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Gaza photographer wins World Press Photo of the Year | The Express Tribune

April 19, 2024 Admin No Comments

AMSTERDAM: Reuters photographer Mohammed Salem won the prestigious 2024 World Press Photo of the Year award on Thursday for his image of a Palestinian woman cradling the body of her five-year-old niece in the Gaza Strip. The picture was taken on October 17 2023 at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in southern Gaza, where families were searching…

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Power sector faces Rs560b in losses | The Express Tribune

April 18, 2024 Admin No Comments

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Energy Sardar Awais Leghari said on Thursday that the country would face Rs560 billion in losses in the power sector by the end of June this year. He mentioned that Rs200 billion are billed in the power sector but remain unrecovered from consumers, while another Rs300 billion are lost due to…

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Healthy population termed key to prosperity | The Express Tribune

April 7, 2024 Admin No Comments

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has termed a healthy population the backbone of a prosperous society. “It is very important for every individual to understand the importance of health. A person’s health is not just his personal matter but it affects the entire family,” she stated in her message on the World Health…

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Cardiologist warns against poor lifestyle | The Express Tribune

March 11, 2024 Admin No Comments

ISLAMABAD: A health expert urged the public to adopt a healthy lifestyle which includes daily exercise, regular heart checkups and maintaining their weight in order to avoid heart-related deaths as the incidence of coronary artery disease (CAD) is alarmingly on the rise globally, and in Pakistan as well. A senior cardiologist, Major General (R) Azhar…

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Rupee falls slightly from 4-month high | The Express Tribune

March 2, 2024 Admin No Comments

KARACHI: The stabilising Pakistani currency on Friday slightly depreciated to Rs279.19 against the US dollar in the inter-bank market, coming down from over four-month high in the wake of a decline in the central bank’s foreign currency reserves below $8 billion. According to State Bank of Pakistan’s (SBP) data, the rupee ticked down 0.02%, or…

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Development spending 61% below target | The Express Tribune

February 13, 2024 Admin No Comments

ISLAMABAD: The interim government spent Rs191 billion on development projects during the first seven months of this fiscal year – a sum that is over Rs300 billion or 61% less than the target and underscores the implications of tough economic conditions. The Ministry of Planning reported on Tuesday that the development expenditures amounted to just…

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Govt set to pay $27.5b debt by Nov | The Express Tribune

January 11, 2024 Admin No Comments

KARACHI: The central bank has reported that Pakistan has to pay $27.47 billion in foreign debt and interest cost over one year till the end of November 2024 and arrangements have already been made to pay a large proportion of the debt under the IMF loan programme. Talking to The Express Tribune, Optimus Capital Management…

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Health or wealth?: Unaffordable healthcare to crush patients | The Express Tribune

December 31, 2023 Admin No Comments

PESHAWAR: Having to choose between enrolling one’s child in school or paying for the successive chemotherapy sessions of an ailing parent is an undeniably poignant situation for any household however, the nightmarish imagining might soon become a familiar reality for many destitute families across Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) in the coming year, who in the absence of…

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‘Extortion plaguing Karachi industries’ | The Express Tribune

December 27, 2023 Admin No Comments

KARACHI: Businesspeople have expressed grave concerns and fretted about rising extortion slips and the targeted killing of traders, demanding that the government and law enforcement agencies take action against criminals spreading terror in north Karachi, Kharadar, Mithadar, Korangi, and other areas. Speaking to The Express Tribune, they highlighted that those running Small and Medium-sized Enterprises…

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Cold wave sparks health concerns in Hazara | The Express Tribune

December 11, 2023 Admin No Comments

ABBOTABAD: The Hazara division is presently experiencing a severe cold wave and dry weather, triggering a health crisis marked by a surge of respiratory ailments such as influenza, colds, fever, and coughs. The spread is attributed to an extended period of dry weather, affecting nearly every other person in the area. Owing to the escalating…

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