Health experts demand to provide clean drinking water, healthy food, shelter for flood affectees

ISLAMABAD:Health experts on Sunday demanded the authorities concerned for stepping up efforts to ensure the provision of clean drinking water to hundreds of people who lost their homes in the recent flood disaster. They also urged upon them for an urgent announcement of the strategy to deal with health crisis as almost 80% people are […]

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Health ministry vehemently denies disappearance of Panadol

ISLAMABAD:Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination on Sunday vehemently denied the misleading, untrue and baseless news item appeared on social media alleging the disappearance of Panadol tablets from Pakistani markets. A spokesman of the ministry said in a statement that the rumours of closing the production of medicines used for fever were absolutely […]

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Pakistan Army continue relief activities in flood affected areas of Balochistan

QUETTA:Pakistan Army and Frontier Corps (FC) Balochistan remained busy in relief activities for provision of facilities to flood victims in respective areas of Balochistan on Sunday. Rescue and relief operations were being continued by Pakistan Army and FC in flood affected areas including Quetta, Chaman, Mosikhel, Zhob, Nushki, Sibi, Bolan, Khuzdar, Kalat, Sorab Nasirabad, Jafarabad, […]

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Two students injured in hand grenade attack on seminary

D.I.KHAN:At least two students got injured as unknown miscreants attacked a religious seminary in the limits of Sadar police station with hand grenade, the police spokesman said on Sunday. The unknown miscreants hurled a hand grenade on a religious seminary ‘Darul Aftad Farooqia’ situated in Taj colony on Chashma road, leaving two students injured. The […]

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No positive Corona case reported in Balochistan

QUETTA:No new positive case of coronavirus was reported in Balochistan on Sunday, thus the total confirmed patients remain 35,975. According to media coordinator provincial Health Directorate Cell Balochistan Dr, Muhammad Wasim Baig, at least 1,628,540 people had been screened for the virus. As many as 35,572 affected patients have been recovered from the coronavirus so […]

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IPU regional seminar in Islamabad on Sept 13

ISLAMABAD:The National Assembly (NA) is hosting the ‘Third Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Regional Seminar on Achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for Parliaments of Asia-Pacific from September 13 to 14 in the federal capital. The event is being held in the backdrop of the devastating rains, floods and landslides that have impacted more than 33 million people […]

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Minister directs for speeding up construction of roads

FAISALABAD:Provincial Minister of Communications and Works Chaudhry Ali Afzal Sahi had directed the local administration to speed up construction of roads in order to provide relief to general public. He was addressing a meeting of District Coordination Committee (DCC) held with MNA Faiz Ullah Kamoka in the chair. The minister said that those contractors who […]

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Punjab govt believes in providing maximum relief to people: Pervaiz Elahi

LAHORE:Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi said that the Punjab government believes in providing maximum relief to people. While addressing the office-bearers and members of Lahore Press Club (LPC) at a function, organised at 90-Shahrah-e-Quaid-i-Azam on Sunday, he said that transparency would be ensured in donation for flood affectees and the system for its utilisation. […]

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