53 dengue fever suspects visit Rawalpindi’s health facilities

RAWALPINDI:As many as 53 dengue fever suspects have been brought to the district’s health facilities during the last 24 hours, out of which two were declared positive. District Coordinator of Epidemics Prevention and Control (DCEPC), Dr Sajjad Mehmood, said that Holy Family Hospital had registered 12 suspects, Tehsil Headquarters Hospital,(THQ) Gujjar Khan nine, Wah General […]

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Five-days anti-polio campaign begins

ISLAMABAD:A five-day anti-polio campaign started across the country from Monday to administer anti-polio vaccine to the children up to five years of age. According to details, in Punjab, 39,000 health workers were taking part in the the week-long campaign to administer anti-polio vaccine to over five million children in seven districts, including Lahore, Rawalpindi, Faisalabad, […]

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Irfan achieves milestone of breaking 52 Guinness World Records

ISLAMABAD:Pakistani martial artist Irfan Mehsood doesn’t seem to slow down as he has achieved a milestone of breaking 52 Guinness World Records and becoming the only player in the world to hold 28 records in push-ups category. Irfan broke the latest 52nd record of the most knuckle push-ups (one leg raised carrying 80lb pack) in […]

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Sanjrani for accelerating measures to curb polio

ISLAMABAD:Chairman Senate Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani on Monday underlined the need for accelerating the measures to curb the crippling polio disease. He said this during a meeting with the World Health Organization (WHO) country representative to Pakistan Dr. Palitha Gunarathna, who called on him here at the Parliament House. The Chairman Senate said that providing health […]

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VC WU urges students to adopt entrepreneurship as career

MULTAN:Vice Chancellor (VC) Women University (WU) Professor Dr Uzma Quraishi on Monday urged upon students to engage themselves in entrepreneurship as they could perform business activities in amicable way. She said this in a seminar on “Micro, Medium and Small Enterprises” held under auspices of Department of Economics, Woman University here. June 27 is marked […]

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Pakistan notifies revised control lists under Export Control Act 2004

ISLAMABAD:The government has notified the revised control lists of goods, technologies, material and equipment that are subject to Strategic Export Control Division (SECDIV) license for export, the Foreign Office said Monday. The lists have been notified pursuant to the export control related to Nuclear and Biological Weapons and their Delivery Systems Act 2004. The Act […]

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