Ohio increases execution drug levels
The US state plans to increase the dosage of death-penalty drugs after a murderer took 25 minutes to die from a new cocktail of chemicals.
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Learning levels plummet in the face of higher enrolment in FATA
KARACHI: In 2013, 21% of children surveyed in the tribal areas were reported to be out of school – a small gain from last year. Yet, learning levels in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata)...
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Pakistani designers rise to international levels
Pakistani designers who have already made a mark in the local fashion industry are now planning on hitting the international market with a fashion show aimed at showcasing such designers on a larger...
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World Population Day: ‘Number of Pakistanis has reached high-risk levels’
KARACHI: The population of Pakistan and the rate at which it is increasing has reached levels that are considered ‘high risk’. These views were shared by speakers at a press conference arranged by...
View ArticleViolence levels high at private jail
There are four times as many violent assaults at a privately-run prison in South Yorkshire than at similar jails, inspectors find.
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Check your glucose levels: 10m children could have diabetes in next 10 years
KARACHI: Around 10 million children in Pakistan will have diabetes in the next 10 years, warned Prof Abdul Basit, the chairman of the Pakistan Working Group on Diabetic Foot (PWGDF). He added that...
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Soiled soil: Toxic levels of metals found in city’s vegetables
PESHAWAR: Hazards of pollution and sewage are apparent to the naked eye, but what remains unseen perhaps poses the greatest danger. Wastewater, heavy in pollutants, seeps its way into the soil that...
View ArticleVIDEO: Solar farm plan for Somerset Levels
Plans have been unveiled for one of the South West’s biggest solar farms on the Somerset Levels.
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Maintaining chlorine levels: KMC and KWSB refuse to take responsibility
KARACHI: The health department and the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) have refused to take responsibility for deaths caused by the deadly brain-eating amoebia – Naegleria Fowleri. So far,...
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Curious case of bullion: Gold prices likely to stay at current levels, says...
KARACHI: Gold prices are expected to remain stable until the end of the current fiscal year, according to Arif Habib Commodities CEO Ahsan Mehanti. Speaking to The Express Tribune in a recent...
View ArticleTourists ‘to spend record levels’
Spending by tourists to the UK is set to reach record levels in 2015, with the government forecasting overseas visitors will splash out £22bn.
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In reverse gear: Learning levels, enrolment going down
ISLAMABAD: The sorry state of affairs of country’s school education can be gauged from the fact that enrolment as well as learning standards are going down. In rural Pakistan, 58 per cent students in...
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Status of education: Learning levels dropped by 5 per cent in 2014
LAHORE: While there was nearly one per cent increase in enrolment of children in schools across the province in 2014 over 2013, the Fifth Annual Status of Education Report 2014 reports a five per cent...
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