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Pakistan: Over 100 children die due to Diphtheria in Karachi amid lack of
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
According to Sindh's health officials, last year 140 cases were received by Sindh Infectious Diseases Hospital and 52 of them could not survive.
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Section 144 imposed in Pakistan's Karachi ahead of SCO summit
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
The Karachi administration has imposed Section 144, banning public gatherings and protests for four days from October 13 to 17, following security concerns raised by the city's police chief. The move is aimed at maintaining law and order during heightened tensions, including potential disrup
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Street crime in Pakistan surges, situation continues to worsen
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Cities in Pakistan are witnessing a steep rise in street crime. In the latest addition, a woman teacher at a private school was shot dead allegedly by an unknown man in Multan on Wednesday, the Dawn news reported.
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Pak journalist's associations condemn PEMRA's "illegal" notices to TV chan
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
The Association of Electronic Media Editors and News Directors (AEMEND) lamented the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) for issuing "illegal" show-cause notices to several TV channels for covering the recent terrorist attack in Karachi, terming it "an attempt to pressuris
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Pakistan: Karachi faces surge in vector-borne diseases amidst ineffective
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
The city's fumigation efforts, though significantly delayed, have not yielded the expected outcomes. There has been a steady increase in cases of vector-borne diseases--such as dengue, malaria, and chikungunya--due to inadequate sanitation, unhygienic conditions, and a failing waste disposal
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Law and order further deteriorates as over 5,000 crimes reported across Ka
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Amid deteriorating law and order in Karachi, the Citizen Police Liaison Committee (CPLC) has released the statistics of the amount of crimes committed in the streets of the port city in September 2024, according to ARY News.
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Flight with 71 Pakistanis from Lebanon, Syria to arrive today in Karachi
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
A special flight carrying 71 Pakistanis from Lebanon and Syria is scheduled to arrive in Karachi on Wednesday morning, ARY News reported.
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Karachi faces surge in unemployment amid economic crisis
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Karachi, Pakistan's largest city, is experiencing a troubling rise in unemployment amid an economic crisis characterised by food shortages, currency devaluation, and soaring inflation. Citizens express growing frustration as job losses mount and living conditions deteriorate.
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Pakistan: Vehicle used as IED in Karachi airport explosion carried 80kg ex
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
The vehicle which was allegedly used in the massive explosion which killed Chinese nationals in Karachi on Monday, has some details to it, which reveal that it was purchased from a resident of Karachi, and had 80kgs of explosives in it, ARY News reported citing sources.
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Police identifies Karachi airport blast bomber
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Authorities have identified suicide bomber behind behind the recent explosion near Karachi's Jinnah International Airport in which at least three foreign nationals were killed, while 17 others were injured.
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Mahrang Baloch, Sammi Deen Baloch allege kidnapping attempt by Pak authori
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Baloch rights activists Mahrang Baloch and Sammi Deen Baloch alleged that they were stopped from traveling to New York for the TIME Magazine gala, where they were invited alongside other leaders named as the publication's Most Influential Emerging Leaders of the Year.
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Chinese Embassy in Pakistan condemns "terror attack" near Karachi airport
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
At around 11 pm on Sunday, a convoy carrying Chinese staff of the Port Qasim Electric Power Company (Private) Limited was attacked near the Jinnah International Airport, Karachi, which caused two Chinese died, one Chinese injured and some local casualties, a statement by the Chinese Embassy
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