KARACHI: The Pakistan Paediatric Association (PPA) has called for urgent reforms in the national immunisation programme, emphasising the need to extend the age limit for childhood vaccinations from two to five years. It also urged the inclusion of advanced vaccines such as
The Sindh government has officially notified a minimum monthly wage of Rs40,000 for unskilled workers employed across all industrial and commercial establishments in the province, effective from 1st July 2025. Sindh Labour Minister Shahid Abdul Salam Thaheem, while announcing the revised wage
Sindh has screened over one million people for Hepatitis C under a groundbreaking public-private partnership that achieved a 96.7 percent cure rate in two high-burden districts, making it one of the most successful hepatitis elimination efforts in Pakistan to date, officials claimed
A minor boy was shot and injured in the Sharafi Goth area of Karachi on 27-July-2025. Meanwhile, several suspects were arrested during police encounters and operations in various areas of the city. The injured minor boy was identified as Azaan who was
In the wake of the recent collapse of a residential building in Lyari, the Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) has declared 590 buildings across Karachi “dangerous”, prompting serious concern over public safety and the condition of ageing infrastructure in the city. The
HYDERABAD: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on 25-July-2025 inaugurated a newly built mother & child healthcare centre at Jamshoro’s Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences (LUMHS), a milestone in the province’s efforts to improve maternal and child health care,
Non-formal education is the only method through which out-of-school children can receive education. Sindh Education minister Syed Sardar Ali Shah said this on 23-July-2025 as he addressed as the chief guest a ceremony for handing over gadgets to 500 non-formal education centres
Shanti’s parents arranged her marriage to Ashok on June 15 in Lyari. Like every other girl, she had countless dreams and hopes for her married life. But little did she know that peace (Shanti) was not her fate, and that her life
KARACHI: Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah opened the North Nazimabad chapter of Karachi Down Syndrome Programme (KDSP) — a non-profit organisation advocating for the value, acceptance and inclusion of individuals with Down syndrome — on 22nd July. Built with the provincial government’s
Child’s friend saw him outside mosque, alerted his uncle KARACHI: A three-year-old boy missing for nearly three months was recovered after a chance encounter led to his dramatic rescue. Police have arrested a suspect in connection with the abduction, who allegedly forced