750,000 kids born too soon every year in Pakistan
KARACHI Amar Guriro Each year, some 15 million babies in the world are born too early. More than 1 million of those babies die shortly after birth; countless others suffer some type of lifelong physical, neurological or educational disability, often at great cost to families and society; and Pakistan is eighth in the top 10 countries with the highest rate of preterm births, disclosed a detailed report titled ‘Born Too…
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‘Allow us to mine Thar coal the Australian way’
KARACHI Amar Guriro As Australia is famous for its mining sector with a lot of the mining experts, the country can help Pakistan explore Thar coal and generate power from the vast resource, the Australian High Commissioner to Pakistan, Tim George, said on Monday. “We can play an important role in producing energy from the Thar coal project if we are given a chance,” he added, while addressing a press…
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Water, sanitation pledges may benefit 50m people
By Amar Guriro KARACHI – The international development agency WaterAid has welcomed pledges from South Asian ministers that, if delivered, would provide 48.5 million people with access to essential lifesaving services across the region. The pledges were made by ministers of developing country participating in the Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) High-Level Meeting (HLM) in Washington DC. If these commitments are realised, the governments would need to strive over…
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Journalism ethics: social media Tweets a lesson to its electronic counterpart
Amar Guriro KARACHI - While the electronic media broadcasted special programmes on the tragic Bhoja Air crash, criticising the airline administration, government authorities and other airliner companies for the second day running, on the social front, celebrities, senior journalists and intellectuals vehemently disapproved of the television channels live coverage of graphic scenes at the crash site. There were no survivors as the Bhoja Air flight B737-200 travelling from Karachi to Islamabad carrying…
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