KARACHI: Commissioner Karachi Syed Hassan Naqvi held a meeting with representatives of Private Hospitals and Clinics Association (PHCA), seeking their support to strengthen polio eradication efforts of the government. During the meeting, the commissioner highlighted the challenges the government had been facing
KARACHI: The Sindh Child Protection Authority has taken three minor siblings into protective custody and shifted them to a shelter home in Malir, while efforts continue to recover a fourth child, a 10-year-old boy allegedly handed over by his father to a
• Over 75pc of environmental samples tested positive since mid-2025, meeting told • CM Murad directs officials to look into emerging public health crisis • Week-long anti-polio drive to begin from 15th KARACHI: There has been a sharp surge in circulation of
SUKKUR: An ex-serviceman was shot dead allegedly by extortionists near Madeji Bypass in Shikarpur on December 8. The attack also left a 12-year-old girl dead and another man wounded. Police and locals told media that unknown armed men opened fire on the
The Sindh Assembly unanimously passed a resolution on December 9, calling upon the government to fix a uniform legal age of marriage of 18 years for both girls and boys across Pakistan, reaffirming Sindh’s leadership in protecting children’s rights and ending child
KARACHI: A sessions court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment in a case of rape of a 12-year-old girl. The court found Syed Muhammad Ali Abdi, alias Mobi, guilty of subjecting his minor neighbour to a sexual assault in Gulbahar in
KARACHI: National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW) Chairperson Ume Laila Azhar led a delegation that visited women’s and juvenile jails in Karachi on December 4. The delegation assessed delays in dispensing justice and reviewed the ongoing prison reform initiatives. The
THE lidless manholes in Karachi lay bare the failure of the city administration to provide even the bare necessities of daily living to residents. This week, a regular shopping trip left another family scarred for life. A manhole near Nipa in Gulshan-i-Iqbal
KARACHI: A student of a madressah located near Ghaghar Phatak in Steel Town was allegedly kidnapped by Katcha-based dacoits, according to a complaint filed with the SSP Malir office. The complainant, Mufti Syed Abdul Haq Shah, stated that the student, Saleem Khan,
Even the tragic death of a toddler in an open sewer in NIPA failed to jolt civic authorities out of their apathy, as little to no action has been taken to prevent such fatal incidents in the future. On December 4, another