KARACHI Tobacco smoking and usage of fuels such as wood and coal are major causes of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), a disease that poses major health hazards and unfortunately remains largely under diagnosed and under treated in Pakistan said Dr Nadeem Rizvi at an awareness session ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE Pakistan should not promote trade with India until the Kashmir issue is not resolved. The people of Pakistan are fed up of the two party system and want change in political arena. Rule of law is the only solution to the poor state of Karachi. These views were expressed ...

Corps Commander Peshawar, Lieutenant General Asif Yasin Malik on Tuesday said that Pak-Afghan porous border was the main cause of terrorism in the country. During his visit to FR Jatoi, Asif Yasin Malik addressed a gathering of tribal elders and promised that army would continue its support to the ...

Former Chief of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Qazi Hussain Ahmed gave credit to Father of the Islamic Revolution, Imam Khomeini for reviving Palestinian cause. Imam Khomeini inaugurated Al-Quds day as an integral part of Ramadan so that Muslims would never forget their responsibility and duty towards ...

In occupied Kashmir, senior APHC leader and the President of Democratic Freedom Party, Shabbir Ahmad Shah has reiterated that Kashmir issue can be resolved either through the implementation of UN resolutions or tripartite talks. Shabbir Ahmad Shah, who is currently under house arrest, in statement ...

Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has said the Government of Pakistan will support the Kashmir cause at all international forums and will use diplomatic means to highlight this cause at international level. The Prime Minister was talking to a delegation of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Azad ...

ISLAMABAD - Small arms are the reason for 60 to 90 per cent deaths due to direct conflicts that occur each year. Approximately 90,000 people were killed every year while 1.5 million people were injured every year. Ismat Ullah Khan, Project Officer of SPADO, an NGO, supporting implementation of UN ...

ISLAMABAD - Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP) unearthed irregularity, overpayment and award of work to ineligible contractor in the accounts of Pakistan Rangers, which allegedly caused loss of around Rs 252 million in different cases. The fresh audit report available with The Nation, revealed the ...

GHIZER (INP) - The earthquake tremors spread panic among the people in different parts of Gilgit-Baltistan, while many people have started leaving Ghizer due to rising water level in Ghizer River and its tributaries and inundation of nearby areas. No loss of life was reported in the tremors which ...

The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Monday resumed hearing of the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) review case and issued show cause notices to Raja Abdul Ghafoor and solicitor general. During the hearing, the Advocate on Record, Abdul Ghafoor, announced that he is separating himself from the ...

LAHORE (PPI) The government should ensure more storage capacity through public private partnership, as at least 25 percent fruit and vegetable production is usually lost due to lack of cold storage. Experts suggested that land for store houses should be provided by the government and the sheds and ...

LAHORE Instead of showing their faces to the journalists and other people, the police always keep the heads (and faces) of the hardened criminals during their press and court showings under unexplained logic. The top cops, however, argue that the chief motive behind their face-covering is to save ...

ISLAMABAD - The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) Tuesday issued a show cause notice to RITS Incorporation, for undertaking deceptive marketing practices, in violation of Section 10 of the Competition Act 2010. Its hair fall treatment product, Remaine advertisement campaign came under CCP ...

THE flare-up in political turmoil in Pakistan following the assassination of Punjab Governor Salman Taseer wont have an immediate impact on the nations credit ratings, Moodys Investors Service said Wednesday, but it warned that prolonged political instability and economic stagnation could lead to a ...

LAHORE After giving rainfall in the coastal areas of Balochistan, the westerly wave is likely to cause light rain in parts of the province including the City on Wednesday night, the meteorological experts say. The prevailing rain giving system is likely to affect parts of the country during the ...

In studies with mice, scientists have found evidence that osteoporosis-like bone disorders and inflammatory intestinal disorders are both caused by the abnormal regulation of a common protein. Dr. Simon R. Carding from the University of Leeds in England and colleagues report their study in the ...

ISLAMABAD - The government has to face Rs 60 billion blow in the form of revenue collection shortfall during the current financial year due to delay in introduction of Reform General Sales Tax (RGST), flood tax and increase in special excise duty. As the government planned to postpone the ...

ISLAMABAD (Online) Routine childhood vaccinations do not increase the risk of developing diabetes, according to a study of more than 700,000 Danish children. The study, led by Anders Hviid of the Statens Serum Institute in Copenhagen, looked at all Danish children born from 1990 through 2000 and ...

Routine childhood vaccinations do not increase the risk of developing diabetes, according to a study of more than 700,000 Danish children. The study, led by Anders Hviid of the Statens Serum Institute in Copenhagen, looked at all Danish children born from 1990 through 2000 and found that diabetes ...

Spinal anesthesia won't cause or worsen restless legs syndrome. That's the conclusion of a new study published as a letter to the editor in the Nov. 20 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. The study compared people undergoing general anesthesia to those undergoing surgery with spinal ...

OSLO (Reuters) - Global losses from natural disasters could triple to $185 billion a year by 2100, excluding the impact of climate change, according to a report, which calls for a shift in focus from relief work to preventative measures. The joint report by the United Nations and the World Bank, ...

Those who suffer from severe urinary infection are more likely to develop deadly blood clots, says a new study. Earlier studies had found a link between acute infections and heart attacks, but scientists were unaware about the relationship between infections and clotting in large veins, reported ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - The frequent and rampant trend of sending fake messages through short message service (SMS) by unknown numbers, promising fabulous cash prizes, have caused great concern and annoyance among the subscribers of various cellular companies. A number of subscribes of twin cities ...

Pregnant women should avoid artificially sweetened diet soft drinks, as a study has linked them with premature births. Research conducted on almost 60,000 pregnant women in Denmark found that those who drank such soft drinks, whether fizzy or still, were more likely to give birth early. It was ...

Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah said that the second swept of floodwater would not be devastating for the cities of Sindh adding that the provincial government has been seeking every possible measure to rescue the cities from flood wreckages. During his visit of flood-hit areas in Shikar ...

KARACHI - Inequality, not religion in society is the main cause of increasing 'Taliban Phenomenon in Pakistan, which could be curtailed through providing jobs, equal and just system, but bombs and drone attacks are not the solution to the Taliban phenomenon. Eminent economist Kaisar Bengali, who ...

ISLAMABAD As long as the Americans are seen as leading the peace and development efforts in Afghanistan, the prospects of credible peace and reconciliation would remain questionable, was the advice that most of the Pakistani politicians and analysts gave to the International Task Force on ...

A new research by Medical College of Georgia has shown that black tea contains higher concentrations of fluoride than previously thought. "The additional fluoride from drinking two to four cups of tea a day won't harm anyone; it's the very heavy tea drinkers who could get in trouble," said Dr. Gary ...

LAHORE - The terrorism and sabotage activities by miscreants have caused Rs 216 million financial loss to Pepco in Balochistan alone during 298 incidents of destroying transmission lines and grid stations there in a bid to destabilise the country, sources in Pepco told The Nation. Official sources ...

LONDON (APP) - Britains first Muslim Minister Shahid Malik lost his Parliamentary seat in Dewsbury, north west England, following severe boundary changes. Maliks election agent Paul Moore in a statement said the boundary changes meant that 26 villages mainly Conservative leaning, being placed in ...