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Pak: Study shows serious concerns over Karachi's poor air quality
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
The expert shared findings of the study titled 'Impact of fine particulate pollution exposures on respiratory health in a mega city of Pakistan'. The study shows evidence of particulate matter (PM2.5) causing respiratory issues in the Karachi district of Pakistan.
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Pakistan: Police releases six out of eight "missing" Baloch students picke
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Dawn noted that the students, namely, Ishfaq, Shahzad, Bebarg Ameer, Zubair, Qambar Ali and Saeedullah were "released by the police" in Uthal, Balochistan. However, Hanif and Shoaib are still missing, they added.
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Karachi lawyers boycott courts in protest against police inaction and viol
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
This action was prompted by an attack on lawyers who were protesting police inaction following the torture of one of their colleagues.
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Pakistan: Karachi residents protest over water, electricity shortage
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Karachi residents took to the streets on University Road to protest the ongoing water and electricity shortages in the PIB Colony area.
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Pakistan: Lawyers protest against police force over torture of colleague
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Lawyers protested over the non-registration of the case by Pakistan's Mehmoodabad police along Karachi streets against the alleged torture of their fellow lawyer and his family on Wednesday evening.
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Peaceful assemblies face violent resistance from Pakistani forces amid enf
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) has faced massive resistance from the Pakistani forces, arresting peaceful assemblies in different districts of Balochistan after protests against enforced disappearances.
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Lawyers announce protest against Pakistan's 26th Constitutional Amendment
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Senior lawyers announced a protest against the 26th Constitutional Amendment that allows the Pakistan government to control the judiciary during a press conference in Karachi on Wednesday.
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Baloch activist urges masses to join the protest amid ongoing enforced di
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Prominent Baloch activist Mahrang Baloch urged the masses on Tuesday to join the campaign "Breaking the Silence: Standing Against Enforced Disappearances" throughout Balochistan and Karachi against hundreds of enforced disappearances in the past week.
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Pakistan: FUAST teachers lock administration block amid salary issue
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Teacher's protest at the Federal Urdu University of Arts Science and Technology (FUAST), Karachi went beyond the control of the administration as the teachers locked the administration block of the Gulshan-e-Iqbal Science campus on Monday after non-payment of salaries with approved increment
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Pakistan: Experts raise concern over rising diphtheria cases in Karachi, c
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Health officials have confirmed that 40 children have died due to diphtheria outbreaks in Karachi's West, Keamari, and East districts, as well as in Larkana and Dadu districts.
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8 Balochistan students reported missing in Karachi amid allegations of law
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Eight students from Balochistan have reportedly gone missing from their shared residence in Gulistan-i-Jauhar in Pakistan's biggest city Karachi, according to a report by Dawn. Family members allege that law enforcement agencies "took away" the students, but police have declined to commen
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Balochistan: Youth disappearances ignite outrage, protest scheduled for to
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
The Baloch Yakjehti Committee, along with the Baloch Solidarity Committee, is set to stage a protest that aims to raise awareness about the alarming rise in enforced disappearances of Baloch youth and the violence faced by peaceful protesters in Karachi.
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