Author: Ishaque Hashmi
UN body will also support the health department’s EPI for better immunization results KARACHI: Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah and UNICEF Country Representative Abdullah A Fadil in their meeting at the CM House have agreed to launch a Child Protection Program to strengthen evidence-based policy and legislation. The CM and the UNICEF country chief after a thorough discussion agreed that UNICEF would help in creating an environment to strengthen evidence-based policy and legislation under child labor survey, child protection policy, birth registration by-laws, child protection against online abuse and exploitation, prevention strategies to reduce child protection violations and harmful traditional…
Federal minister says the cessation of nearly twenty school buses designated for students’ transportation, but they are shifted to the Pink Bus Project ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Education Maqbool Siddiqui Tuesday informed the National Assembly that a program is being prepared to enhance the literacy rate in the country. In response to a calling attention notice regarding the cessation of nearly twenty school buses designated for student transportation and their conversion into the Pink Bus Project, along with the non-appointment of teachers for vacant positions in Islamabad Capital Territory. He called upon the elected representatives and other societal segments to…
TCV campaign aims to administer vaccination to 8.94m children in Karachi, Hyderabad divisions KARACHI: A health worker administers a typhoid vaccination to a student at Al-Zohra High School during the ongoing TCV drive in Karachi.—MM photo KARACHI: The Sindh government kicked off a comprehensive Typhoid Conjugate Vaccination (TCV) campaign, started from Monday, to curb the alarming rise of typhoid cases in Karachi and Hyderabad. The teams of health workers will be working diligently from 9am to 4pm daily in seven districts of Karachi and one district in Hyderabad till May 25. The campaign, led by Health Minister Dr Azra Fazal…
NIH warns of significant threat to children under five, highlighting risk of lifelong physical disability KARACHI: A health worker administers polio vaccine drops to a child during a door-to-door polio vaccination campaign.—MM file photo KARACHI: The National Institute of Health (NIH) sounded a concerning note on Wednesday, revealing that four fresh environmental samples had tested positive for wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1), elevating this year’s tally to 112 positive samples. The latest samples, procured from Karachi and the Pishin district in Balochistan province, were genetically traced back to the imported YB3A cluster of WPV1, which has been the source of…
KARACHI: The meteorological department has predicted the prevailing hot weather in Karachi to turn pleasant, partly cloudy, and windy by Friday. According to forecasts from the department’s Early Warning Centre, the influence of northwesterly winds in Balochistan will significantly decrease. Following the heatwave subsiding, westerly winds are anticipated in the afternoon and evening, with temperatures ranging between 34 and 36 degree Celsius. Today, the minimum temperature recorded in the port city in the morning was 27 degrees Celsius, expected to hit a maximum of 40 degrees. However, other regions of Sindh are likely to continue experiencing hot and dry weather…
KARACHI: The Sindh government on Saturday was looking to speed up the promotion of solar energy in collaboration with the World Bank. According to details, Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah chaired a meeting. On this occasion, Sindh Power Minister Nasir Hussain Shah said: “Providing 50 megawatts of power through the solar system is part of the project.” The Sindh chief minister had urged the need to start bidding on the solar panels to start working on the project. Meanwhile, in a meeting in connection with the K-IV project, CM Murad admitted the delay in the project. He said, “There…
Authorities say all three hail from Shangla who had been shifted to an unknown location QUETTA: Three coal miners were kidnapped by armed gunmen from Dukki district of Balochistan on Saturday. According to the Levies Force, the incident occurred in the mines area of Dukki where assailants opened fire on a local coal mine and forcibly took away the three miners in broad daylight without inviting any attention from the quarters concerned. Authorities told the media that all three coal miners belonged to the Shangla district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and that they were shifted to an undisclosed location by the…
80m plus children are slated for vaccination campaign across 26 districts of Sindh starting March 25 KARACHI: The presence of the poliovirus has been confirmed in environmental samples collected from five districts across the country, raising concerns over the resurgence of the debilitating disease. Samples analyzed at the anti-polio laboratory established in the National Institute of Health (NIH) revealed the presence of the virus. The specimens from Kemari in Karachi, gathered between March 4 and 5, exhibited poliovirus contamination. Among these, two environmental samples from Hyderabad, Multan, Quetta, and Faisalabad respectively also tested positive for the virus. The identified strain,…
These sacrifices of our brave sons strengthen our resolve to fight against the scourge of terrorism, says ISPR GWADAR: Funeral prayers being offered of the soldiers martyred in Gwadar on Thursday.—MM screengrab GWADAR: Funeral prayers of two soldiers of Pakistan Army, who were martyred while foiling the terrorist attack in Gwadar Port Authority Colony on Wednesday, were offered in Gwadar on Thursday, the military’s media wing said. According to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Sepoy Bahar Khan (35 years old, resident of district DG Khan) and Sepoy Imran Ali (28 years old, resident of district Khairpur)…
Attackers killed while trying to gain entry into GPA complex, two soldiers embrace martyrdom GWADAR: The security forces on Wednesday repulsed an attack by the militants on the Gwadar Port authority complex outside, killing all eight terrorists, while during the operation two soldiers also martyred, the officials said. China has invested heavily in the mineral-rich Balochistan, including developing Gwadar, despite a decades-long separatist insurgency, which the security forces have been tackling well. Armed with guns and explosives, the militants stormed the Gwadar Port Authority (GPA) complex just outside the port that houses offices of government departments, intelligence agencies and paramilitary…