ISLAMABAD, Aug 3 (APP): Women who have a history of gum disease face a higher risk of several types of cancer, particularly tumors in the esophagus and breasts, a US study. Health News reported that “A history of periodontal disease was associated with a 14 percent higher risk of developing any cancer,” said the study. […]
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Gum disease linked to higher cancer risk in women: study
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Sugarcane should be cultivated in September for bumper crop
FAISALABAD, Aug 2 (APP): Agriculture experts on Wednesday advised farmers to use the latest technologies and cultivate sugarcane crops in September for getting bumper yield. A spokesman of the agriculture department said approved varieties had most resistance against various diseases besides giving high quality yield. He said the agriculture department had approved various sugarcane varieties, […]
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AJK PM, Speaker congratulate Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
MUZAFFARABAD, Aug 2 (APP): Prime Minister Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Raja Farooq Haider Khan, Speaker legislative Assembly Shah Ghulam Qadir, Deputy Speaker Sardar Farooq Tahir and other have congratulated newly elected Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi. In their separate statements issued here Wednesday, Raja Farooq Haider expressed his optimism that the newly elected Prime […]
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NA session proceedings
As the session started, NA Speaker Ayaz Sadiq took oath from JUI-F lawmaker Usman Badini who was elected from NA 260 constituency. Ayaz Sadiq supervises NA session. The members prayed for MNA Ejaz Jakhrani’s deceased brother, MNA Ghulam Mustufa Shah’s deceased mother and those who passed away during recent incidents in Quetta, Parachinar, Ahmedpur East […]
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Shahid Khaqan Abbasi’s acceptance speech
Addressing the lower house soon after becoming the prime minister, Abbasi said: “I am grateful to you all, for following the democratic process — whether you voted for or against me.” “I am grateful to the people of Pakistan, and I am grateful to the ‘people’s prime minister’, Nawaz Sharif,” Abbasi said in his acceptance […]
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Shahid Khaqan Abbasi elected prime minister of Pakistan
PML-N’s nominee Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has been elected the prime minister of Pakistan after he bagged 221 votes during the voting carried out to elect a short-term successor to the ousted prime minister, Nawaz Sharif. Following the announcement by NA Speaker Ayaz Sadiq in this regard on Tuesday evening, the PML-N lawmakers resorted to sloganeering […]