At a time when fewer than 2,000 newborn infants in Pakistan genuinely require breast milk substitutes due to maternal death, critical illness or rare metabolic disorders, the country consumes formula milk and baby food worth over Rs110 billion every year, officials and
Naheed, a Hafiz-i-Quran from Mirpurkhas and mother of two, has spent the last eight years within prison walls awaiting a decision on her pending appeal. Her embroidery and crochet work, sold through a prison-run sewing centre, sustains her children on the outside.
KARACHI: The Pakistan Paediatric Association (PPA) has called for urgent reforms in the national immunisation programme, emphasising the need to extend the age limit for childhood vaccinations from two to five years. It also urged the inclusion of advanced vaccines such as
Police have made progress in the July 28 murder case, in which a couple from Gujranwala was found with bullet wounds in Karachi’s China Port area. The murdered woman’s brother, Waqas, has been taken into custody. He has admitted to plotting the
The Sindh High Court on 31-July-2025 directed the medical superintendent of Services Hospital to conduct an ossification test on a girl to determine her age in a free-will marriage case as the family of the girl claims she is a minor. The
KARACHI: The couple and their minor son, allegedly murdered in the name of honour, were laid to rest near Ghaghar Phatak on 31st July after relatives of the women strongly resisted their burial in Lasbela, Balochistan. The bodies of Abdul Majeed, 40, his
An eight-year-old boy was shot dead in the Gulshan-e-Maymar neighbourhood of on 31-July-2025. The incident took place in Muhammadpur Society. Police and rescue teams transported the victim to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, where he was identified as Raza, son of Allah Bachaya. According
A tragic incident occurred near Do Darya on 31-July-2025 afternoon, where a man reportedly committed suicide by jumping into the sea along with two children. Upon receiving the alert, police, rescue teams, and Cantonment Board staff rushed to the scene. Volunteers from
A couple and their minor son were found hacked to death inside their home in the Ghaghar Phatak area of Steel Town on 30-July-2025. Police said they were killed with a sharp-edged weapon, adding that the initial investigation suggests the motive was
The Sindh government has officially notified a minimum monthly wage of Rs40,000 for unskilled workers employed across all industrial and commercial establishments in the province, effective from 1st July 2025. Sindh Labour Minister Shahid Abdul Salam Thaheem, while announcing the revised wage