Tag: Risk
Voters’ privacy at risk as candidates allowed access to ECP database
Election Act 2017 gives candidates option to obtain information about voters, including name, picture and address
ISLAMABAD: The government has put the security...
Global warming could place species in Amazon at risk
Global warming could place 25 to 50 percent of species in the Amazon, Madagascar and other biodiverse areas at risk of localised extinction within...
Garbage heaps, stagnant water in capital posing health risk
ISLAMABAD: Heaps of garbage and stagnant water in nullahs are posing health hazards for residents of the federal capital as the authorities concerned seem...
Heart attack six-fold higher risk rises in week post-flu: study
NEW ENGLAND: People who get the flu may face a six-fold higher risk of heart attack in the week following infection, said a study...
Suicide risk related to behaviour of parents: research
MIAMI: Adolescents who feel their parents rarely express interest in their emotional well-being are far more likely to consider suicide than youths who see their...
Experts recommend measures for protection against smog
LAHORE: The health and environmental experts on Sunday said that exposure to smog was contributing toward spreading various health issues, including eye infections, allergies, coughing...
‘Millions of women at risk of breast cancer in Pakistan’
LAHORE: Millions of women in Pakistan are at risk of getting breast cancer in Pakistan. This was stated by the chief executive of Pink Ribbon,...
Pakistan, India extend pact on reducing risk of nuclear weapons-related accidents
Pakistan and India have agreed to extend their bilateral agreement on reducing the risk from accidents relating to nuclear weapons for a period of...
India under risk of importing polio from Pakistan, Afghanistan: health minister
As two suspected cases of polio were reported from India this week, a high ranking Indian official has said that the country was at...
Lives of cyclists without helmets at risk
Cyclists without the helmets moving in the heavy traffic on the roads of twin cities are putting their lives at risk.
Residents demanded the authority...
Beta blockers may reduce Alzheimer’s risk
Beta blocker drugs for hypertension may protect the brain from effects of Alzheimer's disease. Beta blockers, a venerable class of blood pressure drugs that...
Anti-polio drive in high risk areas from 14th
A three-day anti-polio campaign in high risk areas of Rawalpindi will start from January 14 during which over 200, 000 children are expected to...
Thousands of students at risk because of UK Border Agency’s...
Thousands of international students are at a risk of being declared illegal in Britain because UK Border Agency (UKBA) staff has failed to update...
Risk of robot uprising wiping out human race to be studied
Cambridge researchers are to assess whether technology could end up destroying human civilisation. The Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER) will study...
220,000 children’s tents recalled because of suffocation risk
Small portable sleep tents for infants and small children may pose a safety hazard, prompting the Consumer Product Safety Commission and KidCo Inc. to...
Polio risk increases in Rawalpindi
After teachers’ refusal to administer polio drops, making the polio campaigns successful would be a challenge as Rawalpindi is one of the high-risk districts...
Proposed Judicial Complex underpass declared a security risk
Construction of the proposed underpass between the Judicial Complex and the district courts has been cancelled after being termed as a security risk and...
