The fault lines of US foreign aid On 24 April, US President Joe Biden signed the legislation providing $87 billion in aid for Ukraine and Israel, in... Published 10 May, 2024 04:17am
Pakistan ESD secy invites international teams for Rescue Challenge 2024 LAHORE: Secretary Emergency Services Department (ESD) has invited the international teams to participate in the... Published 10 May, 2024 04:17am
World UN official says Israel closure of Gaza crossings ‘completely crippling’ aid JERUSALEM: Israel’s closure of key crossings into Gaza has cut off the main entry point for aid, and particularly... Published 09 May, 2024 10:36pm
Business & Finance Taxes on cigarettes: think tank for taking health cost into account ISLAMABAD: Capital Calling, an Islamabad-based think tank on Wednesday strongly proposed that the taxes on... Published 09 May, 2024 03:11am
World South Gaza hospitals have only three days’ fuel left: WHO GENEVA: Hospitals in the southern Gaza Strip have only three days of fuel left due to closed border crossings, the... Published 08 May, 2024 10:01pm
World Only three days of fuel for health services in south of Gaza, says WHO LONDON: There is only enough fuel to run health services in the south of Gaza for three more days, the World Health... Published 08 May, 2024 07:42pm
Business & Finance Raising tobacco taxes: experts say significant progress made ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has made significant progress in raising tobacco taxes with new recommendations of the World... Updated 07 May, 2024 08:02am
Print Budget 2024-25: SPDC proposes 37pc increase in FED on tobacco products ISLAMABAD: The Social Policy Development Centre (SPDC) has proposed a 37 percent increase in Federal Excise Duty... Updated 06 May, 2024 09:01am
Pakistan Sindh Secretary Health implementation of ‘concrete’ anti-measles strategy across province KARACHI: Secretary Health Sindh Rehan Iqbal Baloch has issued a notification to implement a concrete strategy across... Published 05 May, 2024 02:54am
Pakistan Hike in cigarette prices: 18pc of people quit smoking ISLAMABAD: Pakistan-based think tank Center for Research and Dialogue (CRD) survey disclosed that 18 percent of... Published 05 May, 2024 02:54am
Pakistan CM Maryam, WHO director vow to provide quality health facilities LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz met WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean Dr Hanan Balkhy ... Published 04 May, 2024 05:48am
World Food situation ‘slightly’ better in Gaza: WHO GENEVA: The availability of food in the Gaza Strip has very slightly improved, though the risk of famine in the... Published 03 May, 2024 10:25pm
Pakistan Punjab CM vows complete polio eradication across province LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif presided over the Polio Oversight Board meeting in which it was... Published 03 May, 2024 06:29am
Pakistan RTO Rawalpindi destroys huge quantity of non-duty paid cigarettes RAWALPINDI: Regional Tax Office (RTO) Rawalpindi, carried out destruction of massive quantity of illicit/smuggled... Published 26 Apr, 2024 04:15am
Business & Finance WHO delegation meets FBR chairman ISLAMABAD: A delegation of World Health Organization (WHO) comprising Roberto Iglesias, Consultant, and Santiago... Published 24 Apr, 2024 03:50am
Editorials Regulating organ transplants EDITORIAL: It’s been more than two decades since a law was enacted in compliance with the World Health... Published 23 Apr, 2024 03:41am
World Nigeria becomes first country to roll out new meningitis vaccine, WHO says ABUJA: Nigeria has become the first country in the world to roll out the “revolutionary” new Men5CV vaccine... Published 14 Apr, 2024 03:23am
Pakistan Capital Calling raises alarm against surge in campaign by cigarette cos ISLAMABAD: Capital Calling, an Islamabad-based think tank, has raised alarm against the surge in the campaign by... Published 10 Apr, 2024 02:16am
Opinion The iTFA challenge The World Health Organisation has set a consumption limit for industrial Trans Fatty Acids (iTFA) at less than one... Updated 10 Apr, 2024 03:02am
World Gaza’s largest hospital ‘an empty shell with human graves’: WHO GENEVA: The World Health Organization said Saturday that Gaza’s largest hospital had been reduced to ashes by... Published 07 Apr, 2024 03:01am
World Israeli troops recover slain Gaza hostage, Egypt to host new truce talks JERUSALEM: Israel said on Saturday its special forces had recovered the body of a hostage killed while being held... Published 06 Apr, 2024 11:02pm
World Destruction of Gaza’s Shifa Hospital rips heart out of health system, WHO says GENEVA: The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that the destruction of Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza... Published 02 Apr, 2024 02:15pm
World ‘This won’t hurt’: Gaza dentist works in tent as war rages NUSEIRAT: Dentist Najdat Saqer’s new surgery in Gaza is like any other except that it is in a tent and he has to... Published 30 Mar, 2024 11:03pm
World WHO says 9,000 patients need emergency evacuation from Gaza GENEVA: Some 9,000 patients in the Gaza Strip require evacuation for emergency care, with the war-torn Palestinian... Published 30 Mar, 2024 09:09pm
Editorials 2nd most polluted country EDITORIAL: Pakistan seems destined to stay right at the top of the world pollution pyramid, ending 2023 as the ... Published 24 Mar, 2024 03:02am
World In Gaza, starving children fill hospital wards as famine looms GAZA/GENEVA: Six-year-old Fadi al-Zant is acutely malnourished, his ribs protruding under leathery skin, his eyes... Published 20 Mar, 2024 11:04am
World WHO ‘terribly worried’ as battle rages at Gaza’s largest hospital GENEVA: The World Health Organization chief voiced alarm Monday after Israeli forces launched an operation at Gaza’s... Published 18 Mar, 2024 07:06pm
World WHO appeals to Israel to halt planned assault on Rafah GENEVA: The head of the World Health Organisation on Saturday appealed to Israel "in the name of humanity" not to... Published 16 Mar, 2024 11:44pm
Pakistan Pakistan ranks 7th among tobacco-consuming countries globally ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is one of the top tobacco consuming countries standing at the 7th position globally and first in... Published 14 Mar, 2024 03:00am
Pakistan Experts for harmonising cigarette taxes with WHO guidelines ISLAMABAD: Health experts and anti-tobacco activists urged the government to harmonise cigarette taxes with the ... Published 06 Mar, 2024 04:18am
Attachment of bank accounts of taxpayers: FBR orders sales tax/FED recovery only after approval by field committees
