GENEVA: Amid a global alert over the new Omicron variant, Pakistan has called for a fully equipped and adequately resourced global health security framework that responds effectively to future pandemics. Speaking during a special three-day meeting of the World Health Organization’s governing body on Monday, Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United Nations Offices in Geneva, Khalil […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Umer Jaral, a talented artist suffering from cerebral palsy presented Prime Minister Imran Khan his self-painted portraits on Tuesday. The wheelchair-bound artist, 34, despite his neurological disorders that affect the movement of muscles, made the paintings out of his fondness for Imran Khan. PM Khan lauded the artwork of Umer Jaral and termed him a […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony, Pir Noor-ul-Haq Qadri has said that education was the foundation of progress and academia must play a role in dissemination of moderation and peaceful co-existence. He was addressing an international seminar at International Islamic University (IIU) held in connection with 42nd anniversary celebrations of the university titled “the […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Anti Narcotics Force (ANF) Police Station Kohat Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has seized 457 kilogram hashish and arrested one drug peddler. According to a spokesperson of ANF, the force had intercepted a Hino Truck, near Lachi Toll Plaza Indus Highway District Kohat seized about 457.200 Kg Hashish, and arrested one drug peddler namely Inshad. The recovered hashish […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The Capital Development Authority (CDA) on Tuesday conducted drive against illegal occupation in markets, footpaths and confiscated three trucks of encroachment material. The operation was conducted by Enforcement Directorate from Tarlai towards Lehtrar Road and removed dozens of illegal stalls outside shops on both sides of the road, said a news release. Meanwhile, another operation […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Political Communication Dr Shahbaz Gill Tuesday said there was no match of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s public–centric and welfare-oriented priorities with the preferences of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Maryam Safdar. “On the one hand, Imran Khan is inaugurating another world university in the country, while […]
Read MoreFawad said the Federal Cabinet had expressed serious reservations over the videos circulating on the social media networking sites showing that votes were being bought for the upcoming by-election in Lahore. He said such illegal activities did not come to the fore in the by-election, if steps were taken by the ECP against horse trading […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The health experts at the National Dialogue organized on Tuesday under the auspices of Pakistan National Heart Association (PANAH) to expose the propaganda of “Tobacco Harms and Tobacco Industry Tactic” warned that the trend of taking up smoking was gaining more attraction in girls than boys that needed urgent attention of the stakeholders. The purpose […]
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