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News for Monday, 20 Feb 2012

Civil award for Josh demanded

The Josh Adabi Foundation demanded on Monday that a civil award be granted and a federal capital avenue named after poet Josh Maleehabadi to acknowledge his contributions to Urdu literature....

Lectures on Seerat conclude at IIUI

Dawah Academy of the International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI) on Monday celebrated the holy month of Rabi-ul-Awal and arranged a series of lectures and programmes on Seerat-e-Tayyaba both at Faisal...

Two-stroke rickshaws to be replaced with 4-stroke ones

The Punjab transport secretary has issued orders to replace two-stroke rickshaws with four-stroke ones or to convert two-stroke rickshaws into four-stroke rickshaws. Two-stroke rickshaws will be banned after March 1,...

621 killed in Balochistan’s maze violence in 2011

Throughout history, Balochistan and its issues have been a bone of contention for Pakistan. The history taught in Pakistani schools does not elaborate on the circumstances under which Pakistan came...

Drinking boiled water best prevention against hepatitis

Experts on Monday said drinking boiled water is the best way to prevent all water borne diseases, especially hepatitis. In a programme telecast on PTV, Hepatitis Prevention and Control Programme Manager...

Vitamin-C treatment may help curb Alzheimer’s

Taking vitamin C might help patients with Alzheimer’s disease, a study has suggested. According to a foreign university researchers, treatment with vitamin C can dissolve the toxic protein aggregates that...

Stress, insomnia, not food, make you fat!

It is not as simple as what you eat that makes you fat, but factors like allergies, stress, insomnia and being toxic that contribute a great deal to those unwanted...

Two found murdered

A woman and her brother-in-law were killed by unidentified people, police said on Monday. According to the police, 53-year-old Parveen Pervez and her brother-in-law Chaudhry Javid Iqbal, 50 were found...

Radio service for Pakistanis living in US launched

Radio Pakistan has launched a new service, enabling the Pakistanis living in the United States to listen to its programmes by dialing a US local number. All FM-93, FM-94, FM-101,...

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