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Minimum percentage for entry to medical colleges decreased

September 7, 2022

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Medical Council has postponed the Medical and Dental Colleges Admissions Test (MDCAT) in view of the flood situation in the country, announcement Minister for National Health Services and Regulations Abdul Qadir Patel at a news conference in Islamabad, Radio Pakistan reported. He said electricity and internet services remained disconnected in various parts of

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Defence Day celebrated at AKHSS Chitral

September 7, 2022

(Press Release) CHITRAL: The Defence Day of Pakistan, September 6, 2022, was observed at Aga Khan Higher Secondary School (AKHSS), Chitral. The event had a three pronged objectives, firstly to pay tribute to the military and civil martyrs of the war of 1965 and to infuse the value of patriotism in students. Secondly, the the

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UN warns of post-flood humanitarian crisis

September 7, 2022

GENEVA: The United Nations (UN) has warned the humanitarian situation in flood-ravaged Pakistan was expected to get worse, a day after establishing an air bridge to deliver aid to victims. More than 33 million people in Pakistan have been affected by the flooding, brought on by record monsoon rains amplified by climate change. The floods

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Prevalence of blindness declines in Pakistan: report

September 6, 2022

ISLAMABAD: The prevalence of visual impairment amongst people aged 50 and above in Pakistan has reduced remarkably as fresh data show this ratio has come down to only two per cent against seven per cent recorded in 2004, according to the third national survey of blindness conducted by the Federal Ministry of Health. “About 44,800

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Cash compensation for rehabilitation of houses approved

September 6, 2022

PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan has approved the provision of cash compensation for rehabilitation of houses that were destroyed in the recent floods. Chairing the first meeting of a committee to oversee the management and utilization of Chief Minister’s Flood Relief Fund here on Tuesday, Mahmood Khan directed the concerned authorities for opening

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