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PM directs to formulate policy for electricity generation locally with collaboration with private sector in GB

Abuzar UsamaSeptember 13, 2023September 13, 2023

September 13, 2023September 13, 20230781

Hunza: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar has directed authorities concerned to formulate a policy related to the production of electricity at local level in collaboration...

Dr Nadeem Jan for promoting culture of research in country’s health sector

Abuzar UsamaSeptember 11, 2023September 11, 2023

September 11, 2023September 11, 20230772

Islamabad: Caretaker Minister for National Health Services Dr Nadeem Jan has emphasized on promoting the culture of research in country’s health sector. He was addressing...

World Suicide Prevention Day observed

Abuzar UsamaSeptember 10, 2023September 10, 2023

September 10, 2023September 10, 20230473

Web Desk: World Suicide Prevention Day was observed today to promote worldwide action to prevent suicides tendency. This year theme for the Day was “Creating...

Services of Public Health Specialists entrusted to DHQ Hospital Upper and Lower Chitral for Chicken Pox

Abuzar UsamaSeptember 9, 2023September 9, 2023

September 9, 2023September 9, 20230849

PESHAWAR:Services of Public Health Specialists entrusted to District Headquarters Hospital Upper and Lower Chitral, said an official of the Health Department Khyber Pakhtunkhwa here on...

Interim health minister lays foundation stone of quarantine hospital at Allama Iqbal airport

Abuzar UsamaSeptember 4, 2023September 4, 2023

September 4, 2023September 4, 20230783

Lahore: Caretaker Minister for National Health Services Dr. Nadeem Jan says strategies are being evolved for improvement in the healthcare system. Addressing the ceremony in...

Interim govt committed to eradicate polio: Dr Nadeem

Abuzar UsamaAugust 29, 2023August 29, 2023

August 29, 2023August 29, 20230888

Islamabad: Caretaker Health Minister Dr Nadeem Jan says interim government is committed to actively implement a special emergency response plan to eradicate polio in the...

Women know about breast cancer owing to awarness campaigns: First Lady

Abuzar UsamaAugust 28, 2023August 28, 2023

August 28, 2023August 28, 20230899

Karachi: The First Lady Samina Alvi says breast cancer awareness campaign has started producing results and more women are now aware of its symptoms and...

Health Minister for streamlining services of all govt hospitals in ICT

Abuzar UsamaAugust 27, 2023August 27, 2023

August 27, 2023August 27, 20230988

Islamabad: Caretaker Minister for National Health Services Dr Nadeem Jan has directed concerned to streamline the services of all governmental hospitals in Federal Capital. Talking...

Pakistan to host Global Health Security Summit in October: Dr Nadeem

Abuzar UsamaAugust 24, 2023August 24, 2023

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Islamabad: Caretaker Health Minister Dr Nadeem Jan says Pakistan will host Global Health Security Summit in October this year with the aim to devise a...

Chief Secrectory Punjab orders to speed up anti-dengue measures in high risks districts

Abuzar UsamaAugust 23, 2023August 23, 2023

August 23, 2023August 23, 20230854

Lahore: Chief Secretory Punjab Zahid Akhtar Zaman on Wednesday ordered to speed up anti-dengue measures for four high risk districts owing to inreasing cases of...

NIH confirms one positive case of monkeypox in Rawalpindi

Abuzar UsamaAugust 20, 2023August 20, 2023

August 20, 2023August 20, 20230565

Islamabad: Ministry of National Health Services Regulation and Coordination has confirmed one positive case of monkeypox in Rawalpindi. According to the National Institute of Health,...

Alvi urges Pharma industry to locally manufacture contraceptive devices

Abuzar UsamaAugust 16, 2023August 16, 2023

August 16, 2023August 16, 20230462

Islamabad: President Dr. Arif Alvi has urged the pharmaceutical industry to locally manufacture contraceptive devices to ensure their better access to the people and check...

Anti-polio drive begins in KP

Abuzar UsamaAugust 15, 2023August 15, 2023

August 15, 2023August 15, 20230253

Peshawar: A seven-day anti-polio drive has kicked off in district Khyber of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). During the campaign, more than two-hundred thousand children up to...

CM removes MS LGH as he visits hospital to inquire about Rizwana Health

Abuzar UsamaAugust 10, 2023August 10, 2023

August 10, 2023August 10, 20230560

Lahore: Chief Minister Punjab Mohsin Naqvi on Thursday visited Lahore General Hospital (LGH) to inquire about the health of Rizwana, a 14-year-old girl who subjected...

Bilawal inaugurates Medical Complex and Child Health Institute in Sukkur

Abuzar UsamaAugust 8, 2023August 8, 2023

August 8, 2023August 8, 20230476

Sukkur: Chairman Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto on Tuesday inaugurated the Medical Complex and Child Health Institute in Sukkur. The medical complex inaugurated by...

NIH issues advisory on dengue

Abuzar UsamaAugust 8, 2023August 8, 2023

August 8, 2023August 8, 20230339

ISLAMABAD: The National Institute of Health (NIH) on Tuesday issued an advisory amid a potential threat of an increase in dengue fever cases in the...

PM launches health insurance card scheme for working journalists, artists

Abuzar UsamaAugust 8, 2023August 8, 2023

August 8, 2023August 8, 20230397

Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif launched health insurance card scheme for working journalists and artists in Islamabad on Tuesday. Under the health insurance scheme, the...

PM lays foundation stone of Pakistan Kidney & Liver Institute University in Lahore

Abuzar UsamaAugust 6, 2023August 6, 2023

August 6, 2023August 6, 20230433

Lahore: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif laid foundation stone of Pakistan Kidney and Liver Institute University in Lahore on Sunday. On this occasion, the Prime...

Anti-polio campaign commences in Balochistan today

Abuzar UsamaAugust 1, 2023August 1, 2023

August 1, 2023August 1, 20230350

Quetta: A seven-day anti-polio drive started today in Balochistan. During the drive, more than 2.5 million children up to five years of age would be...

World Hepatitis Day being observed today

Abuzar UsamaJuly 28, 2023July 28, 2023

July 28, 2023July 28, 20230355

Web Desk: World Hepatitis Day is being observed today to create awareness about deadly disease. Annual observance focuses attention on the huge impact of viral...

National multi-sectoral nutrition program launched to reduce stunting, Malnutrition in children

Abuzar UsamaJuly 26, 2023July 26, 2023

July 26, 2023July 26, 20230473

Islamabad: Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal launched National Multi-sectoral Nutrition Program to Reduce Stunting and other Forms of Malnutrition in the children at...

‘Healthy Diet-Health Forever’ campaign being launched all over Pakistan

Abuzar UsamaJuly 23, 2023July 23, 2023

July 23, 2023July 23, 20230403

Islamabad: The “Healthy Diet-Health Forever” campaign is being launched all over Pakistan on the direction of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to keep consumers abreast of...

CJP calls for implementing laws, policies about population management

Abuzar UsamaJuly 15, 2023July 15, 2023

July 15, 2023July 15, 20230550

Islamabad: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Umar Atta Bandial has called for implementation of laws and policies that promote population management in the country. He...

With 735 million people hungry, UN says world is ‘off track’ to meet its 2030 goal

shan khanJuly 13, 2023July 13, 2023

July 13, 2023July 13, 20230438

NEW YORK: About 735 million people worldwide faced chronic hunger in 2022, a figure much higher than before the COVID-19 pandemic and which threatens progress...

PM directs completion of public welfare projects on priority basis

Abuzar UsamaJuly 13, 2023July 13, 2023

July 13, 2023July 13, 20230239

Lahore: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed completion of public welfare projects on priority basis and stressed that such programs should not be politicized in...

PMD forecast another monsoon spell in country from July 13

shan khanJuly 11, 2023July 11, 2023

July 11, 2023July 11, 20230501

KARACHI: Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has forecast another spell of monsoon rainfall in the country from July 13. More monsoon currents from the Arabian Sea...

PFA recovers 600kg dead chicken in Faisalabad

shan khanJuly 10, 2023July 10, 2023

July 10, 2023July 10, 20230357

FAISALABAD: The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) on Monday in a raid seized 600kg dead chicken in Faisalabad. As per details, a team of PFA raided...

Rain continues to lash parts of Pakistan

shan khanJuly 8, 2023July 8, 2023

July 8, 2023July 8, 20230440

LAHORE: Heavy downpour and thunderstorm lashed different parts of Pakistan late Friday night and Saturday morning as the ongoing monsoon spell continues affecting the country,...

Monsoon winds to enter Sindh today

Abuzar UsamaJuly 6, 2023July 6, 2023

July 6, 2023July 6, 20230308

Karachi: Monsoon winds will enter Sindh today. Owing to arrival of the monsoon, heavy rains are likely to lash in Dadu, Jamshoro, Tharparkar, Sukkur, Larkana,...

Karachi Hospitals receive excessive patients count for meat-related illnesses

shan khanJuly 3, 2023July 3, 2023

July 3, 2023July 3, 20230408

KARACHI: The citizens of Karachi are facing growing risks associated with excessive meat consumption, following the conclusion of the three-day Eid festivities. According to the...

Chinese hospital ship to visit Pacific to boost ‘responsible’ image

shan khanJuly 3, 2023July 3, 2023

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BEIJING: China is sending a military-run hospital ship to the Pacific to where it will call in at Kiribati, Tonga, Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands and...

Security forces efforts bore fruit In KP as tourism along with peace restored

Abuzar UsamaJuly 2, 2023July 2, 2023

July 2, 2023July 2, 20230590

Peshawar: Efforts of security forces bore fruit as tourism restored along with peace in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). During the Eid holidays as many as 200000...

Health card used in Punjab wrongly: Dr Javed Akram

Abuzar UsamaJuly 2, 2023July 2, 2023

July 2, 2023July 2, 20230419

Lahore: Acting Provincial health Minister Javed Akram has said that the health card introduced by previous government of the PTI has been used in Punjab...

NDMA issues advisory to ensure preparedness for first monsoon spell

Abuzar UsamaJuly 2, 2023July 2, 2023

July 2, 2023July 2, 20230403

Islamabad: National Disaster Management Authority has issued an advisory to all federal and provincial departments concerned to ensure preparedness for first monsoon spell forecast from...

WHO’s research agency to list aspartame sweetener as possible source of cancer: sources

shan khanJuly 1, 2023July 1, 2023

July 1, 2023July 1, 20230286

LONDON: One of the world’s most common artificial sweeteners is set to be declared a possible carcinogen [a substance capable of causing cancer in living...

Over 100 die as Mexico reels under extreme heat: health ministry

shan khanJune 30, 2023June 30, 2023

June 30, 2023June 30, 20230847

Mexican government data showed that over 100 people have lost their lives due to extreme heat in the country in June, as climate change is...

International conference to promote tourism in country to be held from 11th of July

Abuzar UsamaJune 27, 2023June 27, 2023

June 27, 2023June 27, 20230410

Islamabad: A three-day international conference to promote tourism in Pakistan will be held from 11th of the next month. This was announced by Chairman Prime...

Int’l Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking being observed today

Abuzar UsamaJune 26, 2023June 26, 2023

June 26, 2023June 26, 20230450

Web Desk: International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking 2023 is being observed today. On this #WorldDrugDay, let's break the cycle of stigma and...

NDMA issues advisory during extreme heat for masses

Abuzar UsamaJune 21, 2023June 21, 2023

June 21, 2023June 21, 20230272

Islamabad: National Disaster Management Authority has advised people to avoid travelling during extreme heat wave and warned that glaciers can be melt-down in snowy regions....

U.S. Ambassador visits multi-purpose Gomal Zam Dam

Abuzar UsamaJune 20, 2023June 20, 2023

June 20, 2023June 20, 20230372

Peshawar: U.S. Ambassador Donald Blome visited multi-purpose Gomal Zam Dam in South Waziristan District today. US Ambassador was accompanied by the Chairman of Water and...

Tropical storm BIPERJOY lands at coastal belt of Pakistan-India border, Indian Gujrat

Abuzar UsamaJune 15, 2023June 15, 2023

June 15, 2023June 15, 20230327

Karachi: The much awaited tropical storm BIPERJOY has landed at coastal belt of Indian Gujrat and Pakistan-India border while the process of landing of cyclone...

Cabinet approves ‘Single Use Plastic Prohibition Regulations 2023’ on World Environment Day

Abuzar UsamaJune 6, 2023June 6, 2023

June 6, 2023June 6, 20230331

Islamabad: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has said that the federal cabinet approved ‘Single Use Plastic Prohibition Regulations 2023’ on the occasion of the World...

AstraZeneca’s Tagrisso slashes death risk in certain post-surgery lung cancer patients

shan khanJune 5, 2023June 5, 2023

June 5, 2023June 5, 20230257

LONDON: AstraZeneca’s lung cancer therapy, Tagrisso, cut the risk of death by more than half in patients with a certain form of lung cancer who...

Heart attack adds six years to brain age: study

shan khanJune 2, 2023June 2, 2023

June 2, 2023June 2, 20230256

ISLAMAABAD: New research shows that having a heart attack eventually leads to faster mental decline that is the equivalent of adding 6 years to the...

No tobacco day being observed across globe today

Abuzar UsamaMay 31, 2023May 31, 2023

May 31, 2023May 31, 20230269

Web Desk: World No Tobacco Day is being observed across the globe today. This year, theme for the day is Grow Food, Not Tobacco. Growing...

Brain-eating amoeba kills one in Karachi

shan khanMay 29, 2023May 29, 2023

May 29, 2023May 29, 20230333

KARACHI: The brain-eating amoeba, naegleria fowleri, claimed the life of a 19-year-old man in Karachi on Monday, reported health authorities. Zahir Shah was brought to the hospital...

Week-long anti-polio campaign to begin from tomorrow

Abuzar UsamaMay 14, 2023May 14, 2023

May 14, 2023May 14, 20230261

Islamabad/Karachi/Lahore/Peshawar/Quetta: Under the National Immunisation Programme, a week-long anti-polio campaign will kick off on Monday in various districts of the four provinces in the country....

Pakistan reports 16 coronavirus cases, one death in 24 hours

shan khanMay 8, 2023May 8, 2023

May 8, 2023May 8, 20230387

Pakistan has reported one death in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of confirmed positive cases has surged to 1,580,884. The...

COVID-19 no longer threat to global health: WHO

shan khanMay 6, 2023May 6, 2023

May 6, 2023May 6, 20230303

In a major announcement, World Health Organisation (WHO) declared Friday that the COVID-19 pandemic — which has killed more than 6.9 million humans — does...

Pakistan reports 22 more cases of Covid-19

shan khanMay 5, 2023May 5, 2023

May 5, 2023May 5, 20230350

Pakistan has reported no death in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of confirmed positive cases surged to 1,580,823. The nationwide...

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