Pakistan has the highest rates of breast cancer in Asia. Early detection is essential for treatment but medical experts fear many women are not coming forward due to a culture of modesty. Breast cancer claims the lives of more than 17,000 women in Pakistan every year, according to the World
pinktober Breast cancer is the most common cancer amongst women and occurs nearly 100 times more often in women than in men. It can occur at any age, but the risk goes up as you get older, as two out of three women with invasive cancer are diagnosed after age
Islamabad, October 22, 2019: Over 10.2 million women in Pakistan are at risk of Breast Cancer with every year 40,000 women dying due to the disease. In an effort to raise awareness about Breast Cancer, Pakistani Telecom Company, Ufone collaborated with Pink Ribbon Pakistan to organize an informative session for its
Samina Arif Alvi, the wife of President of Pakistan Dr Arif Alvi, on Thursday called on the people to create awareness about breast cancer as its mortality rate could be controlled if people had knowledge of it. She was addressing an event held at the Governor House in connection with
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has joined hands with Pink Ribbon to spread awareness on breast cancer during the third T20I between Pakistan and Sri Lanka on October 9. Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium will be displaying pink color with players, match officials and commentators wearing a pink ribbon. A short ceremony will
Islamabad: As part of PINKtober campaign, all the landmark buildings on Constitution Avenue Islamabad illuminated pink to raise the awareness on breast cancer. The event was held in the capital city where all the government buildings went pink with the support of Pink Ribbon Campaign. The event was jointly arranged
LAHORE:Minar-e-Pakistan was illuminated pink on Thursday to create awareness among the people about breast cancer as part of PINKtober campaign of Pink Ribbon. Talking to the media, Pink Ribbon CEO Omer Aftab said,” it is indeed an honour for us to illuminate Minar-e-Pakistan because it has symbolic importance. Today we
Islamabad :The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) headquarters were illuminated pink in commemoration of the ongoing PINKtober breast cancer awareness drive and to acknowledge Pink Ribbon Pakistan’s efforts in raising awareness and working to provide advocacy and healthcare services to the patients and potential victims. This PINKtober, the government is
Islamabad: Pink Ribbon Pakistan, a nationwide breast cancer awareness campaign, has launched its annual ‘PINKtober’ campaign effective today (October 1). Spread over the entire month, the campaign aims at disseminating information regarding breast cancer prevention, detection and treatment. During ‘Pinktober,’ Pink Ribbon will sensitize girls and women by arranging various
Ramazan, a month filled with blessings approaches to strengthen the faith of the entire Muslim community across the globe. It is the month that brings the Muslim Ummah closer to celebrate the gift from Almighty God. Now when we talk about the month of Ramazan being the holy gift from
An innovative bra that helps underprivileged women in Pakistan detect breast cancer early. Designed at Tonic International (Dubai based advertising agency) and produced in partnership with Pink Ribbon Pakistan, the Pink Bra turns the everyday action of slipping money inside the bra into a breast cancer self-examination exercise. Pakistan has the
Of all the perils our women face, Breast Cancer has become the most precarious as it is claiming 40,000 lives only in Pakistan annually, not to speak of the unreported cases. Every 9th Pakistani women is at high risk of this fatal disease and, if calculated, this number soars up
