Tag: Children
Over 5m children to be obese in Pakistan by 2030
The number of children living with obesity is predicted to cross five million in Pakistan by the year 2030, according to Atlas of Childhood...
15 more HIV positive cases emerge in Ratodero
RATODERO: At least 15 new HIV positive cases were detected at blood screening camp on Friday, the 19th consecutive day of the camp, out...
Malnutrition claims lives of five more children in Tharparkar
THARPARKAR: Five more children died of malnutrition and epidemics in different areas of Tharparkar during 24 hours, the health department said on Monday.
According to...
Protesters burn health unit in Peshawar over polio vaccine
PESHAWAR: Angry protesters burnt down a health facility in Peshawar on Monday following reports that multiple children had fallen sick after consuming anti-polio vaccine.
The protest...
Italy driver hijacks, torches school bus carrying dozens of children
ROME: Italian police on Wednesday rescued 51 children taken hostage by their school bus driver, who doused the vehicle in petrol and set it...
PEOC to launch anti-polio campaign with exclusive IPV in Peshawar
PESHAWAR: Due to continuous virus circulation in the environment and reporting of two new polio cases from Bannu and Bajaur, the Provincial Emergency Operations...
29 children hospitalised in Thar hospitals
KARACHI: The Sindh Information Department said on Friday that the relief activities in Tharparkar district were being continued as 453 children, including infants and those...
Bodies of couple, child recovered from RY Khan house
RAHIM YAR KHAN: Bodies of three, including a married couple and a child, were recovered from a house here on Tuesday. Four other children...
Construction of women, children barracks at Adiala sought
RAWALPINDI: The jail administration has sent to the provincial government a summary seeking the construction of new women and children barracks at the Adiala Jail,...
Tharparkar loses two more children to malnutrition
THARPARKAR: The death toll of children in Tharparkar continues to climb as two more kids passed away due to malnutrition here on Thursday.
According to...
Poor sanitation is stunting children in Pakistan: WB report
ISLAMABAD: The alarming state of water supply and sanitation in Pakistan is creating major health hazards for the entire population and young children are particularly...
LHC reunites rescued children with mother
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday handed over two rescued children to their mother.
LHC Justice Muhammad Qasim Khan heard the petition filed...
Two children crushed to death under train in Rawalpindi
RAWALPINDI: Two children were crushed to death under a fast-moving train here on Sunday, city police said in a statement.
The children were walking on...
14 million ‘on brink of famine’ in Yemen: charities
Thirty-five Yemeni and international NGOs called Wednesday for an "immediate cessation of hostilities" in Yemen, where they warned 14 million people were now "on...
80 people including children kidnapped in Cameroon
YAOUNDE: As many as 80 people, mostly school children, were kidnapped in the city of Bamenda in northwest Cameroon early on Monday, a foreign...
Three children crushed to death by train
ISLAMABAD: Three children, including two brothers, were crushed to death by a fast-moving train in the federal capital on Friday.
The incident took place in Shamas...
Priyanka Chopra wants to ‘catch up’ with friends having babies
Priyanka Chopra, who recently got engaged to Nick Jonas, has expressed her desire to want to be a mother.
Responding to a question about her...
