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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Karachi’s New Master Plan 2047 Faces Unseen Urban Hurdles

KARACHI: As Karachi’s planners speak of a vision for 2047 the city’s current state stands as a cautionary tale. Decades of unregulated construction ignored zoning laws and unchecked expansion have left Karachi suffocating under its own ur...

Zohran Mamdani becomes New York City's first Muslim mayor

Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year-old democratic socialist, won the New York City mayoral race on Tuesday, capping a meteoric rise from a little-known state lawmaker to one of the country's most visible Democratic figures. Mamdani will become the first Musli...

Sindh Wildlife Department announces regulations, bans quail netting, permits mandatory

KARACHI: The Sindh Forest and Wildlife Department has officially announced the commencement of the 2025–26 hunting season across the province. According to a notification issued by the department, hunting of game birds will be permitted fr...

SHC issues notice on illegal constructions worth Rs1bln in Karimabad Society

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court has issued notices to the Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) and other concerned parties regarding alleged illegal constructions on plots in the Ismailia Multi-Purpose Cooperative Society Limited in Karimabad. The c...
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