KARACHI: The Department of community health sciences at Aga Khan University (AKU) in collaboration with the Sindh Employees Social Security Institution (SESSI) conducted a project under which health experts collected and analysed injury and disease-related data of 2,000 patients who worked in
KARACHI: In a case of corporal punishment in a Korangi 1½ madressah, a minor orphan child was beaten by a seminary teacher with a thorny stick only for not memorising his lessons, said Korangi-SSP Tauheed Rehman Memon on August 22. The seven-year-old
KARACHI: The first phase of the ongoing anti-polio drive was completed on 20 August with over 95 percent coverage in 40 high-risk and super high-risk union committees, officials associated with the polio eradication initiative said. Under the drive, children under the age
KARACHI: The ongoing anti-polio campaign in Karachi has seen 27 percent refusals in 40 of the 85 high-risk union committees (UCs) covered on the first day of the drive, it emerged on 16 August. A session organised for journalists by the Emergency
KARACHI: Amid the detection of a confirmed monkeypox (mpox) case in the country, the Sindh health department on 16 August initiated the screening of passengers at the Jinnah International Airport, Karachi, and released an advisory for healthcare institutions in the province. Officials
‘Under the Blaze’ presents compelling tale of a child forced to trade his future for perilous conditions Recent monsoon rains have brought devastation across South Asia, with about 600 rain-related deaths recorded across the region, including at least 178 in Pakistan where
KARACHI: Amid growing concern over recurrent positive environmental samples from across the province and two confirmed polio cases, Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah launched a major anti-polio campaign on August 14 targeting vulnerable children in Karachi’s 85 high-risk union committees. The campaign
KARACHI: Sindh Senior Minister Sharjeel Memon said on Monday that the provincial government was increasing the number of rehabilitation centres for drug addicts in Sindh. At a press conference, he said that currently, there was a capacity to accommodate 400 people in
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed at the Karachi airport on 12 August between the Local Councils Association Sindh (LCAS) and the Aircraft Sales & Services Limited (ASSL) for launching a free air ambulance service for emergency evacuation of patients from
Sindh Environment Minister Dost Muhammad Rahimoon has said the fast-diminishing farmlands near urban centres due to their conversion into gated housing societies have posed serious threats to Pakistan’s food security. He stated this while speaking as the chief guest at a conference