Almost 70 per cent of patients in Pakistan are using unnecessary antibiotics, the National Institute of Health has revealed.
According to the federal Institute, frequent use of antibiotics has led to bacterias developing resistance against the drugs.
NIC has said that 25 per cent of the deaths that occur every year are due to the unnecessary use of antibiotics.
A walk was held in Islamabad to raise awareness regarding use of antibiotics.
Health experts say that patients should not take any medicine without doctor’s instructions. They have also said that the use of antibiotics is unnecessary in case of cold, flu, cough, sore throat or viral infection.
Doctors say that continuous use of antibiotics can lead to long-term diseases.
Drug-resistant microbes, including bacterias and viruses, have become a global health challenge. Human healthcare providers and veterinarians are facing an endemic of ‘superbugs’ that do not respond to traditional first and second line drugs, leading to complications and even fatalities.
In the early stages of Brendon McCullum’s time as head coach, the England Test team has been letting go of support personnel. A chef, however, has been added to the group for their impending visit to Pakistan.
The appointment follows a recap of the limited-overs team’s seven-match T20I series experiences in the country. Players and support personnel said that the cuisine, especially at match locations, was not that good, and a few experienced stomachaches at various points during the tour.
The difficulties experienced were by no means severe; nobody fell ill for a protracted length of time, and England went on to win the thrilling series 4-3. But given the demands of a Test match, not to mention the back-to-back format of the three-match series over 21 days in three different cities (Rawalpindi, Multan, and Karachi), having someone oversee food preparation and customise menus in accordance with specific needs and preferences felt necessary to control.
While on the T20 trip, Moeen Ali, playing the role of interim captain, made light of the rivalry between Lahore and Karachi’s culinary traditions “I’ve been a little let down by Lahore’s cuisine. Karachi was quite pleasant.” Those who want to try the regional cuisines may relax knowing that Lahore is not on the schedule this time around and Karachi will host the third Test.
According to ESPNcricinfo, Omar Meziane, who served in a comparable capacity with the England men’s football team at the 2018 World Cup and Euro 2020, will fill the position.
The change by the Test squad will satisfy picky diners while also putting Jack Leach at rest. The left-arm spinner has Crohn’s disease, an inflammatory bowel disease, and must follow a rigorous diet in addition to taking immunosuppressant medicine to treat his condition.
Leach experienced serious food illness on a visit of New Zealand in November 2019, which led to his hospitalisation and sepsis. Despite being able to go for the next South African Test tour, he was unable to participate in any of the activities due to the consequences of the earlier sickness and had to leave the trip early.
The ECB has previously provided food when travelling, even though this may be the first time they have deliberately hired a chef for a trip. The Sydney Morning Herald obtained a file titled “Test catering criteria” that was provided to all hosting venues prior to the dismal 2013–14 Ashes.
The 82 pages, which included 194 recipes for everything from protein-rich “banana and peanut bars” to Moroccan spiced griddled chicken fillets with lime and coriander mayo, were dubbed “modern pretentious” by the Herald. It didn’t help England in their humiliating 5-0 loss.
Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif, Maryam Nawaz, her brother Hussain Nawaz and her son Junaid Safdar have reached an unspecified European country on Sunday night, reports Geo News.
The Sharif family will visit five European countries in the next ten days.
Three years after her passport was confiscated, Maryam Nawaz travelled to London in October to spend time with her father and the rest of her family.
According to media reports, Nawaz Sharif wants to return to Pakistan soon while his trusted circle discusses a possible return date for the former Prime Minister.
He has been living in London since 2015 when he was granted an eight-week bail on medical grounds and was allowed to travel to London for treatment for four weeks.
Leading channel ARY Digital’s drama Pinjra is a heartbreaking tale of child abuse and neglect. It’s a story that offers multiple lessons to parents by showing two contrasting households.
One household is projected as a comparatively liberal and progressive home for children, where the mother listens and communicates openly, and the other is termed as a cage.
Abhaan, belonging to the latter home is battling severe anxiety, depression, and distress due to the restricting rules instilled by his parents, Khadija (Hadiqa Kiani) and Javed (Omair Rana). In the latest episode, Abhaan takes up pills to rid himself of the pain in his life. Although he is still young, his anxiety and inability to meet his parent’s expectations lead him to consider suicide.
Parenting is a difficult job and everyone isn’t born with the right skills to know exactly how to be a “good” guardian. Narratives like Pinjra have brought out interesting pointers to consider while raising a child.
Negative Impact Of Physical Abuse
Physical abuse can never have a good outcome: it leaves prominent scars on a child’s mind. Abhaan suffers from anxiety and has a great fear of his parents due to facing physical abuse at the hands of his father. Deep down, he knows that doing anything against his parents would result in another traumatic incident, therefore Abhaan tries his best to be the ideal kid like his brother, but ends up failing each time. What’s worse is that Abhaan would have never opted for suicide or drugs if he had a parent who would listen to him, instead of abusing him.
Intense RestrictionsHave More Disadvantages
Having suffocating restrictions creates an extremely toxic environment for people, and definitely, children who are forced to live under rules that don’t let them have any freedom in life. This often creates a place that offers more distress and worries. Like Abhaan, a child can also go to a darker space towards suicidal thoughts and drug addiction. Most boundaries are instilled by parents to garner more control in their household and protect their kids from the perils of society, but sometimes it can go really far and create the opposite effect.
Child’s Choices Should Be Valued
Every child has their own likes and dislikes, and their voice counts. Their desires are valid and every parent must understand this before deciding to have a baby. Abhaan is an artistic child, different from all his siblings, and that’s his strong point. Many students aren’t good at academics but have different talents that can be nourished to make a career. Not every child needs to grow up to be a “doctor” or “engineer.” It’s a choice and should be treated as one by their parents too. Sadly, Abhaan’s parents don’t see this and unintentionally make their child suffer.
Importance Of Mutual Respect
Your child won’t respect you if you won’t do the same for them. Javed and Khadija treat their children as an extension of their own desires. They want the “perfect” child, yet ironically aren’t the best parents for them. Therefore, parents need to treat their children as separate humans that should receive respect, love, and trust
Necessary To Value Child’s Mental health
Children suffer from mental disorders and troubled traumas as well. Like adults, their struggles are valid and in need of attention from a qualified professional. Abhaan deserves to visit counselors who can guide him to a better outlet for his miseries in life, but again his anxiety and depression are not taken seriously, resulting in a devastating outcome in the end. Parents should regard their child’s mental health with the same importance as their physical health, both are equally responsible for creating a child fit.
Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan took to Twitter to react to the rumours of moving-in with his girlfriend Saba Azad in a INR 100 crore (PKR 275 crore) apartment, as reported by Hindustan Times.
The Bang Bang star reposted a media report saying that he is going to move in with Saba soon. Hrithik stated that there is no truth to such information and that people should stop spreading such misinformation about him.
Responding to a media report that stated, “lovebirds Hrithik Roshan and Saba Azad to move in together soon,” Hrithik tweeted, There is no truth to this. As a public figure, I understand I’ll be under the lens of curiosity, but it’s best if we keep misinformation away, especially in our reportage, which is a responsible job.”
The duo started dating earlier this year and are often spotted at filmy events.
On the work front, Hrithik was last seen in Vikram Vedha alongside Saif Ali Khan and Radhika Apte.
The United States of America has once again reaffirmed the importance of Pakistan and India for the superpower, stating that India is a global partner while Pakistan is a valuable partner in a sensitive region.
Principal Deputy Spokesperson of the State Department, Vedant Patel, said at a briefing, “India is an invaluable partner, not just in the region but as it relates to a lot of the United States’ shared priorities across the world.”
Commenting on Pakistan, another US official stated: “The United States values our long-standing cooperation with Pakistan and has always viewed a prosperous and democratic Pakistan as critical to US interests.”
In recent statements, US officials have insisted that they no longer see Pakistan from India or Afghanistan’s perspective.
In a recent report published by the Hudson Institute, it has been noted that several aspects of the US-Pakistan relationship had changed over the last decade.
“Most importantly, a US-India entente has emerged, and a peer rivalry between China and the US is developing,” the report stated, underlining how a US desire to contain China had strengthened its ties with India.
It is pertinent to mention that since Biden came into power and the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, US-Pakistan relations have been standing on the edge of a precipice.
Pakistan and UNESCO have agreed work out the establishment of a PAK-UNESCO Joint Centre of Excellence in Teachers Training and STEAM Learning at Islamabad.
The understanding was reached at a meeting between Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training, Rana Tanveer Hussain, and Assistant Director General for Education UNESCO, Ms Stefania Giannini. The meeting was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Speaking on the occasion, Rana Tanveer Hussain said Pakistan will make all-out efforts to ensure inclusive, equitable and quality education while promoting lifelong learning opportunities.
Along with its other partners (UNICEF, WFP, WHO, etc.), UNESCO has been doing its best to support Pakistan’s education sector in times of need, said Stefania Giannini. She was grateful for Pakistan’s effort to address the nation’s educational problems.
In a major breakthrough for developing countries, the United Nations COP27 climate summit has approved the creation of a special fund to cover the losses suffered by 134 vulnerable nations hit by the impact of global warming.
Prime Minister Shebaz Sharif has welcomed the development and has lauded Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator Sherry Rehman, who spearheaded the breakthrough, for her efforts.
“The establishment of a loss & damage fund at the UN climate summit is the first pivotal step towards the goal of climate justice. It is up to the transitional committee to build on the historic development. I appreciate @sherryrehman & her team for their contribution & hard work,” wrote PM while appreciating the efforts of Sherry Rehman.
The establishment of loss & damage fund at the UN climate summit is the first pivotal step towards the goal of climate justice. It is up to the transitional committee to build on the historic development. I appreciate @sherryrehman & her team for their contribution & hard work.
Sherry Rehman in a series of tweets while welcoming the announcement said it’s been a thirty year long journey from demand to the formation of the loss and damage fund for 134 countries.
It’s been a long 30-year journey from demand to formation of the Loss & Damage Fund for 134 countries. We welcome today’s announcement and joint text hammered out thru many nights. It’s an important first step in reaffirming the core principles of #climatejustice@COP27P 1/4 pic.twitter.com/ErNDRLnLCt
At the start of the UN discussions in Egypt, the “loss and damage” brought on by climatically-induced disasters was not formally on the table. But as discussions progressed, a concerted campaign by poor nations to make it the conference’s central issue broke down wealthier polluters’ resistance who had previously been wary of open-ended liability.
Under pressure from conservatives, the federal government banned Saim Sadiq’s Joyland a few days before its countrywide release. After severe backlash on social media and mainstream media, the federal government finally reconsidered its decision and lifted the ban on Joyland. Less than 24 hours after the federal government decided to lift the ban, the Punjab government of issued a notice to the film’s producer, Sarmad Khoosat, saying that they cannot exhibit the film in the jurisdiction of Punjab province. Joyland is the country’s official entry for the Oscars, paving the way for Pakistan to make a name at the Academy Awards, with a bright chance to bring the Oscar home.
So how did a film promising to spread joy, receiving a 10-minute standing ovation from the august audience at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival, ended up getting banned in its own country and the very province it was filmed in, Punjab. Set in the eastern city of Lahore, Joyland tackles issues of gender and sexuality – taboo topics in Pakistan – through the story of a married man who falls in love with a transgender dancer, played by transgender actress Alina Khan. From what we understand, the story is about love, acceptance and tackling issues in relevance to gender. So the problem is basically because of the love between a transgender and a man in the movie.
Any marginalised community in a country goes through struggles and challenges of its own. From their right to live to their right to freedom, their existence revolves around many obstacles. Pakistan is no different. The transgender community in Pakistan is a marginalised community that on a daily basis is ridiculed, harassed, abused, and given life threats. And this has been a pattern for many years. So the treatment with “Joyland” has been no different.
The question is: what are we scared of? Does the representation of a marginlised community make us weak as a nation or does it make us stronger? How is upholding the ban in the wake of no real logic correct? How is Joyland a threat to the country’s cultural and social fabric? Pakistani cinema was in need of a moment like Joyland, until the bans which took away the joy from the land where transgenders are only laughed at, mocked, abused and not to forget, killed. It is acceptable to show transgenders being made fun of, but once they are shown as normal persons, living normal lives, it somehow becomes problematic and against social values. Isn’t it hypocritical of us? Joyland was one way people could understand and learn the pain and troubles the trans community goes through. But systems in Pakistan work and behave differently for the ones who are ‘different’. So here we are banning a film on a transgender and barring them an existence in fiction. Now imagine their existence in the real world. What is peculiarly interesting about the public outcry for the ban on “Joyland” is from people who are up in arms against a movie they haven’t seen.
We as a nation want to see the cinema and film industry thrive — but look at what we do to people who are the reason that art, film and Pakistan can flourish. We are habitual haters of a thriving society. We just hope that Punjab, which has significantly become a “joyless land” learns from the provinces next to it, remembers to laugh, be okay to experiment and above all, becomes a joyland.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Fawad Chaudhry has said on Saturday that the “final stage has arrived” when former prime minister Imran Khan will ask his supporters to converge in Rawalpindi.
“The final stage has arrived. Be prepared. Imran Khan will give a call to people today to reach Rawalpindi,” he tweeted.
Chaudhry said PTI leaders Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Asad Umar, who are leading separate convoys, will meet at Rawat today from where the marchers would move towards Rawalpindi, located at a distance of 23.8 kilometres when approached via Grant Trunk Road.
#حقیقی_آزادی_مارچ کا دوسرا مرحلہ روات کے مقام سے راولپنڈی شہر داخل ہو نے کیلئے پہنچے گا شاہ محمود قریشی اور اسد عمر نے اس شاندار مہم کی نگرانی کی آج دونوں قافلے روات کے مقام پر ملیں گے، آخری مرحلہ آ گیا ہے تیار رہیں،عمران خان آج عوام کو راولپنڈی پہنچنے کی کال دیں گے
Meanwhile, PTI’s official Twitter account tweeted that Imran Khan will announce the final date of arrival of Real Azadi March at 2 pm in Rawalpindi at Chuck Bailey, Rawat today.
