A delegation, led by Professor John Wright of Bradford University and Professor Dr Atif-ur-Rehman of Liverpool University, called on the federal National Health Services Minister Amir Mehmood Kiani on Wednesday.

Speaking on the occasion, the health services minister said that his ministry was going to hold a cohort study with the cooperation of Bradford University for the first time in Pakistan.

He said that the research would be carried out in nutrition, mental health, non-communicable diseases and factors behind various illnesses. He also said that the cohort research would help in finding the reasons for the spread of various diseases.

He said that the cohort study was considered one of the most reliable evidence in the world of research. He said, “This research will be a big step forward in the field of health in Pakistan.”