Science news articles about 'pakistan'

A study finds that Environmental Impact Assessments are increasingly common in Pakistan, but doubts remain about their quality.

Pakistan's new government has boosted science spending by almost three per cent, but the increase will be negated by high inflation.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- An eight-month-old Pakistani girl has tested positive for polio in an area where militants campaigned against vaccination, a World Health Organization official said ...

In Pakistan, more men than women are reported to be infected with the AIDS virus, but the country’s taboos about sex make it very difficult to address the epidemic.

Pakistan needs to do more to prevent Taliban militants from launching attacks into Afghanistan from its territory, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday.

A national biosafety body has been established in Pakistan, which will monitor biotechnology and trans-border infectious diseases.

Pakistan's new government must continue to support science and technology, says an editorial in Nature.

Atta-ur-Rahman, credited with reforming Pakistan's S&T sector, has resigned as chairman of the Higher Education Commission.

The effects of climate change on Pakistan's agriculture, economy and natural resources are the focus of a newly formed task force.

A major earthquake rocked southwestern Pakistan Wednesday. Hundreds of mud and timber houses were destroyed.

... each day. "This is excellent news for generations of Pakistani children and their families. Pakistan is the largest country to date of all developing countries to introduce Hib vaccine into their ...

Research will form an essential part of Pakistan's attempt to boost its fisheries sector.

Britain's NHS uses surgical instruments manufactured in appalling conditions in Pakistan

After a year standing empty, the post of science minister in Pakistan has been filled.

... and city in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of northwest Pakistan and one of the only tribal areas that the U.S. has not bombed with its unmanned Predators." Despite keen interest ...