World Day: Call to control human trafficking

KARACHI:”On this World Day against Trafficking in Persons, let us reaffirm our commitment to stop criminals from ruthlessly exploiting people for profit and to help victims rebuild their lives,” said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday. Human trafficking is a crime that

Oracle Autonomous Database Giving Edge to Asia’s Digital Businesses

Karachi:A growing number of Asia Pacific’s business are turning to Oracle Autonomous Database – the industry’s first self-driving, self-securing, self-repairing database – as they seek to gain deeper data driven insight, faster than ever before. Chris Chelliah, Group Vice President and Chief Architect, Technology

WHO urges countries to invest in eliminating hepatitis

KARACHI:WHO calls on countries to take advantage of recent reductions in the costs of diagnosing and treating viral hepatitis and scale up investments in disease elimination. A new study by WHO has found that investing US$6bn per year in eliminating hepatitis in

Over 300 patients treated free of cost at a medical camp

KARACHI:More than 300 patients from lower middle and underprivileged strata of society were provided consultation from senior consultants, investigations and medicines during a one-day free medical camp organized by the Usman Memorial Hospital, located in Husainabad area of city. Patients thronged from

43 new dengue fever cases surface in Karachi

KARACHI:At least 43 more dengue fever cases were detected in Karachi city in a week, taking the reported cases toll to 970 since 1st January 2019. According to the weekly report issued by Prevention and Control Program for Dengue in Sindh, as

IHIG launches Global Resort Exchange in Pakistan

Karachi:The International Hospitality Investment Group (IHIG), with their vision for developing tourism industry of Pakistan, has now brought Global Resort Exchange (GRE) to operate from Pakistan. This comes after IHIG launched their vacation owner system called happily just 3 months ago. GRE