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Pak: Funding bias leaves district MTIs crippled; patient influx overwhelms
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
A funding disparity favouring Peshawar hospitals has left district MTIs without essential medicines and equipment. This financial crisis is forcing rural patients to seek care in the provincial capital, where hospitals are now operating at 150% capacity, severely overwhelming the region's ce
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84% of Peshawar's water supply contaminated; experts warn of polio and dis
Updated : 5 months ago IST
Tests have revealed that 84 per cent of Peshawar's water supply is contaminated, as the city faces a worsening crisis in water and sanitation, prompting experts to warn that this situation is contributing to the spread of polio and other waterborne illnesses throughout the provincial capital
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Pakistan: Protesters block roads, cause traffic disruptions after tribal e
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
The provincial capital of Quetta experienced a major traffic disruption on Friday, lasting several hours, after tribesmen and family members of an abducted 11-year-old boy blocked the main Zarghoon Road in protest, as reported by the Dawn.
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Pakistan: Malaria cases surge in Sindh with over 93,000 reported in a week
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Data from Pakistan's National Institute of Health shows that 93,002 malaria cases were reported across Sindh during the last week alone. Karachi, the provincial capital, also saw over 1,000 new cases during the same period.
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Pak: Doctor, 4 others apprehended for supplying fake, unregistered medicin
Updated : 1 year, 12 months ago IST
Detailing the operations, the statement highlighted a raid in the Gulbahar locality of the provincial capital, where counterfeit and unregistered drugs worth PKR 43.5 million were confiscated based on information obtained from the alleged suppliers.
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Pakistan: Paramedics protest in Quetta against privatisation of hospitals
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Grand Health Alliance, Balochistan staged a protest on Saturday opposing the government's plan to privatise hospitals in the provincial capital, Dawn reported.
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Pakistan: Egg prices soar to 400 PKR per dozen in Lahore
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The price of eggs in Pakistan has soared to 400 Pakistani Rupees (PKR) per dozen in Punjab's provincial capital of Lahore, ARY News reported, citing market sources on Sunday.
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Pak elections 2024: PPP chief Bilawal Bhutto to contest election from Laho
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
PPP chief will contest from Lahore's NA-138 constituency, which has traditionally been the stronghold of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) with the party securing a majority of seats from the provincial capital in the last many elections.
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Pakistan: Lahore tops global pollution ranking again
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
With poor air quality, the provincial capital topped the worldwide pollution index once more on Thursday, ARY News reported.
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Pak: Protestors block GT Road in Peshawar after murder of college student
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
On Wednesday, mobile snatchers had shot dead Hassan Tariq, a 17-year-old student of Edwardes College, on Mufti Mehmood Flyover, a heavily guarded area of the provincial capital.
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Pakistan: Political parties join protests over inflated-electricity bills
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Adding to the ongoing protest on inflated power bills, political party activists joined the common citizens in staging demonstrations in the provincial capital and other regions in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, reported The News International.
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Pakistan: Mobile phone, internet services suspended in Quetta ahead of Ash
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Ahead of Ashura, the Balochistan government suspended internet services and mobile phones on Wednesday in the provincial capital Quetta to maintain the law and order situation in the city, according to ARY News.
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