KARACHI: The displaced residents of Gujjar, Orangi and Mehmoodabad Nullahs staged a protest outside the Karachi Registry of the Supreme Court on Friday to demand the rental payments and housing compensation promised to them after their homes were demolished more than four years ago.
More than 60 million Pakistanis are living with mental health conditions while fewer than 500 psychiatrists are available to serve a population of over 240 million, experts said at the Global Conference on Brain and Mental Health hosted by the Aga Khan
It began innocently, a viral ‘Saree Portrait’ trend sweeping through South Asia. Women across Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka uploaded their photos to AI apps that transformed them into digital saree portraits: glowing faces, soft backdrops and perfectly styled drapes. For
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on November 6 launched the Student Attendance Monitoring and Redress System (SAMRS), describing it as a “pioneering, transformative, and nationally replicable model” that puts technology and evidence-based planning at the core of education reform.
A judicial magistrate on November 5 granted bail to the driver of a dumper truck in a case pertaining to the death of a motorcyclist in a road accident involving the heavy vehicle. Twenty-three-year-old Shahzeb Shahid was killed and his wife Misbah
HYDERABAD: Counsel for a petitioner informed a division bench of the Sindh High Court Sukkur that the incumbent Sindh health secretary was holding the post of BS-21 in violation of Supreme Court’s directive for being a BS-20 officer. Comprising Justice Zulfiqar Ali
KARACHI: The dengue fever situation is getting worse day by day as the health department declared on November 4 the death of four more patients. According to the latest data released by the department, 20 people have so far died of dengue
KARACHI: A fast-moving dumper fatally struck a young man and injured his wife in the Garden area on November 4 police said. The incident triggered a violent protest as residents gathered at the scene and set the heavy vehicle on fire. “A
The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection has been detected in eight children, tested at the Kulsoom Bai Valika Hospital in Karachi. The hospital officials have blamed the quack doctors, practising illegally, for the infection and demanded of the Sindh Healthcare Commission (SHCC)
• Unofficial mortality figures paint haunting picture of threat posed by dengue • Families claim 26 deaths in Hyderabad alone between Oct 1 and Nov 2 • Health dept confirms six deaths in 10 months • Experts stress need for research into