Dear Prime Minister Thank you for your leadership in these trying times. Thank you for your efforts to make Naya Pakistan and taking the country to the next level in the comity of nations. Your efforts to make the governance inclusive and participatory are certainly laudable. This provides a chance for the common citizen to […]
World Health Organization
The myth of illicit cigarette trade
Pakistan is a signatory to the World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, which calls on member states to take measures to discourage smoking. One of the measures it suggests is an increase in taxes on tobacco products so that they become expensive for buyers. (That demand for a product decreases as its price […]
Major study debunks myth that moderate drinking can be healthy
Blood pressure and stroke risk rise steadily the more alcohol people drink, and previous claims that one or two drinks a day might protect against stroke are not true, according to the results of a major genetic study. The research, which used data from a 160,000-strong cohort of Chinese adults, many of whom are unable […]
Over 50 Palestinians died in 2017 awaiting Israeli medical permits: WHO
More than 50 Palestinians died waiting for Israeli visas to travel for medical treatment last year, with only around half of all applications granted, new figures showed Tuesday. A total of 54 Palestinians died awaiting permits in 2017, the World Health Organization said, in what rights activists called an overly bureaucratic system which deprives Palestinians […]