From Our Correspondent PESHAWAR:  More than 6.3 million children will be vaccinated against polio as March round of anti-polio drive has been kicked off in the province. In a press statement issued on Monday, Additional Secretary Health (Polio) and Coordinator Emergency Operations Center Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Abdul Basit informed that the March round of anti-polio drive was planned in the whole province with the first round concluded in Bannu and D.I.Khan divisions while the second phase will be carried out in the rest of 29 districts. He said that total targetRead More

RAWALPINDI /DNA/ – Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury (ABC), Head of the Church of England and His Excellency Doctor Christian Turner, British High Commissioner called on General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) at GHQ, today. During the meeting matters of mutual interest, religious and inter-faith harmony were discussed. COAS acknowledged the role of Christian brethren not only towards creation of Pakistan but also for their contributions towards its progress. He appreciated role of various institutions in the fields of education, health and public welfare being managed by ChristianRead More

Minsk:  Pakistan Ambassador Sajjad Haider Khan visited the Belarusian National Exhibition Center “BelExpo” and met with the Director Mr. Siarhei Baran. The meeting was also attended by the Head of the Fair and Exhibition Department Ms. Victoria Agafonova and the Project Manager Ms. Marina Prozorova. Briefing about the National Exhibition center, Mr. Batam shared that Belexpo was the largest specialized exhibition company for more than 20 years, which has been organizing and holding international exhibitions and business events, including “Prodexpo”, “Milex”, “Leisure” and “BelTexExpo”. Appreciating the expanding bilateral relations between Pakistan and Belarus,Read More

PLEA TO KPT CHIEF TO FIX POTHOLES OF 2-TALWAR KPT UNDERPASS While it is pleasant to witness the lifeless KPT Underpass getting illustrious LED-lit abstract designs on its sidewalls, it is unfathomable at the same time how the local Government could miss the dangerous potholes during the ongoing [and other previous] renovation works – the should-be priority! Bikes carrying children, mothers, students, and other delivery riders can be seen mercilessly swerving around these growingly-deep potholes daily in a bid to dodge them, but this has often resulted in serious accidentsRead More

Dr. Abdus Sattar Abbasi It seems nostalgic when there is discussion about the contributions of Muslim scientists to the development of science and expansion of knowledge. However, the research in the past few decades suggests strong influences of Muslim scientists, during golden era of Muslim civilization between seventh and fifteenth centuries, on scientists of modern West e.g. there is remarkable similarity in the schematic diagrams of Ibn al-Shatir (1304-1375) for theory of lunar motion and sun-centered planetary model of Copernicus (1473-1543). Achievements of Descartes, in geometric analysis, and Newton, inRead More