Tag: Bill Gates

Bill Gates urges Pakistan, Afghanistan to ‘get to zero’ in polio...

Local Afghan Taliban leaders are hindering global efforts to end polio, but Afghanistan and Pakistan must continue their fight to "get to zero" cases,...

Bill Gates desires to ‘invest heavily’ in Pakistan’s IT sector

Bill Gates, a billionaire philanthropist and the founder of Microsoft, in a letter to Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday, expressed his desire to...

PM Imran, Bill Gates discuss investment in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan and Microsoft Co-founder Bill Gates on Wednesday held a telephonic conversation and discussed a host of issues. Investment in Pakistan,...

PM slams critics of his ‘egg and chicken’ policy

Prime Minister Imran Khan, who is facing severe criticism on both social and mainstream media over his proposal of poverty alleviation through a poultry policy,...

‘Scary’ how much Trump knew about my daughter: Bill Gates

WASHINGTON: The billionaire American business magnate and philanthropist Bill Gates has claimed that US President Donald Trump asked him twice about the difference between...

Bill Gates recognises Pakistan’s use of innovative systems for immunisation coverage

Microsoft Corporation Co-Founder Bill Gates on Thursday acknowledged Pakistan’s use of innovative systems for immunisation coverage and termed it an example for the rest of the...

Gates warns new fight needed against resurgent malaria

LONDON: Bill Gates on Wednesday has warned that malaria is back on the rise and would continue to claim more lives worldwide unless governments...

Bill Gates appreciates Pakistan’s polio eradication efforts

PM Abbasi meets Bill Gates, discusses avenues of partnership in health, education ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi met Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation...

Bill Gates announces increase in financial aid for Pakistan: report

ISLAMABAD: While praising the Pakistani government’s commitment to the eradication of polio, Chairman of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Bill Gates has committed that...

Akshay Kumar’s ‘Toilet: Ek Prem Katha’ 2nd on Bill Gates’ inspiration...

Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar-- the real and reel Khiladi actor-- on late Tuesday got heaps of praises from philanthropist and business mogul Bill Gates...

Bill Gates makes $100 million personal investment to fight Alzheimer’s

  LONDON: Billionaire Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is to invest $50 million in the Dementia Discovery Fund, a venture capital fund that brings together industry...

Bill Gates appreciates Pakistan’s efforts in eradicating polio

NEW YORK: American tech tycoon and philanthropist Bill Gates called on Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi in New York on Thursday. Gates, who is the...

Zuckerberg fund pledges $3 bn to banish disease

Mark Zuckerberg and his wife on Wednesday pledged $3 billion over the next decade to help banish or manage all disease, pouring some of...

Gates Foundation grants $38m to develop crucial polio vaccine

Japan’s Takeda Pharmaceuticals is to get $38 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a crucial, low-cost polio vaccine for use...

Polio to be eradicated in Pakistan by 2017, predicts Bill Gates

Bill Gates said Wednesday that "with any luck" polio will be eradicated by 2017 in the last two countries where it remains active, Pakistan...