Heart patients should be screened for depression
Heart patients should be regularly screened for signs of depression, the American Heart Association recommended.Depression is about three time
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Rice exports surge to $562 million
ISLAMABAD: The Country’’s rice exports have surged to a staggering 562 million dollars this month, according to Mian Muhammad Azhar, the Chairman of the Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan.REAP chairman speaking to Geo News said, that in September alone 0.2 MN Metric tones of basmati rice was exported with an average value of 1,460 dollars a tone compared to 667 dollars last year.Meanwhile, the sale of non-basmati rice was reported at 0.3 MN metric tones at 772 dollars a tone in comparison with 370 dollars previously.Major contributors to this profit are a bumper crop this year-touching 7 million tones, effective marketing strategy and the - believe it or not - the devaluing value of rupee.
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CBC charged parking irks visitors, area employees, residents
xKarachiEmployees and visitors at the Clifton belt between Teen Talwar and Do Talwar seem to be having a tough time with the charged parking p
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Visa firms to partially resume work after security review
Islamabad: The private Pakistani firm handling visa applications for the British High Commission will partially resume its operations after shutting d
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Hotels serving substandard food
Rawalpindi Local hotels established in different areas of the city are openly violating the government orders and playing with the lives of pe
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Who sanctioned charged parking within CDGK areas?
Unsanctioned charged parking is being conducted by various towns at major shopping destinations and is a cause of irritation for the general public wh
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If your child stutters
Many young children stutter, but they often outgrow it by about age 5, the Nemours Foundation says. If it lasts longer, there is no known cure
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T20: Lahore, Khi Dolphins, Faisalabad, Pesh, Sialkot win matches
LAHORE: The National Twenty20 Championship got off to a flyer in Lahore with teams from Karachi, Faisalabad, Sialkot, Peshawar and Lahore made a winning start to the Championship.Younis Khan’’s unbeaten 45 propelled Peshawar Panthers to 163 despite Shoaib Akhtar’’s impressive opening spell for Islamabad Leopards. The Leopards received a 12-run penalty for slow over rate.On the other hand, defending champions Sialkot Stallions dominated their match against Karachi Zebras restricting them for 147 while chasing 180 to win.In other matches, Quetta Bears lost their battle to Lahore Lions by 2 runs. The Lions innings was anchored by Salman Butt who stroked 99 not out to steer them to 188.Mohammad Talha’’s hat trick sealed Faisalabad Wolves’’s 20 run win over Abbottabad Rhinos while Fawad Alam’’s courageous half century and Anwar Ali’’s 3 wickets for 8 runs enabled Karachi Dolphins down Lahore Eagles by 27 runs.Chief Selector Salahuddin Ahmed told Geo News that the tournament is ideal to judge the form and fitness of the players ahead of the Canada Quadrangular tournament next week.
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Islamabad still wears a deserted look
IslamabadThe capital is still wearing a deserted look even on fourth day of Eid as its residents are still celebrating the festival and have n
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Iran says oil under 100 dollars is ”unsuitable”
TEHRAN: Iranian Oil Minister Gholam Hossiein Nozari said on Saturday that a price under 100 dollars for a barrel of crude oil is “unsuitable.” “An oil price of less than 100 dollars is unsuitable for anyone, either for producers or for consumers,” Nozari told reporters on the sidelines of a gas export conference. The minister did not elaborate any further. “Unfortunately despite decrease in oil prices we have not seen any signs of a decrease in the costs” of oil production, he added. Asked for a forecast on prices, he said there had recently been such wild fluctuations that “five to 10 dollars up or down can not be analysed.” Nozari blamed the current economic crisis in the United States and its effect on Europe for the fluctuations. Oil prices closed little changed on Friday after the US Congress approved a 700-billion-dollar bailout plan for the financial sector. New York’’s main contract, light sweet crude for November delivery, closed nine cents lower at 93.88 dollars a barrel. It finished the week down 13 dollars. Prices have plummeted from record highs above 147 dollars in July. There have been worries that the slowing global economy would reduce demand for crude, and data published on Friday underscored that.
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