{"id":65255,"date":"2020-05-09T10:00:48","date_gmt":"2020-05-09T05:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=65255"},"modified":"2020-05-08T15:17:23","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T10:17:23","slug":"us-announces-additional-covid-19-aid-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/us-announces-additional-covid-19-aid-pakistan.html","title":{"rendered":"US announces additional COVID-19 aid to Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: United States (US) Ambassador to Pakistan Paul Jones recently announced the American government\u2019s decision to contribute additional aid worth USD 7.5 billion to Pakistan for facilitating its COVID-19 relief measures, a news source reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/50-mw-solar-power-plants-developed-kp-sindh.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">50 MW solar power plants to be developed in KP, Sindh<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per the publication, the US government would donate USD 5 million to assist Pakistan\u2019s Ehsaas Emergency Cash Program and USD 2.5 million to the therapeutic food program \u2013 which diagnoses children with acute malnutrition. The ambassador said that the US was expanding its partnership with Pakistan to relieve those have become vulnerable due to the prevailing coronavirus-imposed crisis in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sindh-considers-implementing-smart-lockdown.html\"> Sindh considers implementing \u2018smart lockdown\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover, the US designated Pakistan earlier as a priority country for COVID-19 assistance and committed a total sum of USD 15 million in aid for Pakistani relief measures. Jones said that America has sent their support and sympathy for those hard-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sindh-approves-covid-19-relief-ordinance-facilitate-jobs-security-reduction-fees-bills.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sindh approves COVID-19 Relief Ordinance to facilitate jobs security, reduction in fees &amp; bills<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Previously, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistan-receive-2-67-million-covid-19-aid-who.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">World Health Organization (WHO)<\/a> had announced that Pakistan would receive \u00a32.67 million provided by the United Kingdom (UK) to help the country\u2019s combat against the impacts of the coronavirus infection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: United States (US) Ambassador to Pakistan Paul Jones recently announced the American government\u2019s decision to contribute additional aid worth USD 7.5 billion to Pakistan for facilitating its COVID-19 relief measures, a news source reported. Read: 50 MW solar power plants to be developed in KP, Sindh As per the publication, the US government would donate USD 5 million to assist Pakistan\u2019s Ehsaas Emergency Cash Program and USD 2.5 million to the therapeutic food program \u2013 which diagnoses children with acute malnutrition. The ambassador said that the US was expanding its partnership with Pakistan to relieve those have become vulnerable due to the prevailing coronavirus-imposed crisis in the country. Read: Sindh considers implementing \u2018smart lockdown\u2019 Moreover, the US designated Pakistan earlier as a priority country for COVID-19 assistance and committed a total sum of USD 15 million in aid for Pakistani relief measures. Jones said that America has sent their support and sympathy for those hard-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Read: Sindh approves COVID-19 Relief Ordinance to facilitate jobs security, reduction in fees &amp; bills Previously, the World Health Organization (WHO) had announced that Pakistan would receive \u00a32.67 million provided by the United Kingdom (UK) to help the country\u2019s combat&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":65256,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[28574,25833,28575,28576],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-65255","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-covid-19-aid-to-pakistan","8":"tag-ehsaas-emergency-cash-program","9":"tag-united-states-us-ambassador-to-pakistan-paul-jones","10":"tag-world-health-organization-who"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>US announces additional COVID-19 aid to Pakistan - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: United States (US) Ambassador to Pakistan Paul Jones recently announced the American government\u2019s decision to contribute additional\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/us-announces-additional-covid-19-aid-pakistan.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"US announces additional COVID-19 aid to Pakistan - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad: United States (US) Ambassador to Pakistan Paul Jones recently announced the American government\u2019s decision to contribute additional\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/us-announces-additional-covid-19-aid-pakistan.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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