Measles claim more eight lives in Sindh
KARACHI: As many as eight children have died from vaccine-preventable disease, measles, in Sindh province while more than 100 others were also affected from this disease this year so far. Sindh Health…
Closure of Benazir hospital dialysis units puts lives of patients at stake
Closure of dialysis units of 15 machines at Benazir General Hospital, Rawalpindi, due to upgradation work has put the lives of kidney patients at stake. As a result, the patients were referred…
Kasur’s child sex abuse victims struggle to rebuild their lives
“I don’t regret speaking out, but since then, people have looked at me with strange eyes,” laments a 16-year-old Ahmed*. He was one of 20 children sexually abused by a gang who…
Quinsy claims lives of two more kids, toll climbs to 34
Three more children fell victim to deadly Quinsy disease on Saturday, taking the death toll during the recent month to 34. According to the Health Department, the two children suffering from Quinsy…
Famine claims two more in Tharparkar
PDMA issues emergency warnings for drought to provincial departments, including agriculture, irrigation and food At least two more children died on Sunday due to food shortages in Thar mounting the death toll…
It’s the state’s duty to protect citizens’ lives: judge
IHC judge directs federal govt and consul general of Pakistan in Dubai to take up the matter of a Pakistani who went missing in Dubai since March 2, 2014 The Islamabad High…
Violence claims two lives
At least two people were killed in different areas of the city on Sunday. According to police and rescue sources, a bullet-riddled body was found from a graveyard situated at QaddafiTown, Landhi.…
City’s health in doldrums as dengue spreads wings
At least 10 lives were claimed by dengue in Karachi while more than 800 cases have so far been confirmed in the Sindh province. According to details, around 30-35 people are being…
Violence claims five more lives
Violence continued to take innocent lives in the financial hub of the country as five more people were shot dead overnight, officials said on Sunday. According to local police, a man named…
Circus claims vodka saved lives of elephants
Circus trainers claim two of their elephants were saved from the deadly Siberian cold by vodka. Emergency ministry spokesman Alexander Davydov said Friday that the elephants were in a trailer that caught…
Karachi violence claims 11 more lives
At least eleven more people were killed in different areas of the city on Thursday. Police arrested two target killers from Sohrab Goth area. According to police sources, a young man identified…
Roof collapse claims two lives
Two children died and five other family members were critically injured on Sunday when the dilapidated roof of their house collapsed in Nawabshah. Residents said seven members of a family were present…
Karachi unrest claims three more lives
At least three people lost their lives in the continued violence in the metropolis, police said. Some gunmen opened fire on a bus stop in the city area of Korangi-2.5, killing a…
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We would like to congratulate the National Institute of Blood Diseases, Karachi, on their achievement to find a treatment for Thalassemia wherein 80 percent of the patients would not need either blood…
Karachi violence claims five more lives
At least five persons were killed and several others injured in fresh spate of target killing and violence in the city on Saturday. The police and rangers during separate search operations and…
Karachi violence claims five lives
Five people including a woman were killed in various incidents of violence during the past 24 hours whereas Rangers personnel arrested a suspected extortionist during an operation conducted in the city. Two…
Karachi violence claim 6 more lives
Uncontrolled violence prevails in the financial hub of the country as at least six people were killed in firing incidents in different parts of Karachi, officials said on Saturday. A police official…