Asad Umar

Will have jabbed 2 million teachers against Covid till early June, Umar says

The federal minister said for now we have vaccinated 7 million people but by the… Read More

Vaccination record as nearly 400,000 receive COVID jabs in a day, says Asad Umar

The NCOC head said that so far 11.6 million people have registered themselves to receive… Read More

‘Pakistani nation has received global praise for how it responded to COVID-19’

Asad Umar said that the Pakistani national has received global praise for how it responded… Read More

Minister announces new opening date for Karachi’s Green Line BRT project

The construction work on the BRT project was started in 2016. Read More

GDP growth of 4.8pc approved for next fiscal year: Asad Umar

We are making decisions with better intent and do not want to shut down businesses… Read More

‘Govt improving performance, clearing mess’: Umar on circular debt reduction

'Circular debt build-up during July-April this fiscal year is Rs260 billion' Read More

‘Govt to soon start construction work on Sukkur-Hyderabad motorway project’

The Hyd-Sukkur motorway project is being described as the biggest project in the development package… Read More

Asad Umar says PM Imran Khan wants to uplift Sindh

He said the premier does not believe in victimization. Read More

Pakistan’s GDP growth has come in at 3.94 per cent: Asad Umar

In a Twitter message, Asad Umar said that the national accounts committee has finalised the… Read More

Pakistan opens vaccine registration for citizens aged 30, above from Sunday

Asad Umar says 'we continue to expand the categories of those who are eligible to… Read More

Cannot afford Covid trend spiraling like in India, Umar says

A complete lifting of the lockdown is not likely on May 16 but there will… Read More

‘Eid restrictions necessitated by extremely dangerous situation’

"We realize that the mobility restrictions put into place from today till the 16th are… Read More

locally-made CanSino vaccine to be available for use by May end: Asad Umar

Federal Minister for Planning and Development and head of National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC)… Read More

Asad Umar asks public to spend Ramazan days, Eid with simplicity amid COVID surge

Together we should spend this time while adopting precaution, said the NCOC head. Read More

Pakistan vaccinates over 200,000 against Covid-19 in a day

Asad Umar urged people aged 40 years and above to get themselves registered Read More

‘SOP compliance improves after strict measures including army deployment’

He stressed the need for sustaining and building on "this compliance level specially till Eid" Read More

Pakistan’s daily vaccinations cross 150,000 mark

People aged 40 and above started getting jabs Monday Read More

Over 5,000 Covid-19 patients on oxygen in Pakistan: Umar

'This is 57% more than during the peak last June' Read More

Pakistan vaccinates over 100,000 against Covid in single day for first time

So far, 2.1 million people have been administered Covid-19 doses Read More

Prototype bus for Karachi Green Line ready in China, Asad Umar says

He said once the inspection of the prototype is complete and approved, the 80 buses… Read More