According to the details, this shipment is part of an "army-to-army" collaboration between Pakistan and China.

“China is donating a second consignment of the Sinopharm vaccine to Pakistan, which will reach Islamabad on Monday, February 8, 2021, through special transport aircraft of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force," The News reported while quoting a Pakistani government official.

Earlier this week, Pakistan received its first shipment of 0.5 million doses of Sinopharm vaccine, gifted by China, to help Pakistan combat COVID-19. After receiving the first batch, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday launched vaccination against the deadly coronavirus.

It was declared that frontline health workers will be vaccinated in the first phase using the doses gifted by the neighboring country. So far, over 12,000 frontline healthcare workers have been vaccinated.

Pakistan to receive 17 million does of AstraZeneca:

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on National Health Services, Regulations & Coordination Dr Faisal Sultan, earlier this week, announced that Pakistan will receive 17 million does of AstraZeneca in Q1.