KARACHI: An alarming surge in incidents of children going missing or being kidnapped has sparked fear and anxiety among residents of the metropolis. In recent months, several cases have been reported in which missing children were later found dead. Pakistan Sunni Tehreek
LARKANA: While heirs of an encounter victim, Talib Bosan, pressed ahead to demand action against police over his ‘custodial death’, a case has been registered on behalf of the state at Keti Mumtaz police station. The complainant, SHO Gul Hassan Brohi of
KARACHI: A teenage girl was allegedly killed in celebratory gunfire by her uncle during a wedding ceremony in Shah Latif Town on September 27, police and hospital officials said. Police surgeon Dr Summaiya Syed told Dawn that the girl, Fatima, aged 17 or 18,
KARACHI: There has been a sharp surge in cases of cold, cough, and fever, as the seasonal influenza virus begins to spread rapidly in the metropolitan city. Both government hospitals and private clinics are witnessing a spike in patients, with vulnerable groups
KARACHI: Two young girls, allegedly trafficked to the metropolis under the guise of job opportunities and later sold into prostitution, have been rescued and shifted to a shelter home after being taken into protective custody by police. According to PS Airport Head
KARACHI: Two men confessed before magistrates on September 26 to raping a seven-year-old boy and murdering him by strangling him with a shoelace and striking him in the head with a brick. The investigating officer (IO) produced both suspects before the judicial
KARACHI: The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) on Wednesday urged parents and guardians to reject negative propaganda against the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine and ensure that their daughters are vaccinated against the potentially fatal disease of cervical cancer during the ongoing immunisation drive.
HYDERABAD: An eight-month-old girl, declared a poliovirus carrier by the National Institute of health (NIH) Islamabad, already passed away before her second sample was to be collected by local health officials here. According to information shared officially by the district administration here
KARACHI: The Sindh government has imposed an age limit on heavy commercial vehicles, including buses, prohibiting those 35 years or older from operating within cities and setting a maximum age cap of 25 years for vehicles operating on inter-city routes. According to
KARACHI: Nearly 35,000 parents in Sindh have reportedly refused to get their children vaccinated against poliovirus, with the majority of refusals reported from Karachi. The Pakistan Polio Eradication Programme, in collaboration with the Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI), had carried out a