ISLAMABADHealth ministry launches anti-tobacco awareness drive through TV, radio stations
The Ministry of National Health Services Regulations and Coordination (NHSRC) has launched an initial pilot communication campaign to spread anti-tobacco awareness through television and radio stations. Under the campaign called ‘Sponge’, which<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/05/15/health-ministry-launches-anti-tobacco-awareness-drive-through-tv-radio-stations/" title="Read more" >...</a>
May 15, 2017
NATIONALBangladesh media delegation calls on foreign secretary
ISLAMABAD: A group of ten senior journalists from leading media houses of Bangladesh called on Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua on Monday.During the interaction, the foreign secretary highlighted
May 15, 2017
SportsSantner’s five overcomes N O’Brien ton
New Zealand 289 for 7 (Broom 79, Taylor 52, Worker 50) beat Ireland 238 (N O'Brien 109, Santner 5-50) by 51 runsNo one should be surprised Ireland gave New Zealand some serious cheek in their
May 15, 2017
KARACHIBISP chairman reviews performance of survey teams
KARACHI: Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) Chairperson Marvi Memon on Monday held an interactive meeting with AASA Consulting’s survey teams in Thatta.She was briefed on the progress of th
May 15, 2017
NATIONALPakistan asks think tanks to join hands on OBOR
Sartaj wants focus on challenges, opportunities through collective wisdomAdviser to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz on Sunday said that the One Belt One Road (OBOR) concept was t
May 15, 2017
ISLAMABADIHC to hear petitions of Indian woman Uzma and her husband
Islamabad High Court (IHC) has decided to hear cases of both, Indian woman Dr Uzma and her Pakistani husband Tahir by combining the petitions filed by both of them.IHC Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani
May 15, 2017
ForeignBangladesh upholds life sentence for prominent JI leader
DHAKA: Bangladesh’s top court, on Monday, upheld a life sentence for an Islamist preacher convicted of war crimes, rejecting calls for him to be hanged. The Supreme Court stood by its 2014 decision<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/05/15/bangladesh-upholds-life-sentence-for-prominent-ji-leader/" title="Read more" >...</a>
May 15, 2017
NATIONALThree-day polio eradication drive begins
A three-day polio eradication drive began across the country on Monday.Around 6.6 million children up to the age of five will be administered the vaccine in areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA.
May 15, 2017
SportsWomen swimming team win bronze medal at Islamic solidarity games
BAKU: Pakistan’s women swimming team won a bronze medal at the 4th Islamic solidarity games in Baku in women’s 4x200m freestyle competition, on Monday. The women swimming team included Kiran
May 15, 2017
KARACHIThar’s dying peacocks: Wildlife dept takes preventive measures
KARACHI: Teams have been formed for the distribution of sufficient antibiotics and vaccines to the wildlife camps of villages of Tharparkar where peacocks were found to be affected with a disease locally<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/05/15/thars-dying-peacocks-wildlife-dept-takes-measures/" title="Read more" >...</a>
May 15, 2017
SportsPakistan win test series against West Indies with penultimate over victory
Dominica bid farewell to two legends of the game in a most fitting manner, giving Younis Khan and Misbah-ul-Haq the most heart-stopping send-off possible. History beckoned time and again, torturing and teasing<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/05/15/pakistan-win-test-series-against-west-indies-with-penultimate-over-victory/" title="Read more" >...</a>
May 15, 2017
ISLAMABADNA body turns down National University of Medical Sciences (Amendment) Bill-2016
The National Assembly Standing Committee on Defence on Monday unanimously rejected the National University of Medical Sciences (Amendment) Bill-2016, declaring it ‘unnecessary’.The bill, passe
May 15, 2017
