Diabetes, heart disease increase dementia risk: Study

ISLAMABAD: People with diabetes, heart disease or stroke have doubled the risk of developing dementia, finds a study.   Type 2 diabetes, heart diseases (ischemic heart disease, heart failure or atrial fibrillation) and stroke, so-called cardiometabolic diseases, are some of the main risk factors for dementia.   The presence of more than one cardiometabolic disease […]

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Govt fully committed to put economy back on track: Khawaja Asif

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Defense Khawaja Muhammad Asif on Monday said the government was fully committed to invest time and energy to stabilize economy and put it back on track.   Talking to a private news channel, he said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) was trying to take credit for meeting the FATF’s 34 action plans to […]

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ECP releases assets details of Punjab Assembly members

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday released asset details of the Punjab Assembly members.   According to the ECP, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) Usman Buzdar is in possession of assets amounting to Rs 50.80 million, while former assembly member Aleem Khan has declared assets worth more than Rs 700 million.   Punjab Chief […]

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KP govt criticized by own legislators for ignoring NMDs in budget, unjust distribution of funds

PESHAWAR: The tribal members from both sides of the divide in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Monday slammed the provincial government for not allocating any considerable amount in the annual budgets for the merged districts.   The parliamentarians, while announcing boycott of the proceedings of the budget session, staged a walkout from KP Assembly to protest […]

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6-year old Pakistani kid successfully treated for brainstem tumour in China

BEIJING: A 6-year old Pakistani child has been successfully treated for brainstem tumour at Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University (ZNWU) in China.   “Thank you so much! Chinese doctors and nurses are so nice. Your efforts mean a lot to my family, ” said Muhammad Arshad, the father of Arshad Jr who was diagnosed with […]

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Former PM Shaheed Benazir Bhutto’s birth anniversary to celebrate

LARKANA: The 69 Birth Anniversary of former Prime Minister of Pakistan and Slain Chairperson of PPP Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto will be celebrated in a respectable and befitting manner on June 21.   Glowing tributes would be paid to Shaheed Benazir Bhutto, also known as Shaheed Rani, for her services to the nation and the […]

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Bilawal to inaugurate ‘peoples bus service’ on June 21

LARKANA: Sindh Mass Transit Authority is going to launch a project to provide quality and affordable transport facilities to the citizens of Larkana.   In the first phase, ten air-conditioned luxury buses have reached Larkana.   Chairman PPP and Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will inaugurate the Peoples Bus Service on Tuesday, on the 69th […]

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