EVEN floods and ferocious monsoon spells could not compel the authorities to take timely precautions. Dengue has returned with a vengeance. A rusty healthcare system is clogged with patients suffering from the seasonal menace, leaving little space and staff for other emergencies.
A sessions court has revoked the interim pre-arrest bail of a doctor in a case pertaining to the sexual abuse and brutal torture of a 19-year-old woman who had died after remaining in coma for over two weeks. Shanti was brutally raped
IT is a painful truth that Pakistan is facing a cardiac crisis affecting people at an alarmingly young age. At the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) in Karachi, 40 to 45 patients arrive daily with heart attacks, and about 15 percent
• Health dept data suggests all is well on dengue front in Sindh with just 819 confirmed cases • Figures obtained from four Karachi hospital show 2,972 positive cases reported from Sept 1 to Oct 16 • One public sector Hyderabad lab
SUKKUR: The Sukkur bench of the Sindh High Court on October 17 ordered private schools to give 10 percent admissions to the children of financially constrained persons and provide them education free of cost. A two-member constitutional bench, comprising Justices Zulfiqar Ali
KARACHI: A dialogue on the provincial action plan on prevention and response to gender-based violence (GBV) held here on October 16 saw many members of the civil society discuss how to pave the way for justice in such cases. The event was
KARACHI: Sindh Education Minister Syed Sardar Ali Shah has emphasised the need for teachers to move beyond traditional methods and adopt innovative, modern approaches, saying that the adoption of best practices leads to professional excellence and enhances a teacher’s stature. He said
SUKKUR: The court of an additional sessions judge on Ocotber 15 sentenced to 11 life terms each the main accused and his two sons in the case of slaughter of 11 of their own family members at their home in Halejwi village
KARACHI: A man in his 50s, said to be a drug addict, set four of his neighbour’s children on fire, killing two of them, and then took his own life with a knife, officials said on October 15. They said that the
KARACHI: A judicial magistrate has dismissed the bail application of a man in a case pertaining to allegedly sharing his ex-wife’s personal photos and videos on WhatsApp after the woman filed a suit for dissolution of marriage through Khula. The National Cyber