Islamabad, April 26: Pakistan has become a lucrative target of counterfeit drug sellers, according to media reports Saturday.
About 40 to 50 percent of medicines being sold in Pakistan are counterfeit, said Dawn newspaper quoting experts.
The problem has become huge and might cause prolonged illness or even death of patients, according to the experts.
The experts, at […]
Islamabad, April 26 (IANS) Large-scale violation of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in Pakistan is causing the national exchequer a loss of Pakistani Rs.10 billion (about $156 million). The country has been placed on the ‘Special 301′ watch list report since 1989 due to widespread piracy, Daily Times newspaper said Saturday.
The watch list, prepared by United […]
By Muhammad Najeeb
Islamabad, April 26 (IANS) Former prime minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif Saturday said all judges deposed by President Pervez Musharraf last November would be restored by April 30. But there are speculations that the government may not be able to do so as parliament has been prorogued indefinitely without taking up […]
Islamabad, Apr 26 (ANI): The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) are still deadlocked over the judges restoration issue, a source privy to the ongoing consultations said.
The meeting is said to have made a slight headway with both sides working out a couple of proposals to be presented […]
Paris, Apr 26 (ANI): French President Nicolas Sarkozy claimed in a TV show that if France abandons Afghanistan, Pakistan will fall like a house of cards.
Next to Afghanistan there is Pakistan, there is an atomic bomb. If we let Afghanistan fall, Pakistan will fall like a house of cards, The Daily […]
ISLAMABAD: The Head of Pakistan Muslim League-N Nawaz Sharif has said those who violated the constitution, law and assemblies would be brought to justice.
Addressing a press conference in Islamabad Nawaz Sharif said there was no ambiguity over reinstatement of judges according to the Murree declaration and PML-N would like judges to be restored before April […]
KARACHI: Karachi on Saturday endured a very hot day as mercury touched 42.8 degree celsius, Met Office said.
The Met Office has forecast a hot and dry weather for next 24 hours. The temperature is expected to remain between 42-44 degrees on Sunday.
A Met official said the hot spell will continue till next week. APP (Associated […]
KARACHI: CCPO Karachi, Salahuddin Babar Khattak has issued directives to DIGs of East, West and South Zones, all Town SPs and SHOs for effective elimination of crimes from their respective areas.
He asked all officers to remain in the field, strive to eliminate crimes and improve the law and order.
CCPO made it clear that for any […]
KARACHI: Rescue team of Fire Brigade retrieved the body of a three-year-old kid Zuhair and rescued two from the debris of a two-storeyed collapsed house in Sector 5-A of New Karachi.
Chief Fire Officer Saleem Ehtesham said the minor had succumbed to injuries inside the collapsed structure.
Other members of the family managed to escape before the […]
LAHORE: PML-N led Punjab government has decided to abolish the district governments system in the province and would lay a bill in the provincial assembly in this regard.
A senior minister in the Punjab government on the condition of anonymity said that the district government has failed to deliver empowerment to the common people.
He said that […]