The National Disaster Management Authority arranged a briefing session for the foreign diplomats in Islamabad on Thursday to sensitize them about the prevailing humanitarian and infrastructural impacts of the ongoing Monsoon season. The ambassadors and senior diplomats belonging to more than thirty foreign missions attended the briefing session. The scale of NDMA's response efforts and deployment of national resources was also highlighted during the briefing. In his remarks, Chairman NDMA Lt Gen

National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Chairman Lt Gen Muhammad Afzal said that Pakistan was now producing all of the equipment required to combat the virus, excluding ventilators. Speaking at a press conference in Islamabad, he said: "We are producing a large amount of N-95 masks. So much so that that I am a little stumped as to what we will do with them." Pakistan International Airlines and the Pakistan Air Force planes are being used to "shop" for the necessary equipment the country re