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Federal Health Minister Urges Action As Vaccination Refusals Hindering Polio Eradication

Federal Health Minister Syed Mustafa Kamal has expressed serious concern over vaccine refusals, stating that nearly 43,000 parents in Sindh — 42,000 of them in Karachi alone —have refused polio vaccination for their children, posing a major obstacle to the eradication efforts. He made these remarks while visiting the Provincial Emergency Operations Centre for Polio (EOC) in Sindh to assess…

NA Body Raises Alarm Over Poor Facilities, Safety in Islamabad Schools

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel on October 17 expressed concern over the lack of basic facilities in government-run educational institutions, student safety and the exorbitant fees charged by many private schools in Islamabad. As per regulations of Private Educational Institutions Regulatory Authority (Peira), a school located in Islamabad can increase its…
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4.7m Out-of-school Children a Ticking Time Bomb for KP Govt

PESHAWAR: As the morning sun rises over the dusty plains of Pabbi area in Nowshera district, 13-year-old Hussain Khan tightens his grip on a worn-out shovel. His hands, calloused and far too small for the labour he performs, are not turning pages in a textbook; they are digging ditches to…
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Toddler Mauled by Stray Dog Dies

RAHIM YAR KHAN: A toddler who was hospitalised after being attacked by a stray dog in the Nooraywali area two days ago, succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday. Reports say that two-year-old Husnain, a resident of Basti Nooraywali near Adam Sahaba Canal, was playing outside his house on Sunday when…
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Girl Students Protest Absence of Teachers

MOHMAND: Girls wearing school uniforms blocked the main road in Ambar tehsil of Mohmand tribal district to protest prolonged absence of teachers and closure of their school here on Tuesday. The students accompanied by their parents staged the protest outside their primary school situated along Ambar road. The school has…
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Polio Worker Killed In Armed Attack in Karachi

KARACHI: A polio worker was killed in a suspected targeted attack on the Superhighway on October 9. Site Superhighway Industrial Area SHO Wilayat Shah told Dawn that Rehmanullah, 30, was on his way to Surjani Town on a motorcycle when unknown suspect(s) opened fire near Jamia-tur Rasheed. He sustained critical bullet wounds…
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Pakistan Deeper Into Hunger Crisis, Warns GHI

ISLAMABAD: Climate shocks, soaring food prices, and chronic underinvestment in nutrition and health have pushed Pakistan deeper into a hunger crisis, the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2025 warns, placing the country among those still facing “serious” levels of hunger despite more than two decades of national and global pledges to…
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Sindh Faces Alarming Rise in Unsafe Abortions

KARACHI: Sindh faces a mounting women’s health crisis, with an estimated 400,000 to 500,000 abortions taking place annually — many of them unsafe, unregulated, and life-threatening. This alarming figure, combined with widespread malnutrition and anemia, is placing countless women at risk, medical experts warn. Speaking to The Express Tribune, Dr Mehwish…
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