FED increase on cigarette a must to check rising consumption
Islamabad : Snowballing economic burden in terms of public health and economic costs due to rising cigarette consumption has prompted health experts to demand implementation...
Health activists ring alarm over 10-stick cigarette pack
Islamabad: Health activists have raised concerns about tobacco companies’ move to introduce 10-stick cigarette packs, fearing a rise in consumption especially among vulnerable groups like...
High FED rates on cigarettes: a win-win for revenue and public health
Islamabad: The government’s decision to raise the Federal Excise Duty (FED) on cigarettes has yielded a notable increase in revenue while simultaneously contributing to a...
Business community expresses concerns on playing with rules, regulations for trade allegedly by cigarette companies
Islamabad The concern about playing with rules and regulations for business and trade allegedly by cigarette companies has been rising with each passing day. The...
High Tobacco tax reduces cigarette consumption
Islamabad: The consumption of cigarettes in Pakistan has witnessed a significant decline after the government took a bold decision to increase taxes and address the...
75 years of rains record break in UAE as unprecedented rains wreak havoc
Abu Dhabi: The United Arab Emirates witnessed record-breaking and highest levels of rainfall for the first time in 75 years with even Dubai flooding under...
NDMA alerts for intense rainfall, thunderstorms from April 17
ISLAMABAD: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) as per the latest projections from the National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) and multiple weather models, in its...
IMF Urges Pakistan to tax non-essential items including cigarettes
Islamabad: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has recommended Pakistan to overhaul tax machinery and to tax non-essential items including cigarettes to boost revenue and improve...
More rain with windstorm, thunderstorm likely in most parts of country
Islamabad: More rain with windstorm and thunderstorm is likely in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Kashmir, Islamabad, Punjab, Gilgit-Baltistan and upper/southwestern Balochistan during the next twelve hours. Heavyfalls and...
Single-tier structure and high taxes: the recipe to curb cigarette consumption
Islamabad – In a bid to combat the alarming rates of cigarette consumption in Pakistan, experts and health advocates have put their weight behind the...
Met dept predicts rains in Karachi and other cities of Sindh from Saturday
Karachi: Rains predicted in different cities of Sindh including Karachi from tomorrow, Saturday. According to the meterological department the westerly breeze are constantly effecting the...
Think tank raises alarm against pushing the government to deviate from WHO guidelines
Islamabad: Capital Calling, an Islamabad-based think tank, has raised alarm against the surge in the campaign by multinational cigarette companies to resist the guidelines set...
150 children die every day owing to birth defects.
ISLAMABAD: Approximately 150 children die daily due to various birth defects in Pakistan Renowned pediatric surgeon and President of the Association of Pediatric Surgeons of...
What could be the possible white powder received by Judges?
ISLAMABAD: At the beginning of the week, all 8 judges of the Islamabad High Court received envelopes containing suspicious white powder, The powder could be...
Punjab Govt decides to impose a complete ban on the use of plastic bags in Punjab
LAHORE: The Punjab government has decide to impose a complete ban over the use of plastic bag in the province. Senior Minister of Punjab, Maryam...
Tobacco industry engaged in malicious campaign to hurt anti-tobacco narrative
ISLAMABAD,: Serious concerns have been raised by public health activists in Pakistan over persistent attempts of the tobacco industry to derail tobacco control efforts in...
PM vows to ensure health facilities for masses
Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has renewed the commitment of his Government to provide and ensure health facilities for all of our population. In his...
World Health Day being observed across globe today
Web Desk: The World Health Day is being observed across the globe today. Theme for the day this year is ‘My health, my right’. This...
CRD demand action against tobacco companies on violation of tax laws
Islamabad: The Centre for Research an FCd Dialogue (CRD) has asked the finance minister for action against violation of the country’s tax laws by multinational...
Doctors at PIMS Hospital declared Bushra Bibi’s health satisfactory.
ISLAMABAD: The team of doctors at Pims Hospital declared the health of Bushra Bibi, wife of founder PTI Imran Khan, satisfactoryAccording to the report, 4...