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Traces of lead, zinc and nickel found in vegetables from Lahore, Rawalpindi

Traces of lead, zinc and nickel found in vegetables from Lahore, Rawalpindi Lahore, Pakistan: Traces of heavy metals like lead, cadmium, nickel and zinc are...

Pakistan sets target to make itself polio free by 2016

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The government has set a target to make Pakistan polio free by 2016 by reaching out to every child for administering the...

No swine flue, only seasonal influenza affecting Pakistan: Saira

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Swine flu has no existence in the country rather seasonal influenza was the reason behind the 17 deaths reported this year. Saira Afzal...

Around 12 % Pakistan population is suffering from diabetes

KARACHI, Pakistan: Around 12 per cent of Pakistan population is suffering from diabetes and an equal percentage has pre-diabetes. Most of these patients also have...

Breast cancer rising among Pakistani women at alarming rate: expert

SUKKUR, Pakistan: Pakistan's has the highest rate of breast cancer in Asia and one out of 9 women are at risk of contracting the...

Federal govt to establish a trauma center in Islamabad: Senate told

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Sheikh Aftab Ahmed Friday informed the Senate that the government will establish a trauma center in...

Saudi Arabia to recruit Pakistani female nurses this month: OEC

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: A delegation of Saudi Health Ministry is visiting Pakistan to recruit local female nurses for the different hospitals of Makkah Mukarma and...

Cases of Thalassemia in children in KPK, FATA crossed 35,000

PESHAWAR, Pakistan: Chairman Hamza Foundation and Welfare Hospital and Free Blood Transfusion Services Ijaz Ali Khan on Monday said the cases of Thalassemia in...

Polio vaccination drive in Balochistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, and FATA begins

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: An anti-polio drive in Balochistan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Gilgit-Baltistan begins on Monday. Over 2.4 million children under five years of...

Polyclinic Hospital’s expansion plan; Rs 44.8 mln to be given to CDA

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Executive Director Polyclinic Hospital Dr Zahid Iqbal has said that Ministry of Capital Administration and Development Division (CADD) would give Rs 44.8...

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