300 women get ration, sanitary kits in flood hit Rajanpur, DG Khan

MULTAN:Pakistan Human Development Foundation (PHDF) has distributed ration bags and sanitary kits among 300 flood hit women in Taunsa Sharif tahsil of district Dera Ghazi Khan and Fazalpur city of district Rajanpur. PHDF Program officer Samia Faiz told reporter that their team members present in flood affected areas give them information regarding needs of the […]

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No shortage of funds for health development projects: secretary

LAHORE:Punjab Health Secretary Imran Sikander Baloch said on Thursday that no shortage of funds for all the development schemes in Punjab health sector. While presiding over a meeting to review all the schemes of development for the year 2022-23, he said work on all ongoing development projects in Punjab was progressing rapidly. The secretary said […]

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BZU holds workshop on zoonotic threats to human population, livestock in Cholistan

MULTAN:The Department of Pathobiology at Bahauddin Zakariya University (BZU) organized a one-day workshop on Zoonoses — infectious diseases transmitted from animals to humans — in in ‘One Health Perspective’. BZU Vice Chancellor Dr. Mansoor Akbar Kundi presided over the inaugural session while Dean Faculty of Veterinary Sciences Dr. Masood Akhtar was the Patron of the […]

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Around 1,246,309 flood-hit families received BISP assistance

ISLAMABAD:Continuing its commitment to provide relief to the flood-stricken families, Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) is ensuring speedy disbursement of Rs.25,000 to the flood affected families of Balochistan, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab under Flood Relief Cash Assistance. BISP has so far disbursed over Rs.31 billion among 1,246,309 flood affected families. In Balochistan 134,860 flood […]

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Pregnant women need maternal health services in flood affected Sindh

ISLAMABAD:The pregnant women are in dire need of maternal health services in flood affected Sindh as more than 1,000 health facilities have been fully or partially destroyed across the province. In an exclusive talk with reporter, Senior Medical Officer and Child Specialist Dr Nasrullah Sabki informed that around 47,000 pregnant women were affected by the […]

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EU to conduct workshops on e-parliament; capacity building of MPAs

LAHORE:Training workshops on transforming legislature and capacity building of the Punjab Assembly Members (MPAs) will be held under the European Union (EU) funded project IP5-Mustehkam Parliament. The e-parliament programme aims at providing enhanced legislative and parliamentary services to the MPAs through innovative state-of-the-art tools and solutions to enhance their performance, said IP5 project team leader […]

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