KARACHI: A teenage boy died by suicide in a Saddar locality on November 14, police said. Preedy SHO Ayub Mirani said that Shoaib, 16, ended his own life by shooting himself at his home on Akbar Road near DC Street. He said
• Health dept spent Rs1.7bn on vaccine project between 2012 and 2023, meeting told • 54,000 cases of snakebite reported in province every year: livestock DG • Says only NIH Islamabad produces anti-venom vaccine KARACHI: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the
Floods Cause Over 1,000 Deaths and Widespread Damage Across Pakistan, NA Told ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly was informed by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) that recent floods and urban flooding across Pakistan caused: 1,037 deaths 1,067 injuries 229,763 damaged houses 22,841 livestock
KARACHI: The Supreme Court (SC) has overturned the life imprisonment handed down to a seminary student in the murder case of his classmate by extending to him the benefit of doubt. The apex court observed that the prosecution’s case, which rested wholly
KARACHI: With around 3.6 million abortions occurring annually in Pakistan, the Sindh Population Welfare Department has launched an online application designed to offer free and confidential guidance on contraceptive methods and reproductive health. The initiative seeks to address the challenges faced by
HYDERABAD: A divorcee employed at a barber shop has turned out to be the suspect who has allegedly kidnapped, raped, and killed a seven-year-old schoolgirl in Mirpurkhas district in connivance with one more hitherto undisclosed suspect. SSP Mirpurkhas Sumair Noor Channa on
• Research puts India and the US in second and third place for workplace discrimination against diabetics • Finds people with Type 1 diabetes face greater prejudice • Says many denied time off needed for medical care KARACHI: More than two-thirds of
KARACHI: Over 1,000 patients tested positive for dengue fever on Monday across the province that saw another death from the mosquito-borne viral infection, raising the official tally to 27 since October this year. According to the provincial health department’s data, the latest
HYDERABAD: A seven-year-old child, who had been missing for five days, was found dead with her body packed in a gunny bag and thrown by the side of a water distributary on November 9th, 2025. This gruesome incident occurred in Baloch Mohalla
PMA alleges lack of political will to ensure sanitation, waste management and fumigation turned cities into breeding sites of mosquitoes • Over 400 patients currently under treatment in public and private hospitals: health dept • Officials say over 11,700 cases reported from