Tag: WHO
Heartbreaker? Smoking causing millions of heart attacks, strokes: WHO
AFP | While the link between smoking and a range of cancers is well known, the World Health Organization warned Thursday there was too little...
US files complaint against India in WTO
AFP | The United States on Wednesday lodged a complaint against India over indications the country has underreported its price support for grains. Both the underreporting...
Cheaper brands of cigarettes to get a tax slap
News Analysis | The Peshawar High Court (PHC) has suspended the third slab of cigarette brands introduced by Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to harbor...
Pakistan: One Nation Needs One Food Standard; Why?
Exclusive Discussion with Ex-Chairperson of Codex Alimentarius One nation one food standard was the message that emerged from a day conference held by Nestlé Pakistan...
Dr. Sania Nishtar, of Pakistan, to lead the WHO’s Global Commission
News Analysis | Dr. Sania Nishtar, from Pakistan, will lead a high-level global commission formed by World Health Organisation (WHO) on non-communicable diseases (NCDs). These...
Maternal mortality: poor women suffer in silence
Gul Saeed | The way the Pakistan's government sees it, they have effectively dealt with the issue of maternal mortality. They take pride in the...
Pakistan in the last decade: Democracy, Corruption, or Development?
Rida Hussain | According to the interpretation of the general notion, the accelerated development of Pakistan is directly proportional to the incoming dollars in terms...
Why dark-skinned women often pay a higher dowry?
Rina Chandran | Mirror, mirror on the wall; who is the fairest of them all? The one with the palest skin, of course. Or that's...
Cleaning Beijing, Polluting Lahore: Full Cost of Chinese Investments?
Dr. Farid A. Malik | As smog enveloped the Chinese capital this weekend, state news agency Xinhua reported the closing of the last large coal-fired...