LAHORE - The budget for the year 2013-14 must focus on energy sector as the country’s economic revival hinges on availability of cheaper and uninterrupted power and gas supply. This was the crux of a pre- budget forum on ‘Budget 2013-14: Expectations and Apprehensions’ held at ...

ISLAMABAD - Experts at a conference underlined the need for taking solid steps to effectively explore and utilize natural resources especially coal to meet the country’s growing energy needs. Presenting Energy Vision 2030 at a conference organized by IPRI and Hanns Seidel Foundation, ...

LAHORE (APP):- Agriculture experts have said that each year almost 10 to 15pc stored wheat is affefcted by insects in godowns and advised utmost care to avoid losses. Agri experts told APP on Tuesday that moisture level increases in the weather which is favourable for insects’ attack on ...

ISLAMABAD - Acupuncture and Acupressure therapies are best forms of treatment in traditional Chinese medicines that help adjust and alter the body's energy flow into healthier patterns.These words were expressed by experts on Acupuncture and Acupressure Therapies Dr Rizwan Kothari & Dr Zikr ...

ISLAMABAD - Health experts of Pakistan Paediatric Association (PPA) on Saturday urged parents and government to strive to increase the coverage of immunisation programme from current 57 per cent to 80 per cent in order to protect children from vaccine preventable diseases.The World Immunisation ...

GENEVA  International experts are poised to head to China to probe the outbreak of H7N9 bird flu which has claimed 14 lives, the World Health Organisation said Tuesday.The mission, including four international flu specialists, is due to arrive in China in the coming days for a week-long ...

KARACHI – The general public has been warned against a number of misguiding, misleading advertisements about medicines for treatment of arthritis, such as Ayurvadic medicine Sandhi Sudha; this medicine has even been rejected by the Indian Medical Association, said College of Family Medicine ...

KARACHI - Political parties have failed to impress the economic experts about party manifestos as no clear programme were announced about revival of economy and improvement of education standard in the country.These views were expressed by experts at a seminar on Party Manifestos and the Future of ...

KARACHI - Research is the intellectual backbone of a society; it has the potential to bring about a qualitative change in the political, social and economic milieu of a society, said Prof Dr Moonis Ahmar.Addressing at the concluding ceremony of a two-day workshop on “Research ...

LAHORE – Dispelling the impression that polio vaccine lacks efficacy and can damage health, medical experts contended that it is necessary for every child to develop immunity against the menace. They ruled out the possibility that polio vaccine can negatively affect a child, irrespective of ...

KARACHI - There is an urgent need to adopt a bill into law for ‘breast feeding and child nutrition’ to discourage formula (baby) milk.Health Education & Literacy Programme (HELP) Chairperson Prof Dr DS Akram, while addressing a press conference on “Saving Lives of Newborn by ...

FAISALABAD - Pakistan is facing severe threats of climate changes causing heavy floods, air pollution and water borne diseases which need to be overcome with enhanced practical work.This was stated by speakers at an inaugural session of two-day International Conference titled ‘Global ...

FAISALABAD - More than 70 percent population of the developing countries still depends on the complementary and alternative medicines as evidence CAM therapies have shown remarkable success in healing acute as well as chronic diseases, said medical expert during a seminar."Cultural beliefs and ...

FAISALABAD - More than 70 percent population of the developing countries still depends on the complementary and alternative medicines as evidence CAM therapies have shown remarkable success in healing acute as well as chronic diseases, said medical expert during a seminar."Cultural beliefs and ...

ISLAMABAD – Experts have warned that if actions were not taken, the economy would face serious consequences plunging the country into a crisis of untold dimensions. Addressing a conference organized by Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI) on  ‘Water and Energy Security in ...

ISLAMABAD - Only Interior Minister Rehman Malik knows the reason for banning mobile network portability, as different experts on the subject have denied any knowledge as to how network portability could cause security issues.They termed ban on cell phone services merely tantamount to creating ...

LAHORE – Food pollution is increasing heart diseases and factors like emotional imbalance, smoking, unhealthy lifestyle and lack of exercise are also contributing to cardiac problems while Heart problems in college-students are escalating in Pakistan due to lack of awareness and preventive ...

ISLAMABAD - PSO’s signing a fuel procurement agreement with M/s Bakri Trading Company Pakistan (Pvt) Limited, which is only a trader and not a refiner, has raised serious questions about the decision of state-owned oil giant to rely on a trader for strategic oil supplies primarily meant for ...

FAISALABAD - Pakistani businessmen and entrepreneurs will have to reach global dimensions, adopt modern technology and mindset, and ensure de-regulation of the economy, infrastructural development and public-private partnership for their survival in the 21st Century, said Dr Salman Shah, a former ...

UNITED NATIONS - The practice of enforced disappearances perseveres in many countries, a group of UN experts warned Friday, following their review of more than 400 cases spanning 31 nations.At the conclusion of its 98th session held in Geneva, the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary ...

UNITED NATIONS - A group of United Nations experts has urged countries to eliminate laws that classify adultery as a criminal offence, noting that they give rise to punishments that range from fines to flogging and death by stoning or hanging.“Adultery must not be classified as a criminal ...

ISLAMABAD - Health experts on Monday criticised the government’s indifference towards health sector with specific reference to budgetary allocations for non-communicable diseases, those are, according to them, increasing in Pakistan with every passing year.Experts came down hard on the ...

BAHAWALPUR – Major changes to the national education system were inevitable to improve the quality of education according to the modern-day demands to meet the challenges, suggested experts during a symposium held at the Islamia University of Bahawalpur.“Only through improving the ...

UNITED NATIONS - Several UN human rights experts have urged the Pakistani government to do everything it can to protect schoolchildren, particularly girls, while denouncing the ‘brutal’ attack on child rights activists, Malala Yousafzai.Ms Yousufzai, 14, who was well known for ...

FAISALABAD - Speakers at a workshop urged a substantial investment on gathering information on the extent and use of existing diversity in indigenous farm animal genetic resources (FAnGR).The workshop titled 'Domestic Animal Genetic Resources Information System for Selected Asian Countries' was ...

FAISALABAD - Speakers at a workshop urged a substantial investment on gathering information on the extent and use of existing diversity in indigenous farm animal genetic resources (FAnGR).The workshop titled 'Domestic Animal Genetic Resources Information System for Selected Asian Countries' was ...

ISLAMABAD – The participants of a meeting has demanded revision of the ‘Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2011’ to maximise the required prospects and safeguarding future of the young generation.Academic experts hailing from different government, semi-government and ...

KARACHI - Highlighting the importance of corporate social responsibility, experts at a meeting on Monday called upon businessmen to play greater role in averting conflicts and bringing peace in local communities.The discussion took place at a consultative meeting titled ‘Peace through Profit: ...

KARACHI – Keeping in view of reduction in water resources due to climate change and increasing demand, the water experts have called for women’s involvement in water conservation awareness campaign, as they are the main users of domestic water.Simi Kamal, water expert and chairperson of ...

UNITED NATIONS - A group of UN experts Thursday voiced serious concerns about Bahrain’s “campaign of persecution” against those promoting human rights, and called for the prompt release of a prominent human rights defender recently sentenced to three years ...