Tag: Risk
One million Pakistani children miss polio vaccination
Almost one million Pakistani children were left out of a polio vaccination drive which ended Wednesday, officials said, as unrest and flooding limited access...
Women “risking all” to marry who they choose
Nusrat Mochi, now 25, left her parents’ home one day to go to work and never returned. Instead of starting a job as a...
Rumours of pigs and plots dog Pakistan’s fight against polio
It took three months and 30 visits from UN aid workers to convince Haidar Khan to let his son have the polio vaccination.
The day...
UN polio suspension hits 22,000 children
Around 22,000 Pakistani children are at risk in Karachi after the World Health Organization suspended polio vaccinations over a spate of bloody shootings, a...
One year since famine, 2.5 million at risk in Somalia: UN
Over 2.5 million people in war-torn Somalia remain in crisis despite huge global aid efforts and the situation may worsen, the UN warned Tuesday,...
Taliban polio ban puts 240,000 children at risk
A Taliban ban on polio vaccinations will put 240,000 children at risk in troubled northwest Pakistan if an inoculation campaign cannot start next week,...
International investors stay aloof… and who’d blame them?
Pakistan’s endeavours to create a soft and investors-friendly image abroad seem to have been less effective as the profit-conscious foreign investors continue to remain...
Insomniacs at greater risk of developing hypertension
People with insomnia may now have one more thing to keep them up at night – an increased likelihood of developing hypertension, a new...
SBP governor vies to erase the writing on the wall
Governor State Bank of Pakistan Yaseen Anwar Thursday said Pakistan would not face any risk in making repayments to the International Monetary Fund (IMF)....
Railways GM declares Lunda Bazar ‘security risk’
General Manager (Operations) of Pakistan Railways Junaid Qureshi has said that the Lunda Bazar and a van stand adjoining the Pindi Station is a...
Tomatoes slash risk of several diseases
Tomatoes are widely available, cost-effective, and people of all ages and cultures like them. Now, a review research has shown that eating more...
Infant health risk linked to early birth
Babies born just a few weeks early have a slightly higher risk of developing health problems in infancy, research suggests.
Doctors said their work challenged...
Fool’s gold? Pakistan mine rift exposes investor risk
Pakistan’s Reko Diq, an untapped copper and gold mine of fabulous potential, was meant to be the biggest foreign investment in the country’s mining...
Fool’s gold? Pakistan mine rift exposes investor risk
Pakistan’s Reko Diq, an untapped copper and gold mine of fabulous potential, was meant to be the biggest foreign investment in the country’s mining...
Millions of flood victims still at risk
A feeble international response to Pakistan’s second major flooding crisis in two years has left millions of people at serious risk of malnutrition and...
Promoting Disaster Risk Reduction among communities nationwide
As part of their Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) activities, the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) Pakistan has initiated a mass information campaign.
Under the...
Arab opinion matters
Listening and learning
I listened attentively to Syrian President Bashar al Assad's most recent speech in which he berated the Arab League's intervention to help...
