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The 40-day study, of 60 people in Pakistan with Type 2 diabetes, found that one gram a day of cinnamon — one-fourth of a teaspoon twice daily — significantly lowered the subjects’ blood sugar, triglycerides (fatty acids in the blood), LDL (or “bad”) cholesterol, and total cholesterol. Don’t go bananas with this, of course. In [...]

“After completion of my studies, I joined a private house dealing in plotter cutting, and flex sign making and designing. I concentrated on the job and after serving for about four years I opened my own business four years ago. I am very fond of visualizing objects and making designs, so I started this business [...]

Pakistan achieved an industrial growth rate of 18.1% during 2003-04, the prices of wheat and flour have declined by 1.2% during July 31st to August 21st, first two vessels carrying 95 thousand ton of wheat will arrive Pakistan on September16th, the government will not pass on the increased oil prices at international market to the [...]

For the first time, Pakistani books will find a place in Indian institutions through Indian bookstores following a distribution agreement between two private publishers from the two countries. The agreement was inked recently between Delhi-based Foundation Books and Pakistan’s Vanguard Books. Vanguard has published many original books that no one dared to print in Pakistan [...]

Hockey in Athens, tamasha back home. On Wednesday evening, India and Pakistan clash in a minor placings match in the Olympic hockey tournament that, if you go by the response of the expatriate community here, may as well be deciding the gold medal. Pakistan finished third in group A, and India fourth in group B. [...]

National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) will assign vehicle identification and tracking number and issue the same on a secure document to the applicant. This VITS will be physically transferred to the owner of the vehicle. This will be a permanent laminated document, which will only contain the particulars of the registered vehicle. Vehicle information [...]

The coastal city Gawadar will become international business and trade hub with the commissioning of deep sea port next year and its proposed link up with main railway lines network with up-country that would pave the way for cheap mode of transportation to Central Asia, Europe and Africa… The Gawadar deep-sea port is due to [...]

A grand festival will be held in Gilgit from September 7 to promote local culture and tourism. The Silk Route Festival is a regular feature of the area which is officially celebrated in Gilgit and Skardu. An official handout said a number of programmes have been chalked out to make the event a memorable one, [...]

The telecom sector, which is undergoing a silent revolution, has placed the country’s economy on a fast track leading to progress and prosperity and Pakistanis now feel the effects of the multi-dimensional visible changes, analysts said on Monday. The revolution has changed the way and style of business, provided thousands of jobs and opened new [...]

“The conditions of India and Pakistan are more or less similar. Pakistan is a shade better than us as NGOs have started a movement by trying to modify the medical education to suit the community.” This was stated here today by Prof S M Bose who attended the two-day International Conference of Community Oriented Medical [...]