ISLAMABAD:The Federal Flood Commission (FFC) has said that River Indus was flowing in “high flood” in Taunsa–Guddu-Sukkur Reaches with “medium flood” at Kotri. According to daily FFC report on Thursday, it was flowing in “Low Flood” at its upstream location (i.e. at Chashma) and under Normal Flow Conditions at Tarbela & Kalabagh. Currently, River Kabul […]
Read MoreLAHORE:Provincial Level Senior Lab Staff Master Trainers courses at the Institute of Public Health (IPH) have been completed in collaboration with the Johns Hopkins University (Jhpiego). Forty five staff members of the public sector hospitals’ laboratories, including microbiologists, molecular biologists and senior medical technologists, were trained in biosafety, biosecurity, risk management, quality assurance and COVID […]
Read MoreKARACHI:Ali Hassan Sajid and Rafiq Majeed were elected as President and General Secretary respectively, in Khaliq Dina Hall Library Association (KDLA) elections for the year 2022-23. According to the details, the meeting of the general body of the association was held at Khaliq Dina Hall located in the office of the association, said a statement […]
Read MoreRAWALPINDI:Deputy Commissioner Tahir Farooq on Thursday directed the health officials to expedite anti-dengue surveillance for tracing larvae and its eradication so that the growth of dengue larvae could be controlled. Chairing a meeting to review anti-dengue arrangements here at his office, he warned that September and October were crucial for dengue spread; therefore, all departments […]
Read MoreKARACHI:Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology (SSUET) organized a blood donation camp in collaboration with Patient Welfare Association that was inaugurated by the Convenor Aligarh Institute of Technology, Engr. Muhammad Arshad Khan, along with Engr. Firoz Zaheer (Executive Member AMUOBA) and Shajar Ali Hashmi (Honorary Joint Secretary Academic, AMUOBA). On this occasion, a seminar […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Thursday issued two more SROs to provide exemption from taxes/duties on Import of Onion and Tomatoes to Stabilize Commodity prices escalating due to Floods. Recent floods have brought unprecedented crop damage,said a press release issued here. As a result, the prices of onion and tomatoes have sky-rocketed in […]
Read MoreKARACHI:Total liquid foreign reserves of the country stand at dollars 13.40305 billion, says State Bank of Pakistan. SBP’s weekly statement issued here on Thursday said that on Aug. 26, the foreign reserves holding with State Bank $ 7,697.1 million. The net foreign reserves held by commercial banks amounted to $ 5,706.4 million. During the week […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Vaccinated people who were infected by the earlier Omicron sub-variants have four times greater protection than vaccinated people who were not infected against the new variants like BA.5, finds a new study. The study indicates that previous infection in vaccinated people (the so-called hybrid immunity) continues to confer immunity for the variants that are known […]
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