• Health dept data shows 132 children died from vaccine-preventable disease this year • Expert laments parents not utilising free vaccines against 12 major diseases KARACHI: Measles — a highly contagious but vaccine-preventable viral infection — is rearing its ugly head again
SUKKUR: Sindh IGP Ghulam Nabi Memon said that the number of kidnapped in Sindh are 16 while after a year one kidnapping case was reported in Karachi. He said this while chairing a high-level meeting in Sukkur on 29 December 2024. DIG
Hyderabad: Commissioner Hyderabad Division Bilal Ahmed Memon on 28 December 2024 imposed a ban on aerial firing for the upcoming New Year’s Eve 2025 under Section 144 of the CrPC. This ban would be enforced within the limits of Hyderabad Division. In
NAWABSHAH: Nawabshah police raided a brick kiln near Khadar on 28th December and recovered 20 bonded labourers who were reportedly being forced to work without wages. The police acted on the orders of the sessions court, which received a complaint from Sabagho
Unknown armed men shot and killed a 43-year-old mother of two, Razia, wife of Sanaullah, in the Landhi area on the night between 25-26 December 2024. The incident occurred at a house in Gulshan-e-Bunair, within the Quaidabad police station limits. The police
The Sindh Education Department, under the directive of Additional Director Rafia Javed, on 24-December-2024 instructed private schools not to charge advance or extra fees beyond the specified timeline. Officials stated that on the orders of Sindh Education Minister Syed Sardar Ali Shah,
Sindh Education Minister Syed Sardar Ali Shah has announced a comprehensive review of textbooks for the academic year 2025-26 to align them with modern, inclusive educational standards. During a meeting he chaired at the Sindh Textbook Board (STBB) in Jamshoro on 24-December-2024,
KARACHI: A judicial magistrate granted bail to five members of a family including a man accused of detaining his daughter and shaving her head as punishment for wanting to marry of her own free will. The investigating officer (IO) presented the victim’s father,
The Sohrab Goth police on 23 December 2024 arrested a woman, her father and her brother on the charge of her husband’s murder. According to police, the suspect first fed her husband something intoxicating substance and then strangled him to death. She
KARACHI: Health Minister Dr Azra Fazal Pechuho has said that the Sindh government plans to extend paediatric and neonatal intensive care services as part of its efforts to tackle the high infant mortality rate in the province. Speaking at a media briefing