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Pakistan: Sindh faces surge in dengue cases as government intensifies anti
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
According to a report published in Dawn, the Sindh Health Department stated that 276 new dengue cases were recorded this month, bringing the total number of cases to 920 so far this year. The report noted that Karachi Division remains the worst affected, with 124 confirmed cases, followed by
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Pakistan: Monsoon rains kill six, cripple daily life across Sindh
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Heavy monsoon rains across Sindh caused severe flooding, power outages, and multiple accidents, killing at least six people due to electrocution, drowning, and roof collapse, Dawn reported. Several districts, including Hyderabad, Jacobabad, and Mirpurkhas, were hit hard, with drainage failur
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Labour Day marked across Sindh with rallies demanding fair wages, job secu
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Hundreds of thousands of workers from both public and private sectors joined the rallies in numerous areas of Karachi and district headquarters such as Hyderabad, Sukkur, Larkana, Mirpurkhas, Badin, Thatta, Sujawal, Sanghar, Mithi, Umerkot, Jacobabad, Shikarpur, Ghotki, and Kandhkot. Smaller
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Pakistan: Mirpurkhas district sees rise in pediatric HIV cases
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Mirpurkhas district in Sindh is emerging as a new hotspot for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases among children, with 150 new cases reported in 2024, according to official statistics, Geo News reported.
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Pakistan: Polio virus detected in Sindh district sewage samples
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
A concerning development has emerged in Pakistan's fight against polio. Recent sewage samples collected from Mirpurkhas, Thatta, and Naushahro Feroze districts in Sindh have tested positive for Wild Poliovirus Type .
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Police clash with protesters outside Karachi press club during Sindh Rawad
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
The demonstrators were protesting the "extrajudicial" killing of Dr Shahnawaz, who was accused of sharing blasphemous posts on social media and was killed in a controversial police encounter on September 19 in Mirpurkhas.
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Amnesty International condemns extrajudicial killings in Pakistan, urges r
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Amnesty International, an International human rights watchdog, has raised serious concerns about the ongoing extrajudicial killings of individuals accused of blasphemy in Pakistan, calling out the government for failing to protect basic human rights, including the right to life and freedom o
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Doctor accused of blasphemy killed in alleged encounter in Pakistan
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Shah Nawaz Kunhbar, a doctor from Umerkot, Pakistan, was killed in an alleged police encounter in Mirpurkhas, a day after being accused of blasphemy. The incident followed his arrest, amid conflicting reports about his escape and recapture. Tensions escalated as a mob set his body on fire du
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Pakistan: Hindu girl abducted, forcibly married in Sindh
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Despite her statement in the court, expressing her desire to be with her family, the additional session judge decided to send her to Darul Aman, the so-called safe house.
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Federal Investigation Agency arrests 5 Pakistanis over 'illegal emigration
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
All of the arrests were made in Pakistan, although there is little information available on the time of the suspects' alleged return from Israel.
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Pakistan's Tharparkar, Umerkot districts receive 'record' rainfall in June
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Cyclone Biparjoy, which mainly hit the Indian state of Gujarat, created chaotic conditions across the coastal belt of Sindh, most parts of Mirpurkhas, Badin, Tharparkar and Umerkot districts received heavy rainfall, besides dust storms, thunderstorms and many back-to-back spells of light, mo
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Trade bodies hold rallies and seminars, raise demand for fixing minimum wa
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The participants at the events raised the demand for fixing the minimum wage at Pakistani Rupees (PKR) 50,000 per month, an increase in workers' salaries keeping in view the inflation, doubling the pension and withdrawing all recent increases in the tariffs of water, electricity and petroleu
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