The number of children living with obesity is predicted to cross five million in Pakistan by the year 2030, according to Atlas of Childhood Obesity published by the World Obesity Foundation. According…
RATODERO: At least 15 new HIV positive cases were detected at blood screening camp on Friday, the 19th consecutive day of the camp, out of these cases nine are children. The number…
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 details, among several others affected of malnutrition…
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 was triggered by hearsay as medics at…
ROME: Italian police on Wednesday rescued 51 children taken hostage by their school bus driver, who doused the vehicle in petrol and set it alight apparently in protest at migrant deaths in…
PESHAWAR: Due to continuous virus circulation in the environment and reporting of two new polio cases from Bannu and Bajaur, the Provincial Emergency Operations Center (PEOC) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) has decided…
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 from one to five-years-old, were brought to Out-Patient…
RAHIM YAR KHAN: Bodies of three, including a married couple and a child, were recovered from a house here on Tuesday. Four other children were also recovered from the scene. ASP Hafeez…
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, officials said Sunday. Superintendent Jail Mansoor Akbar while…
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 the Sindh Health Department, the deaths took…
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 at risk, says a new World Bank report.…
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 by Gulnaz, a resident of Green Town,…
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 the railway track in Gulzar-e-Quaid area of…
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 the brink of famine”. The joint appeal was…
YAOUNDE: As many as 80 people, mostly school children, were kidnapped in the city of Bamenda in northwest Cameroon early on Monday, a foreign media outlet reported. It was not clear who…
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 Colony of Islamabad during the crossing of…
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 friend’s Meghan Markle’s pregnancy at a recent…
