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NSA Moeed Yusuf in US to Closing down Cities for Weeks No Solution US Hands over Second Batch of
Meet American Counterpart Moderna Vaccine to Pakistan
Islamabad: The United States has

officially handed over the second

batch of 3 million Moderna Co-
vid-19 doses to Pakistan to help in
its fight against the pandemic.

“Today, the United States was
pleased to donate three million
doses of the life-saving Moderna
Islamabad: National Security Ad- Covid-19 vaccine to the Govern-

viser (NSA) Moeed Yusuf left for an ment of Pakistan for distribution to

official visit to the US on Monday the Pakistani people. These vaccines
as part of high-level engagements were delivered in partnership with
agreed between him and his Ameri- the COVAX facility and UNICEF,”

can counterpart, Jake Sullivan, dur- read an official statement issued on
ing their first meeting in Geneva in Thursday. US-donated jabs reached

May. Islamabad on Monday through the
During the visit, Yusuf will COVAX facility with the Unicef
meet Sullivan to review the progress support.
on bilateral engagement between the The official statement said the

US and Pakistan. donation is part of the 80 million
He will also call on other US doses the US is sharing with the

legislators, senior officials, US-based world “delivering on our pledge to

think tanks and media, and interact The United States has donated three million doses of the life-saving Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to the Government of Pakistan facilitate equitable global access to
with the Pakistani community. for distribution to the Pakistani people. These vaccines were delivered in partnership with the COVAX facility and UNICEF safe and effective vaccines, which

Their first meeting on May 24 are essential to ending the Covid-19
was seen as an icebreaker and took Islamabad: Federal Minister for said that closing down entire cities Pakistan is currently experienc- pandemic”.
place against the backdrop of an im- Planning, Development and Special for weeks was not the solution to ing a fourth wave of the coronavirus As President Biden has said

MOEED, P28 Initiatives Asad Umar on Thursday curbing the spread of the disease. SOLUTION, P28 US, P28
IMF Acknowledges Robust Shah Orders Strict Security
Economic Activity in Pakistan Situation Worsens as 4,000 Cases Reported in 24 Hours due to Afghanistan Situation

Islamabad: The International Mon- Islamabad: The fourth Karachi: Sindh

etary Fund (IMF) has acknowledged wave of Covid-19 is in- Chief Minister
Pakistan’s strong economic activity tensifying in the country Murad Ali Shah
and kept the global growth forecast as Pakistan reported 4,119 has ordered law
largely unchanged at six per cent for coronavirus infections enforcement and
the current year and 4.9pc for the during the last 24 hours security agencies
next year. — the first time the daily to keep a close

In its World Economic Outlook caseload went above 4,000 eye on banned
(WEO) update released on Tuesday, since May 21. outfits in view of

the IMF revised downward India’s The more transmis- the prevailing situation in Afghani-
current year growth forecast by three sible Delta variant is be- stan.
percentage points because of wide- lieved to be responsible Chairing a meeting of the pro-
spread Delta variant and resultant for the country’s fourth vincial apex committee on Thursday

subdued economic activities. wave. Mr Shah said the situation in Af-

“Projections are revised up for The variant, scientists ghanistan is changing dramatically
the Middle East and Central Asia say, has features that al- and strict security arrangements
due to robust activity in some coun- low it to evade some of the should be put in place in the prov-
tries (such as Morocco and Paki- body’s immune system de- ince to deal with any situation.

stan), partially offset by downgrades fenses. Besides, it has the He asked law enforcers to close-
of some others,” the IMF noted but highest transmissibility of The more transmissible Delta variant is believed to be responsible for the country’s fourth wave ly monitor criminal, sectarian and

did not specifically mention Paki- any variant so far. banned organizations.

stan’s expected growth rate that it At the beginning of Asad Umar, who said that Special Assistant to the ficials have been infected They were also ordered to mon-

had forecast in April this year at 4pc July, Prime Minister Im- there were clear signs of Prime Minister (SAPM) by Covid-19 since the itor hate content in social media and
for 2022 and 5pc by 2026. ran Khan had issued a a fourth Covid-19 wave on Health Dr Faial Sultan pandemic first emerged other suspicious activities.

The Fund said the 2021 global clear warning of a loom- starting in Pakistan. had said that local trans- in the country in February Some elements will try to in-

forecast was unchanged from the ing fourth wave, terming Despite the warn- mission of Delta variant 2020, including President crease sectarian hatred, which will

April 2021 WEO, but with offsetting the Delta variant “the big- ings, cases have been had started in Pakistan. Dr Arif Alvi, Prime Min- not to be tolerated, said CM Shah.
revisions. Prospects for emerging gest concern”. Such con- steadily rising over the A number of politi- ister Imran and PPP He said he would also have a
IMF, P28 cerns were also echoed by past month. On July 15, cians and government of- SITUATION, P28 SHAH, P28
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