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Daily Archives: May 19, 2016

Heatwave grips Pakistan

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Hot weather record broken in several Sindh cities; high temperatures hamper daily routines LAHORE/ISLAMABAD: Various parts of the country remained under the influence of extremely hot weather throughout entire Wednesday and the sizzling temperatures badly affected the daily lives of people, reported a private TV channel. On the other hand, power outages added more miseries […]


Plan to track LHVs through smartphones

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KARACHI: The Sindh health ministry has planned to launch a ‘comprehensive scheme’ to monitor performance of lady health visitors (LHVs) and vaccinators through smartphones in routine immunisation programme, officials said on Wednesday. They said the ministry would launch the programme in collaboration with the Aga Khan Development Network, which would help the ministry to track […]


CPEC coal project

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HE decision by a Chinese sponsor to withdraw from a coal-based power project in Punjab reminds us of two crucial facts. First, the investments arriving in Pakistan under the CPEC bouquet are entirely commercial; they come on a profit basis and are not exactly the ‘gift horse’ they are sometimes referred to as. Second, at […]