KARACHI: Karachi Commissioner Syed Hassan Naqvi has directed the Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) to complete the survey of dangerous buildings in the city, have them evacuated, and demolish those already evacuated as soon as possible. During a meeting he chaired at
KARACHI: On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, the Home-Based Women Workers Federation Pakistan (HBWWF) held a seminar at the Karachi Press Club, calling for urgent measures to protect women workers from harassment and exploitation. The event, presided
KARACHI: Civil society members on November 25 sounded the alarm on the rapid conversion of public parks into commercial ventures and its impacts on the environment and the ecosystem. Speaking at a press conference from the platform of the Karachi Residents’ Committee
LARKANA: Two married women, fed up with their husbands’ alleged abuse, reached the Women Police Station separately for protection, police said on November 24. Rehana, wife of Insaf Malano, a resident of Badah city, and Soni Khatoon, wife of Asif Sunnani from
KARACHI: A sessions court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment in a case pertaining to the kidnapping and rape of a teenage girl. Additional District and Sessions Judge (Malir) Syed Ghous Ali Shah Jillani found Muhammad Kaleem guilty and sentenced him
KARACHI: A judicial magistrate on Wednesday remanded in police custody a man booked for his alleged involvement in hacking WhatsApp accounts of some women and using them to blackmail them. The Eidgah police on Tuesday arrested the suspect and registered a case
KARACHI: Police on November 18 detained a relative of a newlywed girl for questioning after the suspected murder of 17-year-old Zainab, daughter of a police constable, whose body was found in Defence on Monday evening. A murder case has been registered against
• Patients with over 50pc burns are routinely transferred from Liaquat University Hospital to Karachi • Health secretary informed of lack of burns unit, but to no avail, says LUH doctor • Even regular ICUs remain overburdened due to shortage of equipment,
HYDERABAD: The death toll from the explosion and fire at an illegal fireworks factory on the outskirts of Hyderabad rose to 10, after another injured victim, identified as Waqar, died at the Burns Ward of the Civil Hospital on November 17. The
• Local political activists put their heads together after first case of infection confirmed in 18-month-old girl • Over 15 HIV cases found after Valika Hospital administration persuaded to screen children treated there • Govt official says health dept ‘focusing’ on treatment