Addiction is no longer limited to narcotics but now includes increasingly prevalent behavioural dependencies such as compulsive smartphone use, social media obsession, and gaming addiction, experts warned on 24-June-2025 during a seminar marking World Drug Day 2025. Alarmed by the surge in
In a disturbing incident of domestic abuse, a 17-year-old, also the mother of a minor baby girl, was murdered in Karachi’s Afghan Basti allegedly by her own family members. The incident took place near Afghan Chowk within the limits of the Gulshan-e-Maymar
A severe shortage of trained and qualified female gastroenterologists in Pakistan is contributing to delayed diagnoses and poor health outcomes for women suffering from gastrointestinal and liver diseases, as many are reluctant to consult male doctors due to cultural and social barriers.
With over 5,358 hospital admissions due to heat-related illnesses in 2024 and 675 confirmed cases of heatstroke between April and May this year, Sindh’s escalating climate emergency has prompted urgent local action. Five of the province’s most heat-prone cities —Hyderabad, Dadu, Larkana,
Just this week, five fatal cases of the Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF), commonly called Congo fever, have been reported in the country. Three of the deaths happened in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and two in Karachi. The deaths in Karachi – of two men
A tragic road accident on Rashid Minhas Road claimed the lives of a woman and a young girl early on 19 June 2025 morning when a speeding dumper loaded with gravel and sand overturned and crashed onto a double-cabin vehicle. Another woman
A mother of five was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Orangi Town on 17-June-2025 in what police suspected might be a case of personal enmity. The incident took place near Urban Hospital in Sector 15 of Orangi Town, within the jurisdiction
In a tragic incident in Surjani Town’s Kareemi Chowrangi area, a man allegedly killed his wife and a young son before attempting to take his own life. He was found in a critical condition and has been taken to hospital for medical
In a horrifying incident in Surjani Town, a drunken man brutally murdered his father during a domestic dispute on 02-June-2025 evening. Police arrested the suspect and recovered the murder weapons. The incident occurred in a house near Rajput Milk Shop, Razi Goth,
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on 01-July-2025 convened a top-level cabinet meeting with provincial ministers, advisers, Chief Secretary Asif Hyder Shah and relevant secretaries to deliberate on the province’s budget proposals for the upcoming fiscal year 2025-26. The meeting underscored