Speakers at a roundtable discussion on Thursday called for carrying out authentic research on Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to let people know about his multifaceted qualities. For a thorough evaluation of Bangabandhu, researchers have to play a strong role but the
Joint efforts stressed to fight drug abuse, illicit trafficking
June 27, 2021
LAHORE : CCPO Lahore, Additional IG Ghulam Mahmood Dogar has stressed joint efforts to tackle world drug problem and combat misinformation by sharing real facts on drugs from health risks and solutions to world drug problem, to evidence-based prevention, treatment, and care.
He was addressing the participants of annual award distribution ceremony held here on Saturday on International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking 2021 organised by Drug Advisory Training Hub. Commissioner Muhammad Usman, Chairman Women Development Task Force Punjab Tanzeela Imran Khan, Director, DATH, Syed Zulfiqar Hussain, social worker Shahid Qadir, office-bearers of traders’ associations, industrialists, medical experts and people from different walks of life attended the ceremony.
Awareness about thalassemia causes stressed
Peshawar
June 5, 2021
PESHAWAR: Charity hospital has stressed the need for creating awareness among the masses to save children from blood disorders such as thalassemia as that was more important than the treatment of the deadly disease.
Speaking at a meeting, Sahibzada Muhammad Haleem, chairman, Frontier Foundation Hospital and
Blood Transfusion Services, Peshawar, said children from thalassemia were part of the society and giving them due attention was our shared social responsibility.
He said ending thalassemia and protecting the new generation from this hereditary disease was the mission of the Frontier Foundation Hospital for which we required the people’s cooperation.
PESHAWAR: Hafiz Tahir Mahmood Ashrafi, a special aide to Prime Minister Imran Khan on Interfaith Harmony and the Middle East, on Wednesday urged the government to increase tax on all tobacco.