticides medicines included 300,000 litres of methylene, 96 percent ULV and 50,000 litres Limda two percent.  There was severe locust attack on various crops in district Jhang of Punjab province, Dosti FM98 radio channel reported. Quoting Deputy Commissio...

By Masood Sattar Khan (Pakistan News & Features Services) The fourth batch of Chinese government's medical assistance to Pakistan for anti-epidemic campaign arrived Islamabad on March 29. The Chinese Ambassador, Yao Jing, the Chairman of National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), Lt General Muhammad Afzal, and the representatives of the Pakistan government and the military were present in the handing over ceremony at the Nur Khan Air Force Base. On behalf of the Pakistan government, General Afzal thanked China for supporting Pakistan to fight the epidemic.  He stated that since the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, under the leadership of President Xi Jinping, the Chinese government and people have adopted timely, decisive, scientific and effective prevention and control measures to successfully curb the spread of the epidemic.  Reflecting China's firm political determination and strong organizational response capabilities, Pakista...