Health

Islamabad like anti-Dengue campaign launched in Karachi

KARACHI: Local administration launched an Islamabad-like anti-Dengue campaign as cases of Dengue virus were spreading rapidly across Karachi. According to details, medical teams from Islamabad and Lahore have started giving training to doctors and ot...

Alkhidmat’s pharmacies served more than one and a half million patients last year: Rashid Qureshi

KARACHI: Alkhidmat Karachi organised ceremony felicitating pharmacists and technicians on occasion of “World Pharmacy Day” at Alkhidmat Hospital in Nazimabad. Executive Director Alkhidmat Karachi Rashid Qureishi said that it was Alkhidmat...

Khilona Foundation, Salman Corporation spread happiness among ‘little angels’

KARACHI: To spread happiness among the children suffering from various ailments especially pediatric heart patients, Khilona Foundation and Salman Corporation jointly distributed toys at National Institute of Cardio Vascular Diseases (NICVD) Children...

HEC Chairman says skill based education vital for economic growth

ISLAMABAD: “Providing skill-based knowledge to students could better help in accelerating and uplifting national economic growth” this was crux of a meeting held between Chairman of Higher Education Commission (HEC) Pakistan Prof Dr Mukht...

Commissioner Karachi, FRGF ink accord to control malaria, dengue cases

Karachi: Commissioner Karachi and Dawat-e-Islami’s Faizan Relief Global Foundation inked memorandum of understanding (MoU) to control and preventing diseases in city. Commissioner Karachi and FRGF, a Dawat-e-Islami charity wing agreed to work...

Sindh govt hospitals giving treatment to over 0.1 million flood-affected children

KARACHI: More than 100,000 children have been treated free of cost at children’s Emergency Rooms (ERs) of government teaching hospitals in flood-hit locations. ERs have remained operational 24/7 despite torrential rains and flooding in calamity...

Sindh urges Punjab for doctors, paramedics for emergency flood emergency

Karachi: Sindh government has urged Punjab government to provide doctors and paramedical staff to carry out rain and flood emergency operations. According to letter written by Health Department of Sindh government, they demanded at least 380 doctors...

Karachi reports 261 cases in last 24 hours

KARACHI: Karachi has been braving spread of Dengue for past many days and in last 24 hours 261 new cases are reported. Data released by Sindh Health Department, 323 cases were reported from province of which 261 were from Karachi. Eastern district in...

PAF medical teams treated 1,699 patients in last 24 hours

KARACHI: Medical Support, Relief and Rehabilitation operations by Pakistan Air Force (PAF) are being conducted round clock in flood affected areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh, Balochistan and South Punjab. PAF personnel are actively engaged in timel...

635 teams participating in robust drive to inoculate 5-11 year old children: DC Taha

KARACHI: Deputy Commissioner and Administrator of District Central Taha Salim said that 5-11 year old children should be vaccinated with Covid vaccine. He said that 635 vaccination teams of Health Department in district are visiting every school to a...

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Abandoned Government School buildings turn into drug dens in Sher Shah Colony

KARACHI: On the directives of Sindh Ombudsman Muhammad Sohail Rajput, Aftab Ahmed Khatri, Regional Director of the Provincial Ombudsman Sindh (POS) for Keamari District/West Karachi, along with Salahuddin Siddiqui, conducted an inspection of the...

Awareness seminar held in Karachi on Right to Self-Determination Day for Kashmir

KARACHI: An awareness seminar was organized in Karachi on the occasion of Right to Self-Determination Day by the Youth Forum for Kashmir – Karachi Regional Office (YFK-KRO). Political, social, religious and media personalities attended the even...

Rashid Hashmi elected chairman in KCHSU elections, Captain M. Aijaz Haroon’s panel wins all positions

KARACHI: Rashid Hashmi has been elected as Chairman in the regular elections of the Karachi Cooperative Housing Societies Union (KCHSU). According to the Election Commission, Captain M. Aijaz Haroon’s panel achieved a clean sweep by winning all...

District Central Police – Performance report for the year 2025

KARACHI: The District Central police under the leadership of SSP Zeeshan Shafiq Siddiqui remained fully committed throughout the year 2025 to improving the law and order situation and taking effective action against criminal elements.  From 1 Ja...
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