ISLAMABAD: On World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, WHO and the government of Pakistan called on all partners to urgently invest in ending the deadly disease that affects over 686,000 people and causes 47,000 deaths annually in Pakistan. WHO said Pakistan bears 73% of the tuberculosis burden in the Eastern Mediterranean Region and is the 5th most […]
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) President and former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said issues of Balochistan can only be solved through democratic means to restore peace in the province. He stated this while talking to Supreme Court Bar Association President Mian Muhammad Rauf Atta and Federal Minister for Law and Justice Nazir Tarar who
KATHMANDU: On the first World Glaciers Day observed today (March 21, 2025), UN agencies in their reports warned that many glaciers will not survive the 21st century with five of the past six years recording the most rapid glacier retreat on record. “An avalanche of cascading impacts on economies, ecosystems and communities, not just in
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KARACHI: A joint board of officers, comprising officials from the Pakistan Airports Authority (PAA) and Pakistan International Airlines Corporation Limited (PIACL), visited Parachinar airport to assess its operational feasibility for commercial and humanitarian flights. The visit was carried out as per the directives of the Ministry of Defence earlier. The eight-member committee includes six officers
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ISLAMABAD: The World Health Organization (WHO) says it has partnered with the government to protect with life-saving vaccines 2.8 million children who had missed routine doses due to the COVID-19 pandemic or any other reason during the first and second round of the ‘Big Catch-Up’ immunization campaign across Pakistan. The second phase of the campaign
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