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PILDAT says Feb 8 polls record lowest fairness score since 2013

  The Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency (PILDAT) has issued a report detailing its assessment of the recently-concluded general election, expressing deep concerns over a decline in fairness scores compared to previous election cycles.

Another special plane carrying medical supplies from China arrives in Islamabad


ISLAMABAD: Another special plane of China carrying medical supplies regarding Coronavirus pandemic arrived Islamabad on Sunday morning, ARY News reported.

Chairman NDMA Lieutenant General Muhammad Afzal received the supplies from the ambassador of China to Pakistan at the airport. 

A team of Chinese doctors also arrived in Pakistan on Saturday to help the country in containing the spread of the coronavirus. 

These Chinese doctors will remain in Pakistan for two weeks and will advise our health care specialists in the light of their experience and success in battling Covid-19 in China. 

China’s assistance to Pakistan so far includes 12,000 test kits, 300,000 masks, 10 thousand protective suits and 4 million dollars to build an isolation hospital. 

Xinjiang government has also provided 50 thousand masks each to the Federal Capital as well as to Sindh government. 

It may be noted that the virus has killed 12 people in Pakistan and around 1,500 people are under treatment in the hospitals across the country. 

China is already helping Pakistan with equipment, testing kits and face masks. The second shipment of equipment, announced by Alibaba Group’s co-founder Jack Ma had arrived in Pakistan Friday morning. 

 The previous consignment contained 500,000 masks out of which 50,000 were N-95 masks.

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