Tag: Thar

THARPARKAR: As many as 50 peacocks died after an outbreak of a mysterious disease in three villages of Thar in Previously, peacocks have died due...

A man was allegedly killed in the name of 'honour' the other day by his uncle, who suspected him of having an illicit relationship...

The Sindh Wildlife Department on Friday accused the federal government of pressurizing it to allow a royal guest from Bahrain to hunt in the...

A Hindu girl who was recently abducted by the armed men from her house in Thar has been forced to convert to Islam and...

THARPARKAR: Six more children died of malnutrition in Tharparkar within 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 516 during the current year. According to details,...

Sindh Chief Minister (CM) Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that the provincial government had invested over $1 billion in the development of Thar. “This...

BADIN: As deaths resulted by undernourishment continue to be on the rise in Sindh’s Tharparkar district, four more children have died over the past 24...

KARACHI: The Thar Coal Block-II power project, initiated under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), has seen a completion of more than 50 percent of its work, ...

LAHORE: Climate change and conservation experts on Saturday said that Pakistan’s biodiversity and ecosystem were being severely affected by climate change. Long spells of hot...

RAWALPINDI: The Pakistan Army has established free medical camps in drought-hit areas of Tharparkar in Sindh. A statement by the army media wing, Inter Services...

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar has taken notice of the death of five infants at Civil Hospital in Thar’s Mithi due...

KARACHI: Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company (SECMC) on Tuesday collaborated with the philanthropic health service provider, the Indus Hospital to take functioning of its...

  With death of yet another malnourished child on Monday, the death toll in drought-hit Tharparkar has soared to 184 in just two months. More than...

  In order to bring electricity generated from the coal reserves of Thar to urban centers in Punjab, the work on setting up 600 KV...

  Provincial Minister for Health Jam Mehtab Hussain Dahar said on Wednesday that the Sindh government was providing government jobs to educated girls in Thar and traditional midwives were being trained for safe deliveries of children. In first phase, 165 midwives have been trained for the purpose. Talking to media men visiting government hospitals and dispensaries of Diplo, Islam Kot, Mithi, and adjacent areas, he said that the Health Department was working in collaboration with Population Welfare Department, NGOs, Revenue Department, EPI, MNCH and other stakeholders to uplift the living standard of people and that 42 mobile medical units had been formed to provide health facilitates in remote areas of Thar for children under five years of age. He said that the 42 medical mobile units had been equipped with all the required the medical facilities and staff. They provide medicines and treatment to expecting females and in case of severe illness, the affected children are transported and referred to big cities through these mobile units. He said that with the coordination of Population Welfare Department, camps were being established at certain points to provide awareness to the women regarding gap in birth and how to make deliveries safe besides improving the health of the pregnant women. He expressed hope that the provision of government jobs to educated girls in Thar and the basic health training would improve the situation in the area. He said that he would not tolerate any negligence in this regard.

Two more children died of malnutrition in drought-hit Tharparkar on Monday, raising the death toll to 120 in over a month. Reportedly, 18-days-old Barkat...

Parliamentary Committee on CPEC pays three-day visit to Sindh, reviews progress on development projects Led by its chairman Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed, the Parliamentary Committee...