Listen KARACHI: Sharing concern over the country’s high infant mortality and morbidity rates, health experts on 25th January stated that the single step that can help mothers save the lives of their babies is to breastfeed them, at least exclusively for the
Senator Sherry Rehman, chairperson of the Standing Committee on Environmental Change in the Senate, addressed a seminar on environmental pollution and its impact on heart health via video link. In her address, Senator Rehman emphasized the growing threat of air pollution to
KARACHI: Expressing serious concern over the alarming levels of environmental pollution affecting public health, experts called for urgent corrective measures, including implementation of strategies to prevent pollution exposure and related cardiovascular diseases, on 24th January at a seminar. They also underscored the
In a tragic incident in Baldia Town on 23 January 2025, a man said to be a drug addict allegedly strangled his wife to death. The incident took place at a house located in Baldia Town Sector 12-E within the limits of
Despite being a low transmission season, around 10 children are currently admitted at the Sindh Infectious Diseases Hospital (SIDH) at NIPA in Karachi with measles, while four children are undergoing treatment for diphtheria. Similar cases are being reported at other health facilities
In two incidents on 18-January-2025 reported in Korangi, a 10th-grade student and a disabled person committed suicide by hanging themselves. The body of a young man was found hanging in a house located in Korangi 6, Sector 51C, Zaman Town. The deceased
The Karachi police chief, Additional Inspector General of Police Javed Alam Odho, has chaired a meeting at the Karachi Police Office (KPO) regarding crime control and traffic management. Officials said the meeting was attended by the Karachi Range DIGs, traffic DIG, district
KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has lauded the Sindh government for its remarkable achievement of reducing infant mortality in the province to 2.9 percent, compared to the national average of 5.4 percent. Bilawal expressed pride in the accomplishments
Since December 2024, the two major welfare organisations working in Karachi have recovered bodies of 103 drug addicts, with the Chhipa Welfare Association removing bodies of 63 people, including a woman, from the streets and the Edhi Welfare Organisation removing 40 bodies.
Sindh Local Government Minister Saeed Ghani on 06-January-2025 said the government, the relevant civic agencies and the concerned public have to play their due role in preventing fatalities due to children falling into utility holes in Karachi. Ghani was speaking in the