ISLAMABAD: Karachi and Dhaka will be the only two cities in Asia-Pacific region among the 10 cities of the Global South that will receive eight million climate migrants by 2050 if the world warms by more than 1.5 centigrade above pre-industrial levels,
Sindh has reported its first case of monkeypox (Mpox) and Pakistan’s second locally transmitted infection after Peshawar, as a 29-year-old patient from Malir tested positive despite having no recent travel history, raising concerns about the virus’s spread within the country. The patient
KARACHI: A teenage girl died during treatment by an alleged quack in the Malir area, police said on 22nd March. Malir City SHO Farasat Shah said that the 15-year-old girl, identified as Nusrat Wahid, complained of pain due to fasting, and her
KARACHI: Five-year-old Zainab sits with her mother, having her hand painted on paper. Next to her, a toddler dabbles happily in green paint with his mom. All around, pre-schoolers wearing mismatched socks dance around to the tunes of Cocomelon’s nursery rhymes. Two
Sindh Home Minister Ziaul Hassan Lanjar said in his address to the Sindh Assembly on 21-March-2025 that significant efforts were being made to reduce street crime, and claimed that street crime had decreased by up to 50%. Stolen or snatched goods were
The Sindh Assembly was informed on 20-March-2025 that it was beyond the capacity of the provincial government to establish a cardiac treatment facility in every district of the province. Sindh Health Minister Dr Azra Fazal Pechuho stated this while taking part in
Former federal minister for climate change Sherry Rehman on 20-March-2025 said Pakistan’s nationally determined contributions (NDCs) would be best implemented when provinces develop their own provincially determined contributions (PDCs). Sherry was speaking at a workshop organised by the British Deputy High Commission
More than 70 percent of around 350 drivers and travellers screened at a recent health camp on Pakistan’s motorways were unaware they had serious medical conditions such as hypertension, diabetes and high cholesterol — hidden threats that put them at significant risk
Researchers from AKU and NYU have found that Karachi’s green space is less than half the WHO’s recommended minimum KARACHI: A groundbreaking study using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and satellite imagery has revealed a critical shortage of green spaces in Karachi, putting the
Federal Health Minister Syed Mustafa Kamal has expressed serious concern over vaccine refusals, stating that nearly 43,000 parents in Sindh — 42,000 of them in Karachi alone —have refused polio vaccination for their children, posing a major obstacle to the eradication efforts.