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Dengue fever causes, symptoms and precautionsWith more than 50,000 reported cases of dengue in Pakistan in the current year, this mosquito-borne disease has been a popular topic of discussion throughout the country.Undoubtedly, this is among the worst outbreaks ever experienced. Healthcare professionals are struggling day and night to help dengue afflicted patients fight this fever and feel better again.What is Dengue Fever?Dengue fever is also known as ‘dandy fever’ or ‘breakbone fever’. It is a mosquito-borne disease that can prompt a serious influenza-like sickness. It is brought about by four distinctive infections and spread by Aedes mosquitoes. Cause of Dengue FeverDengue is spread through the female mosquito (Aedes aegypti) bite. When a mosquito takes the blood of a person infected with this virus, the mosquito is infected. The infected mosquito can then transmit the virus after about a week while biting a healthy person. Note: In case you’re wondering what happened to the infec...

PARIS: People with psychiatric disorders may want to pass on the joint -- at least until further research is done, a new Australian study suggests.The paper, published Monday in The Lancet Psychiatry, looked at 83 previous studies conducted over almost four decades on medical cannabinoids, including products from the cannabis plant, such as leaves, buds and oils, as well as pharmaceutical-grade cannabinoids.The authors found insufficient evidence that the products were safe and effective in treating six common disorders: depression, anxiety, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, Tourette syndrome, post-traumatic stress disorder and psychosis.Cannabis and cannabinoids are increasingly being made available for medicinal use in North America, Britain and Australia without being subjected to the standard process that includes testing and scrutinising by government regulatory bodies, lead author Louisa Degenhardt told AFP."One of the most striking things about the spread of legisla...

PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Mahmood Khan on Monday ordered ban on export of wheat and flour to Afghanistan.He issued the directives while chairing a meeting regarding establishment of Hattar Special Economic Zone, said a handout.The chief minister said that adequate quantity of wheat and flour was available in the province and the federal government had also agreed to provide 3,00,000 metric tonnes of wheat to the province.The chief minister also ordered strict action against hoarders, stating that all those involved in creating artificial crisis would be strictly proceeded against as per the law. The chief minister directed authorities to adopt a workable development model for the Hattar extension project covering an area of 1,000 acres and directed TEVTA for introduction of courses to meet the needs of industrial units so that maximum number of people from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa may be provided with livelihood opportunities.Minister for Finance Taimur Salim Jhagra, Minister for C&W Akba...

ByOur correspondentMANSEHRA: The residents of Dhodial village have refused to give their agricultural land for the expansion of Hazara University.“The vice-chancellor has asked the district administration to acquire 1,100 kanal of land for the expansion of the Hazara University. This is unacceptable to us. We would not give even an inch of our land,” Mohammad Nawaz Khan, the former district councillor, told a news conference in Dhodial on Monday. Flanked by a group of villagers, Nawaz Khan said the residents of Dhodial and its adjoining areas give their agricultural land for the establishment of the Hazara University. “The government recently also acquired thousands of kanal of our agricultural land for the construction of the Hazara Motorway. Now it wants to acquire another 1,100 kanal for Hazara University,” he said. Another local elder, Saeedur Rehman said they would block the Karakoram Highway for an indefinite period if the district administration imposed Section 4 of the Land Acq...

PESHAWAR: Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Monday directed authorities concerned to constitute a medical board for treatment of an ailing prisoner in the Peshawar Central Prison. The counsel for a mentally ill prisoner, Majid Khan, had moved the Peshawar High Court, appealing for constitution of medical board to treat his client. The counsel told the court that his client had been ill for long and there was no proper treatment in the prison. A bench of the PHC, headed by Justice Musarrat Hilali, ordered constitution of the medical board for the treatment of the prisoner. She expressed concern over lack of medical facilities for prisoners in the jail. from The News International - Peshawar https://ift.tt/34cZFiO

PESHAWAR: Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) Chairman Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao on Monday reiterated the resolve to actively take part in the Azadi March, saying the people have become disenchanted with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government.According to a press release, he was addressing a meeting of party office-bearers from all over the province to finalise arrangements and seek suggestions from them for the upcoming Azadi March in Islamabad on October 31. Aftab Sherpao would lead the convoys of party workers from Charsadda to converge on Islamabad. QWP provincial Chairman Sikandar Hayat Khan Sherpao and other party leaders from all over the province attended the meeting.Speaking on the occasion, Aftab Sherpao urged the participants to mobilise party workers to participate in the protest march with zeal and zest.He said the government was in a state of panic and it could create hurdles for the marchers. However, he said his party workers would attend the planned sit-in. The QWP leader ma...

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Monday admitted for hearing a writ petition challenging a notification issued in 1975 which had declared all mountains, wastelands, jungles, pastures and riverbeds of Chitral to be the property of the provincial government.A division bench consisting Justice Syed Arshad Ali and Justice Waqar Ahmad heard arguments in the case. A number of aggrieved people from Chitral have challenged the land settlement process in the high court.Barrister Asadul Mulk representing the petitioners pointed out the statutory and constitutional defects in the 1975 notification. He contended that the notification in question was against Article 23 and 24 of the Constitution, which has clearly mentioned proprietary rights as fundamental rights, while Article 25 prohibited discrimination.It was submitted before the court that the petitioners were not opposed to land settlement, but they wanted that due process should be followed and they should not be deprived of their...