KARACHI: Police on November 18 detained a relative of a newlywed girl for questioning after the suspected murder of 17-year-old Zainab, daughter of a police constable, whose body was found in Defence on Monday evening. A murder case has been registered against
• Patients with over 50pc burns are routinely transferred from Liaquat University Hospital to Karachi • Health secretary informed of lack of burns unit, but to no avail, says LUH doctor • Even regular ICUs remain overburdened due to shortage of equipment,
HYDERABAD: The death toll from the explosion and fire at an illegal fireworks factory on the outskirts of Hyderabad rose to 10, after another injured victim, identified as Waqar, died at the Burns Ward of the Civil Hospital on November 17. The
• Local political activists put their heads together after first case of infection confirmed in 18-month-old girl • Over 15 HIV cases found after Valika Hospital administration persuaded to screen children treated there • Govt official says health dept ‘focusing’ on treatment
KARACHI: Three more patients, including two women, died of dengue in the province, raising the total death toll to 36 this year, the Sindh health department said. It said that a 50-year-old man and an 80-year-old woman passed away in Hyderabad, while
KARACHI: The Sindh Health Care Commission (SHCC) has permanently sealed Shah Medical Centre in North Nazimabad after repeated violations, including the illegal operation of the hospital, endangering critically ill patients, and attacking government officials enforcing prior closure orders. The move comes two
KARACHI: A teenage boy died by suicide in a Saddar locality on November 14, police said. Preedy SHO Ayub Mirani said that Shoaib, 16, ended his own life by shooting himself at his home on Akbar Road near DC Street. He said
HYDERABAD: The Sindh School Education and Literacy Department has issued show-cause notices to headmasters of 15 government schools in Hyderabad, demanding explanations for alleged misuse of school-specific budget (SSB) funds during the current fiscal year 2025-26, up to October 30, 2025. The
Sindh’s educational boards are set to recieve e-marking, scanning, and QR code software for matriculation and intermediate examinations. The official launch of e-marking system will take place on December 4 in Karachi, where heads of 29 educational boards from across the country
• Health dept spent Rs1.7bn on vaccine project between 2012 and 2023, meeting told • 54,000 cases of snakebite reported in province every year: livestock DG • Says only NIH Islamabad produces anti-venom vaccine KARACHI: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the