Rain relief: Allergy cases remain low
ISLAMABAD: Though pollen season has started, the number of allergy sufferers patients visiting hospitals has so far been low mainly because recent rains. Pakistan Metrological Department (PMD)...
View ArticleEmbassy encroachments: Error 404 – complaint cell not found
ISLAMABAD: Inefficiency on behalf of the city managers Thursday left the Capital Development Authority’s lawyer red-faced in the Supreme Court on Thursday. The bench was hearing a case regarding...
View ArticleSenate polls: IHC disposes of Magsi nomination case
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday disposed of a case against nomination of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Senator-elect Dr Raheela Magsi following withdrawal of the Pakistan...
View ArticleOnset of spring: Green Islamabad drive kicks off
ISLAMABAD: The CDA on Thursday launched the “Green Islamabad Campaign” to increase the number of plants in the capital city. The tree plantation drive, which has been dedicated to the victims of the...
View ArticleResearch awareness: Science foundation, EU discuss roadmap
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Science Foundation (PSF) and the European Union (EU) on Wednesday discussed a roadmap to reach highest possible degree of awareness in the country about research and...
View ArticleTaking notice: Education Secretary Ahsan Raja made OSD
ISLAMABAD: The prime minister on Wednesday issued orders making Federal Education Secretary Muhammad Ahsan Raja an officer on special duty (OSD) based on his performance in office and after several...
View ArticleSilent cities: Shaan Taseer reflects on life in cities through art
KARACHI: Artist Shaan Taseer’s work seems to be inspired by fading cultural values and the law and order situation affecting life in cities. Nature, man and reason are three important aspects of his...
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Speak up: Ziauddin University hosts three-day conference on communication...
KARACHI: Ziauddin University Hospital is hosting a three-day conference on ‘Communication, Voice and Swallow disorders’. The conference aims to raise awareness about various speech, language, voice and...
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Baldia factory fire: Retailer comes under fierce criticism
KARACHI: Last week, a few residents of Berlin, Germany, barged into an outlet of KiK – the German retailer that sourced products from the ill-fated Baldia factory – and damaged their store, saying that...
View ArticleSeized and returned: NAB disburses recovered funds
PESHAWAR: The head of the National Accountability Bureau in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Shahzad Saleem, on Friday handed over cheques of recovered money amounting to Rs8.2 million to the departments concerned....
View ArticleBalochistan drought: Famine remains expansive but hidden
QUETTA: In the famine-hit village of Shah Dost Sasoli it is not uncommon to see piles of goat and sheep carcasses. Drought and starvation have left their mark on even the landscape surrounding this...
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Next goal: Vaccinators to zero in on missed children
ISLAMABAD: The next national polio immunisation drive will focus on the children missed for vaccination in high-risk areas. For the third nationwide anti-polio drive this year, all provinces have...
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Lab test results: Nearly 75% drinking water sources unsafe in country
ISLAMABAD: Almost 75% of the drinking water sources in all the four provinces of the country are contaminated and unsafe for human use, laboratory tests carried out by Pakistan Council of Research in...
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Amid tight security: Two more death row convicts executed
FAISALABAD: Two convicts on death row were hanged in Faisalabad Central Jail on Friday, taking the number of executions to 27 since the country lifted the moratorium on the death penalty. Tight...
View ArticleCII recommends ban on consummation of underage marriages
ISLAMABAD: The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) has declared consummation of marriage with underage girls a punishable offence and recommended the government introduce suitable legislation to ban...
View ArticleISIS not Islamic, but ‘psychopathic’: CIA chief
NEW YORK: CIA Director John Brennan on Friday said that attaching the word “Islamic” or “Muslim” to the Islamic State group will afford them the legitimacy that they seek. Speaking at the Center for...
View ArticleBetween Pakistan and qualification, stand Ireland
KARACHI: Pakistan will be looking to get over the rustiness of a week-long rest as they head into the all-important Pool B match against Ireland at the Adelaide Oval in Australia. Misbahul Haq’s...
View ArticleSad Taylor ready to move on
AUCKLAND: Zimbabwe batsman Brendan Taylor says he will miss representing his country after playing his last ODI against India in Auckland on Saturday but insisted life goes on. The 29-year-old will...
View ArticleRaina ton helps India beat Taylor-inspired Zimbabwe
AUCKLAND: Suresh Raina hit a century as India spoiled Brendan Taylor’s farewell party with a hard-fought six-wicket win in the World Cup Pool B match in Auckland on Saturday. Raina survived two dropped...
View ArticleClarke elated as Australia thump Scotland to confirm second place
HOBART: Australia captain Michael Clarke was a happy man after his side warmed up for next week’s World Cup quarter-final in Adelaide with a straightforward seven-wicket win over Scotland in Hobart on...
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