Tag: Study

ISLAMABAD - The government has directed Pakistan Railways (PR) to conduct a proper feasibility study and to evolve a concrete marketing plan, so that benefits from the monthly Pakistan Turkey freight train service could be acquired.
The direction was given at a meeting, chaired by Finance Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Sheikh, on the operation of Pakistan-Turkey freight train. Existing transport agreements of Pakistan with Iran and Turkey, under bilateral or international arrangements,

NEW DELHI - Most Indians are missing out on the "digital revolution" due to dismal Internet access for the poor with the nation lagging far behind its emerging market peers, a study found Wednesday.
The study said India was at "extreme risk" from a lack of "digital inclusion" as a vast proportion of its 1.2 billion population had no access to the Internet. "Digital inclusion has the potential to bring education to people in countries where educational infrastructure is limited

KARACHI - A significant drop in newborn deaths can be achieved by improving the public health system in Pakistan and the intervention could be widely applicable in countries around the world with high newborn mortality rates, says a new study.
The research trial was carried out by Aga Khan University's (AKU) Division of Women and Child Health (DWCH) in partnership with the Health Ministry, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and Save the Children's Saving Newborn Lives programme.

KARACHI - A significant drop in newborn deaths can be achieved by improving the public health system in Pakistan and the intervention could be widely applicable in countries around the world with high newborn mortality rates, says a new study.
The research trial was carried out by Aga Khan University's (AKU) Division of Women and Child Health (DWCH) in partnership with the Health Ministry, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and Save the Children's Saving Newborn Lives

Lahore - Electricity and gas load-shedding has been disturbing the students especially who are due to appear in exams, Pakistan Today has learnt. Several private schools and universities are conducting exams but students are finding it difficult to prepare themselves for the assigned tasks. During last few days,
the unprecedented and unscheduled load-shedding has lead students to suffer, and the Sui gas load-shedding has only added to their woes. Some areas experience ten hours

ISLAMABAD: A five-member Supreme Court larger bench was on Wednesday asked to first decide whether the PCO judges were served with only a notice or a show cause notice under the Contempt of Court Ordinance 2003, and then conduct further hearing into the matter.
The bench of Justice Muhammad Sair Ali, Justice Mahmood Akhtar Shahid Siddiqui, Justice Jawwad S Khawaja, Justice Khilji Arif Hussain and Justice Tariq Parvez was conducting contempt of court hearing on cases against PCO