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By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) Aga Khan University will launch a clinical trial of a portable, low-cost ventilator that aims to make lifesaving treatment such as assisted breathing available to patients before they reach the hospital. Ventilators are currently only available in hospitals even though most patients with critical breathing problems…
Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader and former provincial minister Sindh Muhammad Adil Siddiqui passed away on Monday due to complications caused by the novel coronavirus. Adil Siddiqui who had arrived in Islamabad earlier this month was admitted to hospital after contracting coronavirus. The politician was on a ventilator at a private hospital in Karachi, where…
Chief of Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) M. Shariq Vohra has urged shopkeepers and small traders that instead of demanding to enhance business hours from 6:00PM to 8:00PM, it was high time to change the habits of opening businesses belatedly and start all types of business activities early in the morning upon sunrise…
In view of the growing public concerns regarding air environmental degradation of the urban and rural areas of the Sindh province, the Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) is planning to conduct an extensive air quality assessment survey of the whole province through its regional offices and with the help of certified private laboratories. Spokesperson of…
The discussion was held in a first of its kind conference on climate change risks to the future of children in Pakistan, organized at a hotel in Karachi on Tuesday. The conference was organized by the Research and Development Foundation (RDF) in collaboration with a German International Child Focused Development Organization Kindernothilfe (KNH), co-financed by…
The police has undertaken the task of preparing application for verifying the particulars of domestic servants in Karachi. According to the police, the objective of the application is to protect citizens from “dubious elements” and preventing them from hiring persons with criminal backgrounds. The initiative has been taken following the emergence of multiple reports of…
Minister for Human Settlement in Sindh Ghulam Murtaza Baloch, who tested positive for coronavirus, passed away on Tuesday. The minister tested positive a few weeks ago and was shifted to intensive care unit (ICU) of a private hospital last week after his state of health started deteriorating there. The news was confirmed by Sindh Chief…
The global Disease Control Priorities Project estimates that nearly half of deaths and over a third of disability in low- and middle-income countries can be addressed by the implementation of effective emergency care. The solution is to establish integrated emergency and trauma care systems with pre- and post-emergency department care nationwide, said Dr Junaid Razzak,…
The Expo Pakistan 2017 was jointly inaugurated by Commerce Minister Pervaiz Malik, Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly Khurshid Shah, Sindh Governor Muhammad Zubair and Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah at the Karachi Expo Centre on Thursday. The event is organised by the Ministry of Commerce and Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP)….
EBM recently participated in the Gulfood Exhibition held in Dubai and is by far the most robust Pakistani company representing the country preeminently at all fronts. Gulfood Exhibition held at the Dubai World Trade Center attracted exhibitors from across all continents and housed over 90,000 buyers where key trends and topics driving the industry were…
The group of prominent doctors and show biz personalities have organized an evening of science and art coming together to spread awareness about a debilitating skin condition known as Urticaria in collaboration with Novartis Pharma Pakistan recently. The presentation had the presence of people from different walks of life including showbiz galaxy, renowned dermatologists across…
The Dolmen Shopping Festival over the past few years has earned the reputation of bringing tremendous bargains to Karachites, at least twice a year. Being in full swing since December 20, 2014 this time it was real crowd puller and brought in throngs of people to the three Dolmen Mall locations in Karachi, Clifton, Tariq…
Commissioner Karachi Shoaib Ahmed Siddiqui has said that 35 more CNG buses would operate on the city roads very soon. “Transport and Communication Department (TCD) should scrutinize system of looking after the buses so that they could not become out of order again,” he said while addressing a meeting at his office in the metropolis to…
The commissioner office has planned to build 200 public toilets in the government offices. According to a news source, the commissioner office has taken this initiative on orders of the Sindh High Court. Commissioner Shoaib Ahmed Siddiqui told reporters that the public toilets would be built at different locations in the city and old toilets…
Brian Heath assumed charge as the U.S. Consul General in Karachi on August 20, 2014. A career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Mr. Heath most recently served as the Minister-Counselor for Management Affairs at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations in New York. Since joining the Foreign Service in 1998, Mr. Heath’s overseas…
The pre-medical college results announced on Monday by the Board of Intermediate Education, Karachi (BIEK), reasserted the alarming trend of growing gender disparity in the healthcare professions. This year, only 1,603 male students will be eligible to apply to medical colleges as compared to 9,203 females this year. According to the results announced by the…
BOL, Pakistan’s mew media group, has welcomed on-board globally acclaimed journalist Kamran Khan as the group’s President and Editor-in-Chief. This is a major milestone for BOL which has meticulously acquired a dream-team of highly experienced professionals with decades of experience to their credit. Mr. Kamran Khan is one of the most respected, experienced and celebrated…
Anti Encroachments squad of KMC took action in Shanti Nagar and removed many encroachments including jhuggi hotels, patharas, sugarcane juice machine and push carts during an operation in the presence of police and rangers. The operation was supervised by the Director Anti Encroachments Mazhar Khan along with the Assistant Commissioner East Mushtaq Shaikh and other…