Azmat Habib

HIV/AIDS Shock

OVER the past two decades, Pakistan has faced several HIV eruptions and the ignominy of ranking second among nations with the sharpest rise in HIV cases in the Asia-Pacific region. Sadly, not even the scale of the crisis has spurred the government into action. The Sindh health minister has been…
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Scholars Advocate 18 Years Age for Girls’ Marriage

LAHORE: Muslim scholars and researchers from six countries call for setting 18 years as the minimum age for marriage of girls for what they say building a strong Ummah. The scholars from Bangladesh, Indonesia, Morocco, Nigeria, Oman, and Yemen were brought together at a consultation on ‘Marriage age legislations and…
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PHC Verdict on Outsourcing of Govt-run School Hailed

LAKKI MARWAT: Office-bearers of teachers’ bodies have hailed the Peshawar High Court’s decision to stop outsourcing of government-run schools and colleges, saying that the historic court judgment would protect the province’ education system from going into the hands of the private sector. Talking to a group of journalists in Bannu…
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Climate Change is a Security Threat

The world treats defence as an existential priority – and rightly so, because lapses in readiness can trigger cascading crises. Climate change now carries the same gravity for vulnerable regions like Pakistan and whole of South Asia. It shuts factories during heatwaves, collapses bridges in flood season, pushes food and…
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57 Children Died of Vaccine-preventable Measles in Province This Year

KARACHI: Expressing serious concern over growing numbers of measles’ cases these days, especially in Karachi, health experts at an event held on Tuesday urged parents to get their children protected against the highly contagious and potentially fatal viral infection — which has claimed at least 57 lives this year so far,…
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Rawalpindi Board Finalises Arrangements for Inter Exams

RAWALPINDI: Rawalpindi Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (RBISE) has finalised arrangements for Intermediate Second Annual Examinations 2025 starting from October 29 (today) in 39 examination centres. According to RBISE spokesman Arslan Cheema, various teams have been formed to maintain transparency and discipline during the examinations. He said that the…
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Pakistan Faces Growing Public Health Crisis From Unsafe Water, Moot Told

KARACHI: Experts at the “7th Karachi International Water Conference” on October 28 warned of a growing public health crisis driven by water-borne diseases and examined contamination risks, gaps in hygiene and strategies to protect vulnerable communities during and after floods. The conference was organised by Hisaar Foundation at the Karachi…
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