Pakistan is losing an estimated Rs35 billion to Rs50 billion every year due to non-evidence-based prescribing and unethical marketing of medicines, a practice that is not only draining the country’s healthcare resources but also fuelling antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and eroding global trust
KARACHI: Police on Tuesday claimed to have arrested three suspects for allegedly killing three transgender persons on the outskirts of the city last month. The Memon Goth police, acting on a tip-off, conducted a raid and apprehended Sikander, Sohail and Sikander Ali.
KARACHI: A judicial magistrate on October 22 remanded a man in police custody in a case pertaining to the alleged murder of his two daughters in Block-G of North Nazimabad. The investigating officer (IO) produced the suspect, Akbar Sattar, before Judicial Magistrate
KARACHI: Students and faculty of DHA Suffa University organised a walk and seminar on the campus to raise awareness on mental well-being. University’s Vice Chancellor Dr Ahmed Saeed Minhas and Registrar Zahid ul Hassan led the walk. Speakers at the seminar, held
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
KARACHI: Advocating for climate, identity and liberation, the third “Hijra Festival 2025” is set to take place on Oct 25 at Burns Garden. This year’s festival is dedicated to the cause of environmental protection, with its official slogan being “From climate to
• 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
KARACHI: The Sindh health department, in collaboration with the Haemophilia Welfare Society Karachi (HWSK), has launched the annual Hemophilia Prophylaxis Therapy programme for the fiscal year 2025–26 at the Haemophilia Treatment Centre in Nazimabad. The initiative was inaugurated by Dr Durenaz Jamal,