Gilgit (Kashmir English): The Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital in Gilgit has emerged as a beacon of hope for hundreds of poor people suffering from vision-related ailments even before its completion. Construction of the hospital with an estimated cost of Rs335 million started in July 2024 and is scheduled to be completed by the end
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MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): Prime Minister Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Chaudhry Anwar ul Haq has said that the government was launching a full-scale campaign against food adulteration from the first of Ramadan, to ensure pure food in the markets. The AJK premier said this while talking to media-men on the occasion of mobile food
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MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): In a groundbreaking move, the government of Azad Kashmir has launched the first-ever mobile feed testing laboratory in the history of Jammu and Kashmir. This initiative has been envisaged to set high standards for food safety and quality, with strict punishments to be meted out to anyone who markets unsafe products. On
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UNITED NATIONS (Kashmir English): Cass of breast cancer are likely to surge by 38 percent worldwide by 2050, with annual disease-related deaths projected to climb by 68 percent, a new report from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) suggests. The findings of IARC, a specialized branch of the World Health Organization (WHO),
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MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): District Health Officer Muzaffarabad Dr. Aamir Shahzad Chaudhry has said that the spring water in villages Hariala and Rajpian in Muzaffarabad district is harmful to health in every respect and prohibited it from drinking. In a letter to Deputy Commissioner Muzaffarabad, the health officer urged him to take action and stop the
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KOTLI (Kashmir English): District Food Safety Officer Munawar Ahmed Chohan has imposed a ban on unhealthy and unhygienic food items in the cafeterias of all educational institutions including schools, colleges, universities, and madrassas across the Kotli district. The district food controller office issued a notification in accordance with the “AJK Food Authority Act” and the
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NEELUM (Kashmir English): In a recent visit to Upper Neelum‘s Kel area, the Azad Kashmir Information Minister Maulana Pir Muhammad Mazhar Saeed Shah visited Tehsil Headquarters Hospital Kel. The Information Minister there made announcements for hiring doctors on a contractual basis in an attempt to enhance health care facilities within the region. Pir Mazhar Saeed Shah
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KARACHI (Kashmir English): The Sindh government is going to launch polio immunization drive in 27 high-risk Union Councils (UCs) of Karachi from February 22 (tomorrow). The campaign, being organised in collaboration with the Sindh government’s partners, will strengthen children’s immunity and curb the transmission of the poliovirus, according to the officials. This first phase
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ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): The experts at a gathering called for coordinated efforts to protect public health and ensuring the national security. The Health Services Academy (HSA) arranged the One Health Workforce Development Project (OHWD) orientation meeting with national stakeholders to strengthen country’s health security. The event brought together international health organizations and experts, government
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MIRPURKHAS, Pakistan (Kashmir English): Mirpurkhas district in Pakistan’s Sindh province is rapidly emerging as “another Larkana” in terms of rising human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV) cases among children, with 150 testing positive for the virus in 2024 alone. Official data has revealed that the district now accounts for over 26% of the 568 paediatric HIV
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