Karachi Commissioner Syed Hassan Naqvi continued his field visits on the second day of the ongoing anti-polio campaign, touring various localities in District Keamari to oversee the progress of vaccination efforts. Accompanied by United Nations International Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) representative Saud
A model court on 21-April-2025 sentenced a man to 12 years in prison for murdering his wife by dousing her with petrol and setting her ablaze after an argument over her missing earring six years ago. Additional Sessions Judge Ameeruddin of the
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on 21-April-2025 inaugurated a week-long province-wide polio eradication campaign targeting over 10.6 million children under the age of five, including 2.76 million in Karachi. The campaign, which will run from April 21 to April 27,
Karachi witnessed intense heat on 21-April-2025 as the mercury soared to 40.7°C, with relative humidity recorded at 39 percent, pushing the city into the grip of a heatwave that is expected to persist through mid-week. The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) had earlier
Alarmingly high levels of obesity, low-density lipoprotein (LDL or “bad” cholesterol), and low levels of protective high-density lipoprotein (HDL or “good” cholesterol) are the leading causes of premature coronary atherosclerosis — early plaque formation in the arteries of young Pakistani men and
The Preedy police have registered a case against 15 nominated and several unidentified individuals for the brutal mob killing of a man belonging to the Ahmadiyya community outside the Ahmadiyya Hall, Saddar, on Friday afternoon. The FIR has been registered under sections
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on April 17 met with an IFC delegation led by Ms Linda Rudo Munyengeterwa, director for public-private partnerships (PPPs), Privatizations & Corporate Finance Advisory, IFC’s Global, to discuss urban mobility, water, and sanitation projects, and
The Malir City police on 17-April-2025 registered a case against four suspects, including a student named Faizan, for allegedly subjecting a 17-year-old girl to gang rape. According to the FIR, the incident occurred on April 14 when the victim was on her
In a step towards building a resilient, inclusive and climate-adaptive social protection system in Pakistan, the Sindh government and GIZ Pakistan, with support from the European Union (EU) and Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), have signed an implementation
KARACHI: Federal Health Minister Syed Mustafa Kamal said on 13-April-2025 that there is no valid justification to refuse polio drops to eligible children in Pakistan, especially when the Taliban regime in neighbouring Afghanistan is supervising a door-to-door anti-polio immunisation drive. The minister