France provided €1m to INGOs for flood assistance: envoy

ISLAMABAD: The French government has provided emergency equipment, water pumps, tents and 1 million euros to partner international non-government organisations (INGOs) to assist Pakistan’s relief efforts after the devastating ...

Heavy rain, windstorm lash Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

PESHAWAR: Heavy rain and windstorm lashed Peshawar and other parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Saturday evening without causing any loss to human life. In the provincial capital, rainwater inundated University Road, parts of Hay...

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Experts sound alarm over rise in hepatitis A cases among children

KARACHI: A growing number of children reporting to health facilities these days with non-specific signs, such as sore throat, body pains and slight fever are being found infected with the hepatitis A virus, it has emerged. �...

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Judicial commission demanded on Umerkot doctor’s extra judicial killing

UMERKOT: The Women’s Action Forum (WAF) has expressed its serious concern over unbridled influence and activities of religious extremists in Sindh and the provincial government’s helplessness in containing the volatile situa...

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‘Catch-up’ polio vaccination drive in Balochistan

QUETTA: The Balochistan health department has launched a catch-up vaccination campaign across the province starting October 1 to combat the rising polio virus, which has infected six children in recent months. Dir...

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PTI to continue protest unless Imran pulls workers back

ISLAMABAD: As a large number of protesters managed to reach Islamabad, the PTI has decided to continue its protest until getting a directive from the party’s founding chairman Imran Khan to pull back workers. Howe...

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