People in Pakistan are not looking serious about coronavirus epidemic: Poll

ISLAMABAD: The risk of the coronavirus pandemic spreading among the public is still present but it looks like the people have started becoming non-serious...

Sindh to register madrassas as educational institutions

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah has directed the education and literacy department to register madrassas as education institutions. “Madrassas play an important...

Balochistan to get 40pc of gas revenue

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has agreed to give 40 percent of gas revenue to Balochistan. According to the details, the province will get around Rs6...

Pharmaceutical companies vow not to increase drug prices

ISLAMABAD: The pharmaceutical companies have decided not to increase drug prices in the first quarter of financial year 2020-21. After a successful dialogue with Drug...

Besides other diseases, sugary drinks, tobacco also cause heart disease: PANHA

RAWALPINDI: President Pakistan National Heart Association (PANHA) Major General (retd.) Masood-ur-Rehman Kayani said that PANHA is fighting simultaneously on many fronts to build a healthy...

Final decision to reopen educational institutes to be taken on Sept 7

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Federal Education Shafqat Mehmood on Friday has said that final decision to reopen educational institutes across the country from September 15...

No one can deny importance of CPEC: FM Qureshi

BEIJING: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that Pakistan has strong ties with China and new era is about to begin in the...

Reopening schools may lead to second, third waves of coronavirus: Sindh health minister

KARACHI: Sindh Health Minister Dr Azra Pechuho has warned against the reopening of schools till the coronavirus pandemic is, stating that children in particular...

Nergis Mavalvala: A Karachiite, astrophysicist named dean of MIT School of Science

CAMBRIDGE (UNITED STATES): Pakistan-born, a Karachiite, quantum astrophysicist Nergis Mavalvala has been named the new dean of the MIT School of Science, one of...

Matiari-Lahore transmission line project completed 85pc: Asim Bajwa

ISLAMABAD: China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Authority Chairman Lieutenant General (retd) Asim Saleem Bajwa said Matiari-Lahore transmission line project has been completed 85 percent. Asim Saleem...