Dr Nadeem Jan for promoting culture of research in country’s health sector
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Poliomyelitis Cases in Pakistan are now restricted to southern KP
Islamabad: The director general of World Health Organisation (WHO) has submitted a report to the forthcoming World Health Assembly that cases of poliomyelitis in Pakistan...