Islamabad: (Friday, July 20, 2012) The Senate Standing Committee on Inter-Provincial Coordination has expressed the fears for Pakistan might be facing international travel ban if polio disease is not completely eradicated by 2013. Sharing the details, Senator Karim Khawaja informed the committee members that the international community had hinted that if polio was not completely […]
Jul 20 2012 | Posted in
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Polio campaign resumes in Karachi The anti-polio campaign launched jointly by Pakistan and the United Nations World Health Organisation (WHO), suspended on Tuesday in several areas of Karachi following a gun attack on the vehicle of a WHO doctor, was resumed on Wednesday amid tight security. The unprovoked attack allegedly by two Afghans in a […]
Jul 19 2012 | Posted in
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Polio campaign starts today The three-day national immunisation campaign against polio, during which 17.3 million children up to five years of age will be administered anti-polio drops all over the province, will start from Monday (today). The Health Department had constituted more than 38,000 teams to achieve the target, a spokesman said on Sunday, adding […]
Jul 16 2012 | Posted in
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Students organize rally against Polio The rally culminated at Charbagh rural health centre after students, who were holing banners and placards inscribed with slogans, marched through various roads. Speaking on the occasion polio immunisation coordinator Dr Adnan Mughal said preparations for three-day polio vaccination drive, starting from July 16, had been finalised. He said if […]
Jul 9 2012 | Posted in
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Brussels denies preparing for “Marshall Plan” to boost growth The European Commission has denied that they are preparing a kind of a Marshall Plan of 200 billion euros to boost growth in European Union "The figures are not based on any reality" , said Pia Ahrenkilde , spokeswoman for the European Commission, during a press conference in Brussels. […]
Apr 30 2012 | Posted in
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