KARACHI: The Hydrant Cell of Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) has successfully recovered more than Rs180 million in May 2023 from seven government hydrants in Karachi, surpassing previous recovery records. Usually, the monthly water tax collection from hydrants remains below Rs60 million.
KARACHI: City Mayor Barrister Murtaza Wahab and his deputy Salman Abdullah Murad on Saturday conducted a series of visits to various areas to assess the efficacy of water drainage systems and issued instructions to initiate drainage operations. The Sindh Solid Waste Management Board
Throughout the year, the country experiences consecutive disease outbreaks that result in a number of fatalities. Diseases usually spike around Eid ul Azha and the monsoon season due to the absence of clean water and unhygienic practices. Over the last few days,
To be born unwanted and abandoned to a risky future is the worst fate for a new life. According to yesterday’s report in Dawn, since 2021, the Edhi Foundation has buried 576 newborns in Karachi — 200 in 2021, 289 in 2022
HYDERABAD: With poverty, malnutrition and domestic violence continuing to compel the people to take their own lives, the district administration has sought intervention of the Sindh Mental Health Authority while the police are mobilising the civil society activists to sensitise communities. Tharparkar Deputy
KARACHI: Zulfiqar Ali can still vividly recall the day that he was summoned to a garbage skip near the Civil Hospital. A driver with the Edhi ambulance service with 14 years of experience, when he reached the spot, Ali was confronted with
The Sindh health department has taken action against absentee doctors and issued show-cause notices to 507 such doctors over the past 17 months. Also, 54 doctors who were absent from duty have submitted their resignations, and 39 doctors have been terminated from
The document is a handbook jointly published by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). It provides guidance to National Human Rights Institutions on how to integrate HIV
A petroleum company has taken a significant step towards reducing plastic waste and promoting environmentally friendly practices by introducing a plastic-infused road in Karachi. In a statement released on Monday, Shell Pakistan announced its collaboration with start-up BRR Enterprises and the local
Islamabad: At least one person has died due to cholera in Diplo taluka of Tharparkar district in Sindh where multiple cases of the disease have been confirmed from a village, officials in the health department said, adding that teams had been dispatched