COVID Crisis: Pakistani-American Physicians Express Solidarity With the People of India
âMany of us are helping them (the people of India) through various means, while physicians among us regularly extend pro bono telemedical help to colleagues and patients in India,â says the statement. Pakistani Rangers (wearing black uniforms) and Indian Border Security Force (BSF) officers lower their national flags during parade on the Pakistan s 72nd Independence Day, at the Pakistan-India joint check-post at Wagah border, near Lahore, Pakistan August 14, 2019. Photo: Reuters/Mohsin Raza
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New Delhi: Pakistan-origin physicians based in the US have expressed solidarity with colleagues and the people of India as the country battles a deadly second wave of the coronavirus, offering their services through telemedical help.
South Asian Countries Urged to Cooperate in Fight Against COVID-19
Speakers at an event organised by the South Asia Peace Action Network said the volume of pain and suffering could be mitigated through greater socio-economic cooperation and resource-sharing.
A man wearing a protective mask walks along a painted wall during the curfew imposed by the government amid concerns about the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 8, 2020. Photo: Reuters/Dinuka Liyanawatte
New Delhi: Speakers at an event organised by the recently launched South Asia Peace Action Network (SAPAN) said countries in the region should cooperate and behave in an empathetic way to overcome the second of COVID-19, saying the volume of pain and suffering could be mitigated through greater socio-economic cooperation and resource-sharing.
Narrating his ordeal, Karachi-based trade unionist Karamat Ali revealed how he was not able to reach out to his ailing wife in New Delhi due to visa restrictions.
Ali said his wife was visiting New Delhi and was down with Covid-19 infection, but visa restrictions did not allow him to visit her.
“I want to go to the Wagah border and take a tank of oxygen to my wife, but I can’t,” said Ali, his voice choking.
He said he wanted to also take a defibrillator and whatever medical supplies he could carry.
Many such stories of personal loss were shared during the event.
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Peacemongers joyous over resumption of Pakistan-India trade
April 1, 2021
Finally, two years of tense relations between Pakistan and India have seemingly stepped towards normalization, bringing a ray of hope for peacemongers to witness stability and a peaceful environment in the region in times ahead.
The hope was rekindled by a series of events including a much-desired ceasefire at the border, the meeting of the India-Pakistan Permanent Indus Commission, and an exchange of letters by the two prime ministers eying a peaceful coexistence.
It was further consolidated when the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Federal Cabinet in Islamabad on March 31 allowed the commercial import of white sugar from India up to 500,000 metric tons till June 30, 2021 through land and sea routes.