Rising Imports and Farmers’ Woes: Pakistan’s Wheat Market in Turmoil
By: Farah Atiq
Pakistan, a country heavily reliant on its agricultural sector, faces a significant challenge in its wheat market. The policymakers are grappling with the task of formulating an...
Climate Crisis Needs Urgent Actions for Sustainability
By: Dilbar Ali
In recent decades, Pakistan has been severely affected by a series of...
Reconciling Islam and Feminism
By: Muhammad Mehdi
There are different strands of feminism either liberal, socialist, radical, black, or...
Leaders in Islamabad Business Summit Highlights Crucial Role of Private Sector in Driving Economic Growth
By: Maleeha Irfan
ISLAMABAD: The 7th Edition of the Leaders in Islamabad Business Summit (LIIBS)...
Navigating Ideological Conflict: Liberalism and Traditionalism in the 21st Century
By: Duaa Batool
While Liberals support individual liberties, their progressive outlook can be problematic for...
AIDS pandemic took a life every minute in 2021, study reveals
By: Asim Nawaz
MONTREAL/GENEVA: New data from UNAIDS on the global HIV response reveals that during the last two years of COVID-19 and other global...
Health Levy on Tobacco products can generate additional 50 billion in revenue
NEWS DESK
ISLAMABAD: Health experts have urged the government to impose health levy on tobacco products to save precious lives, which are at imminent fatal...
U.S Donates Four Mobile Labs to Strengthen Pakistan’s COVID-19 Testing
NEWS DESK
ISLAMABAD: The U.S. government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), presented four mobile laboratories valued at $4.6 million to Pakistan’s National...
PILL Joined European Association of Psychosomatic Medicine Conference convened in Vienna
NEWS DESK
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Institute of Living and Learning (PILL) was delighted to participate in the 2022 EAPM Conference Vienna held between June 8th-11th at...
Tobacco taxation can bring billions and save youth
By: Our Correspondent
ISLAMABAD: Anti-tobacco activists urged the government to increase the tax on tobacco products that will bring billions to Pakistan and can save...
Despite high inflation, tobacco prices remain the same during Imran Khan’s govt.
MURREE: Besides being a deadly substance producer, Pakistan's tobacco industry is causing Rs 615 billion health burden on the national exchequer. No tax is...
Higher taxation on tobacco will discourage its use; PM’s aide
Our Correspondent
ISLAMABAD: Higher taxation on tobacco will not only discourage its use but also drive much-needed discussion about its harmful effects on society. This...
Autism spectrum disorder
By: Khansa Saeed
Every child that comes into this world grows and develops with the passage of time, so the child's first school is the...
Federal Minister accused of creating hurdles in imposition of health levy
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister of industry and production, Khusro Bakhtiar accused of creating hurdles in the imposition of health levy on tobacco by anti-tobacco activists....
Pakistan reaches a milestone by going a full year without any polio case
By: Our Editor
Pakistan reached a historic milestone by going a full year without a report of a single child being paralyzed by the wild...
Tobacco Industry’s stance on Taxation and Illicit Trade dubbed ‘Deceptive’ by Civil Society
By: Our Correspondent
ISLAMABAD: Anti-tobacco activists expressed concerns about tobacco industry misleading the policymakers and public through a disinformation campaign during a press briefing on...
Islamic Scholars term Tobacco as “Makrooh” undesirable and harmful
ISLAMABAD: Islamic scholars issued 'Fatwa' that termed smoking impermissible, undesirable, and unlawful because of its negative impacts on human health.
They were speaking during...
Health warnings on tobacco products should be ensured by better implementation on laws: Speakers
ISLAMABAD: The better implementation of laws pertaining to health warnings on tobacco products is the critical need of the hour besides presenting these messages in...
U.S donates 9.6 Million additional Pfizer Vaccine doses to Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, October 15, 2021: The United States has announced shipping an additional 9.6 million doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines through the COVAX facility to Pakistan. ...
