Sindh Rangers on 16-August-2025 claimed to have busted a gang allegedly involved in kidnappings and recovered a teenage boy during an operation near Islamia College on New MA Jinnah Road. According to a Rangers spokesperson, four suspects were arrested: Aamir Ali, son of Roshan Ali; Bilal Ali, son of Mubarak…
In a tragic incident on 14-August-2025 morning, a woman slaughtered her two minor children in DHA. The deceased children were identified as eight-year-old Zarrar and four-year-old Samiha. Police said the mother, Adeeba, suffered from a psychological disorder. The children’s parents had earlier divorced and a court had given the custody…
Islamabad: The Directorate General of Special Education (DGSE), Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training (M/o FE&PT), celebrated Pakistan’s 78th Independence Day with great zeal and patriotic spirit. The day began with a dignified flag-hoisting ceremony at the National Centre for Physically Challenged Students where all enrolled students and staff…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s environmental surveillance for July 2025 has shown remarkable progress in Balochistan, where only one sewage sample in Quetta tested positive for the poliovirus, signalling the province’s near interruption of transmission. However, Karachi continues to pose a serious threat as the largest urban reservoir of the virus, while Lahore…
ISLAMABAD: First Lady Aseefa Bhutto Zardari, Sindh Health Minister Dr Azra Fazal Pechuho, and parliamentarians from across the political spectrum on 11-August-2025 signed a landmark joint declaration on gender, breastfeeding, and nutrition in Pakistan, pledging coordinated action to protect child health, empower mothers, and remove systemic barriers to optimal breastfeeding…
In what is a significant achievement for both the province and the country, the government of Sindh has completed Pakistan’s first real-time digital birth registration. Baby Messam Abbas was officially registered at the moment of birth at the Sindh Government Hospital, Qasimabad, Hyderabad, through the National Database and Registration Authority…
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on 08-August-2025 celebrated the 78th Independence Day of the country with differently-abled children in two heart-warming events held at the Quaid-e-Azam House Museum and the mausoleum of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Both events, marked under the theme “Markaz-e-Haq”, highlighted inclusivity, unity, and national…
The Supreme Court on 07-August-2025 disposed of a petition with regard to the kidnapping of a girl after the statement of the girl who deposed that she married of her free will. A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Yahya Afridi inquired the girl whether she married with her free…
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on 07-August-2025 termed Pakistan’s annual population growth rate of 2.55 percent an alarming trend requiring immediate and coordinated policy action at the national level to address the issue. The prime minister chaired a meeting at the PM Office to review the challenges posed by Pakistan’s…
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination Syed Mustafa Kamal has said breastfeeding is not just a personal or maternal responsibility but a national obligation that requires collective action from families, healthcare workers, employers, policymakers, and media. Terming breastfeeding “a lifeline and a child’s first vaccine”, the…
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