The statement said on Friday that the lab confirmed the detection of WPV1 in a male child from Ghotki, adding that it was the first polio case from the district
The 46th polio case in Pakistan was detected on Tuesday from the Qila Saifullah district of Balochistan, bringing the national tally for 2024 to 46 cases.
The Baloch Students Council (BSC) Islamabad issued a statement condemning forced disappearances and profiling of Baloch students, asserting that state actions against them have reached an extreme level.
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party on Saturday condemned the detention of its founding leader Imran Khan and said that his detention by the authoritarian military regime, under General Asim Munir, violates the United Nations' Nelson Mandela rules.
Mahrang Baloch, a prominent Baloch human rights activist, expressed her deep concern and outrage over an explosion near a school in Matsung. Mahrang also stated that ten Baloch students were forcibly disappeared from Islamabad.
The personnel were released weeks after they were arrested for participating in Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's (PTI) D-Chowk protest against the government in Islamabad.
All-Weather Strategic Cooperative Partners and ironclad friends, China and Pakistan seem to be drifting away after Beijing's ambassador to Islamabad raised concern over the security of its nationals working on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects.
Pakistan government's attempt to privatise Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) hit a snag as the only bidder, Blue World City, offered PKR 10 billion for a 60 per cent stake--far below the minimum sale price of PKR 85 billion. The bidding process saw no competition after five other parties
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) publicly condemned the arrest of Pakistani human rights lawyer Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and her husband, Hadi Ali, who have been put on a three-day physical remand by Islamabad's anti-terrorism court (ATC).
Pakistan's Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb expressed gratitude for the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) USD 500 million loan to support Pakistan for climate protection.