Friday, November 12th, 2021
Raising mass awareness in society needed to shun taboos affiliated with breast cancer: Samina Alvi
Karachi Nov 12 – First Lady Begum Samina Arif Alvi, wife of President Dr Arif Alvi, on Friday emphasized that with a fifty percent female population, there was a need to shun the taboos affiliated with breast cancer to encourage women to seek timely medical consultation. Addressing the “Breast Cancer Awareness, Differently Abled Persons and Women Empowerment Seminar” organized here by University of Karachi; she added that one in every eight women in the country is at the risk of breast cancer, besides one woman falling victim to the diseaseRead More
US envoy, COAS discuss matters of mutual interest
RAWALPINDI, NOV 12 /DNA/ – Thomas West, United States (US) Special Representative for Afghanistan, called on General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) at GHQ.During the meeting, matters of mutual interest, current security situation in Afghanistan and bilateral cooperation in various fields were discussed. COAS said that Pakistan desires to maintain the tradition of bilateral engagement and wish for long term & multi-domain enduring relationship with United States. COAS reiterated the need for global convergence on Afghanistan for avoiding looming humanitarian crisis and coordinated efforts for economic upliftRead More
Himalayan rock salt from Pakistan makes it big in China
BEIJING, Nov 12 /DNA/ – Salt lamps, bath salt, pink salt…Himalayan rock salt from Pakistan is making a splash in the Chinese market. “You see, I have sold four batches in such a few days. On November 6th alone, more than 50 salt lamps were sold to customers”, Mian Muhammad Zubair in charge of the Pak Persian salt lake booth said while talking to China Economic Net (CEN) excitedly in fluent Chinese on the fourth China International Import Expo (CIIE).It has been the second time that CEN journalists paid a visitRead More
Worth RMB 12.8 million: COVID-19 test kits donated by China
BEIJING, Nov 12 /DNA/ – The Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) and China Friendship Foundation for Peace and Development (CFFPD) initiated a donation of COVID-19 nucleic acid test kits and sample releaser buffer (worth RMB 12.8 million) to Pakistan. According to Gwadar Pro, the donation ceremony was held at the Pakistani embassy in Beijing. This batch of materials were donated by Wuhan Easy Diagnosis Biomedicine Co., Ltd. The total value is RMB 12.8 million, including 100,000 test kits and 100,000 sample releaser buffers independently developed andRead More
FM underlines commitment to peace in Afghanistan
Islamabad : Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has underlined Pakistan’s commitment to peace, stability and progress in Afghanistan. He was talking to Acting Foreign Minister of Afghanistan Amir Khan Muttaqi, who called on him in Islamabad along with a high-level delegation including Acting Ministers for Industry Commerce as well as Finance and Deputy Minister of Aviation. The Foreign Minister highlighted Pakistan’s continuing efforts for facilitating humanitarian assistance and economic support to Afghanistan. He reaffirmed Pakistan’s resolve to strengthen bilateral relations with Afghanistan in all areas. The Foreign Minister emphasized thatRead More
COVID 19: Nine more deaths, 391 new cases reported in country
ISLAMABAD : The Covid-19 pandemic claimed nine more lives while 391 new infections surfaced across Pakistan in the last 24 hours. As many as 38,524 samples were tested during this period, out of which 391 turned out to be positive, pushing the country’s caseload to 1,279,142. The national positivity rate was recorded at 1.01 per cent. The death toll from the pandemic climbed to 28,584 after nine more people succumbed to the viral disease. The number of critical Covid-19 patients under treatment in various hospitals across the country stands atRead More