Being glued to the grid is starting to feel more like a full blown addiction than a hobby KARACHI: Nestled in your cinema seat, you cradle a buttery tub of popcorn, the lights dim and the screen flickers to life. … Read More
A health worker administers polio vaccine drops to a child during a polio vaccination campaign at a slum area in Lahore on August 2, 2021. — AFP ISLAMABAD: The Regional Reference Laboratory at NIH Islamabad has confirmed a new case … Read More
Mr. Türk was responding to an announcement by Marco Rubio, the US Secretary of State, on Thursday, of measures targeting the judges, who are overseeing a 2020 case of alleged war crime committed in Afghanistan by US and Afghan military … Read More
The World Health Organization (WHO) published its 2025 report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic on Monday, focusing on the six policies outlined in the WHO MPOWER tobacco control measures. Since 2007, 155 countries have implemented at least one of those policy prescriptions which … Read More
Almost 200,000 of the infectious pathogens were found during a global marine life expedition, which took over 10 years to complete. Most of the viruses are harmless to humans but can infect marine life, such as whales and crustaceans. The … Read More
This representational image shows a bear. — Unsplash A bear roaming the runway forced a Japanese airport to cancel flights on Thursday and declare itself off-limits to passengers for the day. The black bear appeared at northern Japan’s Yamagata Airport … Read More
A paramedic administers a vaccine jab to a boy in this undated image taken in Pakistan. — Unicef Thousands of children in Pakistan face vaccine deprivation since Covid-19 pandemic. Number of zero-dose children worldwide fell by nearly 75% from 1980 … Read More
PUBLISHED January 26, 2025 LAHORE/KARACHI/PESHAWAR: “Is there good news?” In a culture where newly married couples are constantly bombarded by prying friends and family over their plans for a baby, pregnancy is generally seen as a beautiful blessing paving the … Read More
A health worker administers polio drops to school children for vaccination during a door-to-door poliovirus eradication campaign in Lahore on April 21, 2025. — AFP KARACHI: Poliovirus has been detected in environmental samples taken from seven different districts in the … Read More
A decade ago, the UN General Assembly adopted the Nelson Mandela Rules — a set of 122 guidelines setting minimum standards for the treatment of prisoners, inspired by one of the world’s most influential former political prisoners – the South … Read More