SUKKUR: A six-member health department team has arrived in Jacobabad to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of a young girl, who allegedly passed away after being inoculated, officials said on Wednesday. According to Sumaira’s family, the teenager and her younger sister
KARACHI: Every day, eight women in Pakistan lose their lives to cervical cancer — a preventable disease caused almost entirely by the Human Papillomavirus (HPV). If timely interventions are not undertaken, experts warn, the burden of this disease could triple in the
KARACHI: Moderate to heavy rainfall on Tuesday brought the city to a standstill, as it flooded numerous roads and streets and plunged several neighbourhoods into extended power outages, adding to residents’ woes. According to the Met department data, the highest amount of
• Sindh Food Authority claims 71 of 127 samples laced with detergent, salt, sugar, or watered down • Commissioner orders crackdown on milk sellers • Dairy farmers reject findings, demand Rs50 per litre price hike KARACHI: While dairy farmers want a massive
KARACHI: A young man was shot dead by robbers in front of his home in Orangi Town late on Sunday night, police said on September 29. Iqbal Market SHO Sher Mohammed Sangi told Dawn that Sajjad Shaukat, 25, was standing outside his home along
KARACHI: An alarming surge in incidents of children going missing or being kidnapped has sparked fear and anxiety among residents of the metropolis. In recent months, several cases have been reported in which missing children were later found dead. Pakistan Sunni Tehreek
LARKANA: While heirs of an encounter victim, Talib Bosan, pressed ahead to demand action against police over his ‘custodial death’, a case has been registered on behalf of the state at Keti Mumtaz police station. The complainant, SHO Gul Hassan Brohi of
KARACHI: A teenage girl was allegedly killed in celebratory gunfire by her uncle during a wedding ceremony in Shah Latif Town on September 27, police and hospital officials said. Police surgeon Dr Summaiya Syed told Dawn that the girl, Fatima, aged 17 or 18,
KARACHI: There has been a sharp surge in cases of cold, cough, and fever, as the seasonal influenza virus begins to spread rapidly in the metropolitan city. Both government hospitals and private clinics are witnessing a spike in patients, with vulnerable groups
KARACHI: Two young girls, allegedly trafficked to the metropolis under the guise of job opportunities and later sold into prostitution, have been rescued and shifted to a shelter home after being taken into protective custody by police. According to PS Airport Head