Azmat Habib

HIV Prevention Measures Need to be Strengthened: Minister

ISLAMABAD: Federal Health Minister Mustafa Kamal has directed ancillary departments to further strengthen HIV prevention, timely diagnosis, availability of treatment and public awareness campaigns across the country. Chairing a meeting on HIV/AIDS situation in Pakistan, he directed that at least one HIV screening and treatment centre be established in every…
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NA Body Seeks Steps to Protect Children from Social Evils

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary committee on Feb 16 expressed grave concern over the failure of government functionaries to take appropriate, effective measures for the protection of children against different social evils. “Policies were confined to papers only as their implementation seemed to be invisible at grossroots level,” parliamentarians noted at ameeting…
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Teenage Siblings Arrested for Killing Father

TOBA TEK SINGH: Police have arrested a teenage brother and sister for allegedly killing their father and burying his body in the courtyard in Mari Shah Sukhera in the Athara Hazari tehsil of Jhang. As per details, the Kot Shakir Police registered a case on Feb 6 on the complaint…
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Couple’s Five Kids Suffer from ‘Mysterious’ Disease

SUKKUR: Five children of a couple have been suffering from a mysterious skin disease that has covered their all body parts. The patients are now losing their eyesight as well, according to the couple. Abdul Ghafoor Lashari, a resident of Gul Akbar Pathan village, located near Khanpur Mahar town of…
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Health in Shambles

PAKISTAN’S health sector is no longer merely under strain, it is in complete disarray. The Pakistan Medical Association’s Health of the Nation 2026 report reveals a crisis that has long festered, is preventable and most worryingly, normalised. The numbers should jolt policymakers: 675 newborns and 27 mothers die every single…
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Population Surge Threatens Growth, Warns Aurangzeb

• Insists govt can’t create jobs for millions of people; private sector must lead employment drive • Claims FIR registered against sitting senator over alleged tax evasion • Says tobacco sector ‘not paying taxes’, involved in smuggling • Construction relief package ‘in pipeline’, announcement expected soon • Textile support under…
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Woman Attempts Suicide Along With Minor Children

LAHORE: The Dolphin Force claimed to have rescued a woman and her children after she climbed on top of a minaret of a mosque in Raiwind area to commit suicide. As per reports, Allah Bakshi took the extreme step due to financial strains she had been facing for the last…
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16-year-old Girl dies by Suicide

KARACHI: A teenage girl took her own life in her Orangi Town home on Feb 13, police said. Pakistan Bazaar SHO Imam Bux Lashari said that 16-year-old Neha had lost her interest in studying. Her mother and brothers scolded her for not going to school. In the early morning, she…
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AI In The Classroom

LAST week Abu Dhabi hosted the ‘Machines Can Think 2026’ conference. Given the region’s enthusiastic embrace of AI, the availability of resources for ambitious approaches, and the openness to pursue them, I was most interested in one particular panel discussion session, titled ‘AI Classroom — Rethinking Education for the Knowledge…
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