Islamabad, Aug 31: State Life Insurance has warned that it may terminate the Sehat Sahulat Program at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) Hospital due to continued concerns regarding patient care and the quality of drugs provided under the scheme. The insurance company followed up with the PIMS management, emphasizing how urgently these issues needed to be resolved. State Life Insurance pointed out in the letter that the PIMS management has not yet taken any corrective action, in spite of prior correspondence regarding the need to raise treatment standards and supply higher-quality medications. The hospital’s disregard for these norms, according…
Author: Mawadat Fatima
Islamabad, Aug 31: In Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Malakand Division, the cost of non-custom paid vehicles has increased dramatically due to speculations of a government amnesty program for these vehicles. The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), however, has refuted these allegations, emphasizing that no such plans are presently in existence and that only the federal government has the authority to declare such an amnesty. The trade of non-custom paid (NCP) automobiles persists in Malakand Division, seven Gilgit-Baltistan districts, and the recently combined districts of the former FATA, despite the Federal Bureau of Revenue’s repeated explanations. Dealers stand to gain as a 20–25% price…
Islamabad, Aug 31: The results of the 2024 Matric General Group exams, which included regular and private students as well as those with speech and hearing impairments, were released by the Board of Secondary Education Karachi (BSEK) on Friday. Girls took the top three spots in the tests, according to BSEK. The results were announced by BSEK Acting Controller of Examinations Tariq Kareem, and BSEK Secretary Dr. Naveed Ahmad commended the staff and teachers for their efforts in making sure the results were released on time. He reported that out of the 16,384 students who registered for the General Group…
Islamabad, Aug 31: Internet outages in Pakistan this month are causing alarm among businesses already struggling in a troubled economy. Executives, investors, and tech industry leaders warn that these disruptions are hurting business operations and making investors nervous. This occurs at a pivotal moment when Pakistan’s ability to break free from its ongoing economic problems hinges on the expansion of its information technology sector. Internet monitoring organizations have noted a discernible decline in internet speeds as well as service outages impacting well-known websites such as WhatsApp, the popular messaging program owned by Meta that is extensively utilized in Pakistan. The…
Islamabad, Aug 31: 200 million individuals use ChatGPT, the well-known AI chatbot, on a weekly basis, marking a significant milestone. This signifies a noteworthy expansion of the service, since its user base has doubled since November. The increase in popularity of artificial intelligence and ChatGPT’s standing as a top generative AI tool are probably the main causes of the user boom. The company that created ChatGPT, OpenAI, claims that an astounding 92% of Fortune 500 businesses have used its products. Moreover, the usage of OpenAI’s automated API has doubled since the GPT-4o Mini was released last month. CEO of OpenAI…
Islamabad, Aug 31: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has announced a third confirmed case of monkeypox in barely two weeks. Dr. Irshad Roghani, the director of public health, revealed that a 51-year-old tourist from the Orakzai area had contracted the virus after landing at Bacha Khan Airport during a trip overseas. Dr. Roghani claims that the suspected patient was discovered by airport medical teams during standard passenger screening. The patient was taken right away for diagnostic testing to Police Line Hospital in Peshawar. He continued by saying that blood samples were quickly taken by Police Lines Hospital’s Rapid Response teams and submitted to…
Islamabad, Aug 31: The TikTok is introducing a new feature called “Manage Topics” that would allow users to have more control over there For You feed. Now available to users in the United States, this tool lets users personalize their feed by changing the prominence of different categories including sports, travel, humor, and food. Users must go to Settings, click “Content Preferences,” then select “Manage Topics” in order to use the feature. Here, users can adjust the quantity of content in their feed that is relevant to particular themes by dragging a slider. Each topic has a “information” button next…
Islamabad, Aug 31: Pakistan’s batting lineup encountered early difficulties on Saturday on the second day of the second Test match against Bangladesh, as Abdullah Shafiq was out for a duck in the opening over. Shan Masood, the captain of Pakistan, acknowledged that he would have made the same choice if he had won the toss, but Bangladesh won and decided to field. He added that the team would aim to give their best performance over the course of the four-day tournament. Masood revealed that there have been a few changes to the Pakistani team for the Rawalpindi match. Fast bowlers…
Islamabad, Aug 31: RIYADH: King Abdulaziz Medical City in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (KAMC-RD) has effectively corrected a teenage patient’s thalassemia by using CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats) gene editing technology. The King Abdulaziz Medical City in Riyadh (KAMC-RD), which is under the Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs (MNGHA), has successfully treated a 13-year-old patient with thalassemia major. This is the first instance of advanced gene therapy being used outside of clinical trials and research settings. After a successful gene cell transplant, the young patient who had required blood transfusions every three weeks since birth is now entirely…
Islamabad, Aug 31: KARACHI: As a result of the severe weather that makes flying planes during cyclone Asna difficult, a number of flights from Karachi to both local and foreign locations have been delayed, according to sources cited by ARY News. The aircraft PK-308 operated by Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) from Karachi to Islamabad experienced a delay of seven hours. The PK-309 PIA flight from Islamabad to Karachi is running four hours behind schedule. The flight from Karachi to Multan has also been postponed by four hours. Similar to domestic travel, international travel has also been impacted. For example, a…
