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As of 31st March 2020, it has been totalling of 802,748 cases of coronavirus from which there are 172,319 recovered cases and 39,019 deaths globally. The world is experiencing a complete up-side-down situation and it does not seem to end any soon. The Novel Coronavirus has firstly been reported in Wuhan City of Hubei province in China. However, the country has now got back its normal life. In fact, China has recently launched its 54th Beidou Satellite on March 09,2020. The sad part is that mostly European and American countries has been facing the worse situation due to coronavirus. Nearly, 164,435 coronavirus infected cases have been reported, of which 3,175 are death cases in USA.  It is believed that the late announcement of lock down became the major reason to such vast spread. Apart from USA, Italy has been facing its dark time as it surpasses 10,000 deaths since the pandemic housed the country.  There are several speculations doing the rounds in media about...

Pakistan cannot seem to catch a break, there is something or other that keeps popping out that impacts the nation's image. This time Trump Administration placed Islamabad in a religious freedom blacklist. The annual report stated “countries of particular concern” for having engaged in or tolerated “systematic, ongoing, egregious violations of religious freedom”. It’s a massive reputational blow for Islamabad as it joins an unsavoury club which includes North Korea and Somalia. Pakistan was designated in 2018 after years of US hesitation over concerns the treatment of minorities.  Naturally, Pakistan officials were not pleased with the decision and rejected US decision, calling the move ‘’unilateral and politically motivated.  Here's what the Pakistan statement read ‘’Besides the clear biases reflected from these designations, there are serious questions on the credentials and impartiality of the self-proclaimed jury involved in this unwarranted exercise’’....