KARACHI - majority of people suffer from hypertension and other ailments due to lack of awareness about the importance of cleanliness, good health and proper nourishment.Lyari Resource Centre Chairperson Habib Hasan stated this on the occasion of World Health Day 2013 celebrated with the theme of ...

LAHORE – Environment Protection Department (EPD) Punjab in coordination with Transport Department and Traffic Police organised an awareness walk regarding increasing smoke and noise pollution due to two stroke motor cycle and auto rickshaws from Liberty roundabout to Hafeez Centre here on ...

KARACHI - A project was launched on Tuesday which aimed at providing advance education to 250,000 voters in Sindh.In collaboration with the UNDP, UNWomen, Australian Aid and Norwegian Embassy, the National Rural Development Programme launched the project at local hotel here.It will impart the ...

Secretary Election Commission of Pakistan, Ishtiaq Ahmed has said that Election Commission of Pakistan is trying to create awareness to attract more voters during the election with the assistance of the United Nations and other international organization. Talking to a private news channel, he said ...

FAISALABAD - As many as 575 million, out of 925 million people facing malnutrition are living in Asia-Pacific region, said speakers at a seminar. The seminar titled 'Nutrition and Health Awareness with a special focus on Calcium and Vitamin-D' was arranged by the Department of Home Economic, ...

LAHORE - In every half-an-hour, a mother dies and one of the major causes of these deaths is early marriage; many lives can be saved only by delaying marriages.Family Planning Association of Pakistan (Rahnuma-FPAP) CEO, Syed Kamal Shah said this while speaking at a media workshop on child ...

KARACHI - Under the theme of ‘Clean hands, Save Lives’ for this year, the Global Hand Washing Day was observed on Monday with clear message of promoting safe sanitation and hygiene practices, particularly among children, is vital for overall health of the people.The organisations ...

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf has said that the government will extend its complete support to all initiatives to promote awareness about ways to deal with natural disasters.The Prime Minister, in a message on occasion of National Disaster Awareness Day falling on October 8, said ...

PESHAWAR - Paying rich tribute to eminent haematologist and General Secretary Omair Sana Foundation (OSF), Karachi, Dr Saqib Hussain Ansari and his team members for discovering treatment of deadly disease thalesaemia, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Information and Culture, Mian Iftikhar ...

LAHORE – Parliamentary Secretary on Health Dr Saeed Elahi said on Wednesday that the most effective weapon against dengue was public awareness since this could effectively control the menace. Addressing a public awareness seminar on dengue at the Government Islamia College for Women Cooper ...

KARACHI  - Sindh Minister for Health, Dr Saghir Ahmed said that there is a need to foster awareness regarding the fatalities caused by sepsis.He was speaking at a symposium organized here on Sunday in connection with the World Sepsis day. The Minister was of the view that sepsis is often ...

KARACHI - Provincial Minister for Excise and Taxation, Mukesh Kumar Chawla, has said that reading material against use of drugs should be made part and parcel of syllabus at primary and secondary level in order to create awareness among students. He was talking to a delegation of students of a ...

RAWALPINDI - A ceremony to mark World Environment Day 2012 was held at Government Degree College for Women, Jhanda Chechi, here on Monday.On the occasion, Urdu and English debate and poster competitions in inter and degree level also held. GDCW Jhanda Chechi Principal Ms Shaista Naveed Chema was ...

ISLAMABAD  - Speakers at a seminar here on Saturday said that lack of awareness among the majority of population was the main hindrance in the development of stock markets.Addressing a seminar organized by Association for Investors Awareness (AIA) in collaboration with the Islamabad Stock ...

LAYYAH - Health Department, in collaboration with Micronutrient Initiative Pakistan, is organising awareness seminars at different government and private schools of the district to educate schoolchildren about iodine deficiency disorders, said District Officer Health.He was addressing the ...

SIALKOT - Hundreds of students and teachers of Army Public School held an anti-smoking awareness walk in Sialkot. They marched from Zafar Ali Road to Regiment Bazaar Sialkot Cantt after passing through various roads. The students held anti-smoking banners and raised slogans.While addressing the ...

 LAHORE  – The seminar on Disability Awareness Campaign will be held on Wednesday (today) in University of Education at Township Campus with the collaboration of Department of Physical Education and famous NGO which is working for the betterment of disable persons named Pace2 ...

ISLAMABAD  - The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has planned to arrange anti-litter camps to raise awareness among the residents of Katchi Abadis to ensure cleanliness in the Federal Capital next month. The awareness material including brochures, pamphlets and booklets highlighting the ...

LAHORE – City Traffic Police’s Education Unit is imparting necessary awareness lectures among the general masses, motorists, drivers and other commuters on public places, bus stands and open areas in the provincial capital. In this regard, DSP Tariq Sukhera, Inspector Saad Azeem, Lady ...

LAHORE - Students belonging to the Virtual University Faisal Town Campus and Ferozepur Road Campus have distributed pamphlets and brochures containing information on dengue on different roads of Lahore on Thursday, says a press release. Giving details about the campaign, Faisal Town Campus Manager ...

LAHORE After performing first ever successful cadaveric liver transplant in the history of the country, management of Sheikh Zayed Hospital has decided to launch transplant awareness programme for the continuity of the process and success of the centre. Successful liver transplant at the centre ...

ISLAMABAD Parliamentarians from all major political parties represented in the Senate and National Assembly of Pakistan have agreed to initiate a multi-party Caucus of Parliamentarians to raise awareness about the significance of immunisation and the fatal consequences of not immunising children. ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Thursday urged the government to take business community into confidence before introducing the value added tax (VAT). President ICCI, Zahid Maqbool while chairing a meeting of ICCI Sub Committee on Taxation said that healthy ...

LAHORE - Atiqa Odho, ambassador of breast cancer awareness campaign in Pakistan has said that the breast cancer is major cause of death among women especially in Asia and it is need of the hour that we should raise awareness about this curse. She expressed these views while speaking at a ceremony ...

LAHORE - International Vulture Awareness Day will be observed across the globe including Pakistan on Saturday (today) with the aim to highlight the ecological significance of vultures and their importance to environmental health. September 5 is being celebrated worldwide as the International ...

LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister, Shahbaz Sharif has said that we can make future of Pakistan safe by promoting education and creating awareness about Two-Nation Theory. Addressing the concluding ceremony of Nazriati Summer School of Nazria Pakistan Trust on Tuesday, Shahbaz said education and ...

Federal Information Minister Sherry Rehman said that electronic media is not abiding the rules in the coountry. Addressing a Psycho Trauma conference in Islamabad, Sherry said that news are being sensationalise to capture the audience. Media should abide the rules. Information minister requested ...

ISLAMABAD - Director General of National Institute of Science and Technical Education (NISTE) Syed Shahid Mukhtar Shah Friday said that it was need of the time to create awareness about ozone friendly equipment among society to avoid environmental hazards. "Awareness about ozone friendly ...