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New method can quickly identify bacteria in hospitals

  • ISLAMABAD, Jan 26 (APP): In near future, identifying the bacterial species responsible for infections developing in hospital patients will take just a few minutes, thanks to the scientists who developed such an analytical procedure. Developed by researchers from the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, the main role is […]

  • Khawaja Asif said those, who were now talking about the sovereignty

    Khawaja Asif said those, who were now talking about the sovereignty of the august House, were themselves involved in attacking the Parliament and Pakistan Television during their sit-in. “They have forgotten that their party workers had erected tents on the premises of the Parliament House,” he said. He said a case was still pending against […]

  • Indian authorities cannot suppress Kashmiris for self-determination: Barjees, Tariq

    ISLAMABAD, Jan 26 (APP): Acting Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Ch Tariq Farooq and Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgi-Baltistan Chaudhry Muhammad Barjees Tahir Thursday agreed that brutal use of force by Indian authorities on Kashmiris cannot suppress their birth right to self-determination. They said this in a meeting where the overall […]

  • Speaker assures fair treatment to opposition privilege motion on Panama Papers

    ISLAMABAD, Jan 26 (APP): National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq Thursday said he would give a fair treatment to the privilege motion regarding Panama Papers moved by the opposition. “I have already given an observation on an identical privilege motion. Your motion has been referred to the Secretariat for review,” he said in response to […]

  • Black Day observed against Indian occupation of Kashmir

    ISLAMABAD, Jan 26 (APP): Indian Republic Day was observed as Black Day across Jammu and Kashmir and in Pakistan on Thursday against India’s illegal occupation of the held Kashmir. Kashmiris living on either side of the Line of Control as well as rest of the world observed the Indian Republic Day as black day to […]

  • PTI ridiculing constitutional institutions: Marriyum

    ISLAMABAD, Jan 26 (APP): Minister of State for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage Marriyum Aurangzeb Thursday took exception to the boisterous attitude adopted by Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) in the National Assembly. The party had no respect for the country’s constitutional institutions as evident from their rowdy and ridiculing attitude in the National Assembly, she said […]