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News Desk Islamabad: Presently 61 per cent of the population drinks contaminated water and only 50 per cent of the populace is expected to have access to clean drinking water by 2030, said Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resource…

News Desk Peshawar: In order to ensure that all institutions are working together to defend children’s rights, speakers at a consultative session on the institutional framework for child protection in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa stressed the…

Wraa Noor Islamabad: In Pakistan, the mortality rate of pneumonia is 72 deaths per thousand live births under the age of five, which is an alarming rate, apprised PIMS Child Specialist Dr Traiq. “In the winter season, viral infections…

Shazia Mehboob Islamabad: In order to stop children from drug abuse, health professionals have recommended parents to watch any changes in behaviour by keeping an eye out for hectic schedules, financial limitations, mental stress,…

Badil Baloch Quetta: After decades of persecution, oppression and exploitation; the fishermen of Gwadar resorted to a sudden up rise, sending a wave of serious concerns to their exploiters and oppressors. Gwadar district has around a…

Wraa Noor Islamabad: “The life of a disabled person is an example of hot desert sands and burning coals that I had to walk alone. Therefore, I took the path of patience, gratitude and perseverance which opened the closed paths of my life…

Shazia Mehboob Islamabad: One-and-a-half-year-old Irfan, sitting in his mother’s lap at a private shelter home, is continually trying to divert his mother’s attention as tears are rolling down her cheeks while she explains her suffering at…

News Desk Islamabad: Malnutrition costs Pakistan $7.6 billion every year due to the lost labor, health care expenses, and lower productivity of human capital, revealed experts at a seminar held in Islamabad on Wednesday. The experts said…

Shazia Mehboob Islamabad: The recent-past deadly floods in Pakistan have not only served as a wake-up call for the government and policy makers but have also served as a stark reminder to the international community, particularly wealthy…