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Children Contracting Preventable Diseases Due To Rising Vaccine Hesitancy

Despite being a low transmission season, around 10 children are currently admitted at the Sindh Infectious Diseases Hospital (SIDH) at NIPA in Karachi with measles, while four children are undergoing treatment for diphtheria. Similar cases are being reported at other health facilities of Karachi, including the National Institute of Child…
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SI Remanded in FIA Custody For 2 More Days In Minors’ Kidnapping Case

ISLAMABAD. Judicial Magistrate Ahmed Shahzad Gondal 20-January-2025 handed over Sub-Inspector Sohaib Ali Pasha of the federal police, arrested for alleged rape and kidnapping of minors, to the FIA on an additional two-day physical remand here. The FIA officials presented the arrested sub-inspector in court after completion of his three-day physical…
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Heart Attacks, Strokes Fuel Rise in Young Widows, Orphans: Experts

Islamabad: Samia, a 32-year-old mother of two from Islamabad, was thrust into an uncertain future when her husband, a 38-year-old property dealer, succumbed to a sudden heart attack. Her two children, aged six and four, now face life without their father. Tragically, Samia’s story is not unique in her locality.…
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Sindh To Introduce First-ever Transgender Education Policy

Sindh is setting a new example in the country by initiating a revolutionary change for the transgender community in the field of education. The chief minister of Sindh has directed the education department to develop the province’s first-ever transgender education policy. According to Sindh government spokesperson Sukhdev Assardas Hemnani, Sindh…
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Rapist-murderer Of 5-year-old Girl Killed In Police Encounter

LALAMUSA: A grim chapter in the Khohaar tragedy concluded when the alleged rapist and murderer of a five-year-old girl was killed in a police encounter near Bole Bridge, Civil Lines Police Station limits, on 17 January 2025. The suspect, Muhammad Nadeem, a gardener employed at a college in Rasul, had…
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Schoolteachers Unpaid For Seven Months

JHANG: A number of male and female teachers serving at afternoon schools are awaiting their monthly salaries for the last seven months. The education officials allegedly showed laxity in the affairs of afternoon schools where a large number of students were enrolled. The official sources revealed that teachers had been…
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Six-year-old Girl Knocked Dead By Dumper

A speeding heavy vehicle claimed the life of a six-year-old girl in Karachi on 16-January-2025, bringing the total number of fatalities in heavy vehicle accidents to six since the start of the year. According to reports, the girl, identified as Tania, daughter of Usman, was struck by a dumper truck…
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CM Takes Notice Of Two Children’s Kidnapping in Garden West

Police have registered a case and started a search after the abduction of two children in the Garden West area. Five-year-old Aalian and six-year-old Ali went missing from Garden West on 14-January-2025 while playing outside their homes. Their parents have registered a case at the Garden police station. The FIR…
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Police Find No Clues To Whereabouts Of Boy Missing Since Jan 7

Police remain clueless about the whereabouts of a seven-year-old boy, Sarim, who has been missing since January 7. Despite investigations into his disappearance, there has been no significant breakthrough in locating him. However, there have been developments in the case as the boy’s mother received a ransom demand via WhatsApp…
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