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
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah on 16 April inaugurated a cancer centre and a girls’ hostel at Dow University’s Ojha campus. Equipped with state-of-the-art departments of radiation oncology, medical oncology and nuclear medicine using theranostics (a technique that combines uses
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
A road traffic accident (RTA) in Baldia Town claimed the life of a four-year-old boy on 12-April-2025, while a motorcyclist injured in a hit-and-run incident near the Golimar pedestrian bridge a day earlier breathed his last during treatment. In Baldia’s Abidabad area
Sindh Governor Kamran Khan Tessori on 12-April-2025 hosted a luncheon reception at the Governor House for the families affected by the recent road traffic accidents (RTAs) involving water tankers and dumper trucks in Karachi. Over 150 victim families attended the event, in
KARACHI: Sindh Senior Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon on April 10 said that the provincial government had formed a fact-finding committee to investigate the causes of traffic accidents that had suddenly increased since November last in the metropolis. Speaking at a press conference, he
In a significant step toward improving healthcare infrastructure across Sindh, Chief Secretary Sindh Asif Hyder Shah chaired a meeting focused on the upgradation of emergency departments in secondary care hospitals throughout Karachi. The meeting, held at the Sindh Secretariat, was attended by
The mega city of Karachi witnessed a tragic and alarming surge in road accidents in February 2025, claiming the lives of 73 people—including eight women and five children. In addition, over 700 individuals sustained serious injuries, among them more than 90 women.
According to a recent report, Pakistan is among the world’s most dangerous places to give birth. The state’s abject failure to provide adequate facilities for pregnant women is a major reason why 11,000 cases of maternal deaths occurred in 2023 alone. The
To address the alarming increase in traffic accidents across Karachi, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on 08-April-2025 ordered the police and transport authorities to implement strict measures to improve road safety and save lives. During a meeting he chaired at