Another surge in number of dengue cases possible

Islamabad: As many as 94 individuals have tested positive for dengue fever from Islamabad Capital Territory and Rawalpindi district in a day after a significant fall in mercury however many health experts fear that there might b...

Bare Minimum

The Prime Minister was informed on Thursday that not a single case of polio has been reported in Pakistan since February 10th—a development attributed to the recent nationwide anti-polio campaigns. While this was met with prai...

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K-P launches doctors hiring drive

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Health Department has decided to recruit medical officers and specialist doctors on a contract basis to address the shortage of healthcare professionals across the province and to ensure th...

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Sindh prepares for anti-polio drive

With over 220,000 children missed in the February anti-polio campaign — including nearly 43,000 children who were not allowed to have polio vaccine administered and over 177,000 children who were not available when vaccination...

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Malaria cases sprut alarms health dept

KARACHI: Sindh is grappling with a sharp rise in malaria cases this year, with more than 20,000 infections reported from January 1 to April 16, according to the Sindh Health Department. The outbreak includes the detection of ...

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Dualisation of ‘killer’ N-25 to save lives: Shehbaz

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Thursday said the dualisation of N-25 highway — linking Chaman, Quetta, Kalat, Khuzdar and Karachi — was meant to make it safe and secure for the people, as this killer track had so f...

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