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Women Parliamentary Caucus playing important role in women’s global empowerment: Maryam Nawaz

  • ISLAMABAD, (MILLAT/APP): Maryam Nawaz Sharif, the Prime Minister’s daughter, on Monday said the Women Parliamentary Caucus (WPC) was playing an important role in championing the cause of women and their global empowerment. Addressing the three-day international conference organized by Women Parliamentary Caucus (WPC) here, Maryam said women parliamentarians holding a unique position could prove as […]

  • 4 suspects arrested

    SARGODHA, (MILLAT/APP): Police here on Monday claimed to have arrested four suspects and seized illegal weapons from them. A police spokesman said that Sahiwal police team along with CTD, Special branch and other agencies had conducted search operation at village Vijh and surrounds and arrested four suspects after verification of over 54 houses through bio-metric […]

  • People suffering from asthma more prone to catch flu

    ISLAMABAD, (MILLAT/APP): A recent study suggested that people with asthma are less likely to combat flu than people without asthma because of immune system differences. For the study researchers evaluated the lung samples of both the asthmatics and healthy volunteers. These samples were further exposed to influenza and their reactions an the difference in reactions […]

  • APHC demands immediate release of all pro-freedom activists

    ISLAMABAD, (MILLAT/APP): All Parties Hurriyet Conference (APHC) has demanded immediate release of all pro-freedom activists lodged in different Indian jails. According to Kashmir Media Service, an APHC spokesman, in a statement in Srinagar, said the puppet administration of occupied Kashmir was implicating pro-freedom leaders and activists in fictitious cases. He said the detainees were suffering […]

  • Study finds PCV-10 vaccine to be effective against pneumonia, meningitis

    KARACHI, (MILLAT/APP): Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV-10) is found to be 70 percent effective in protecting local children from ten strains of pneumonia and meningitis. A four-year study conducted by Aga Khan University (AKU) about the impact of PCV-10, incorporated in the country’s door-to-door routine immunization programme, found that the vaccine prevents children from contracting deadly […]

  • Traditional dance classes started at PNCA

    ISLAMABAD, (MILLAT/APP): A three-month-long program started here at Pakistan National Council of Arts (PNCA) aims to train youth in traditional and classical dance of the country. Students will be trained in body conditioning, basic technique and expressions of Bharatanatyam and contemporary styles. Renowned dance artists will also delivere lectures on the history of traditional dances […]