900 healthcare establishment sealed in Sindh

KARACHI: Sindh Health Care Commission has sealed 900 healthcare establishments on violating the guidelines of SHC Commission while 4794 were issued registration certificates by the SHC to date. This was revealed in a meeting of Sindh Healthcare Commission and its collaborative partners

What happened of ‘Karachi package’, asks Murtaza Wahab

Karachi: Advisor to Chief Minister Sindh for information, law and anticorruption Barrister Murtaza Wahab while reacting to a press conference of opposition leader in Sindh Assembly Firdos Shamim asked what happened to ‘Karachi package’ announced by Imran Khan? He said shifting Pakistan

One person dies every six seconds due to tobacco effect

KARACHI: Globally, 942 million men and 175 million women 15 years or older are currently active smokers. According to WHO data, it is estimated that tobacco use kills nearly six million people every year. Approximately five million deaths are the result of

Youth killed, two injured in road mishaps

KARACHI:A youth died while two others were injured in separate road accidents in the metropolis on Saturday. According rescue sources, a fast-moving water tanker collided with a trailer truck near Khairabad in Orangi town. As a result, a 30-year-old man, Muhammad Ilyas

Sindh, WHO step up efforts to tackle HIV outbreak

KARACHI:Sindh government and WHO experts have stepped up efforts to tackle an outbreak of HIV in Sindh province, especially in Ratedero taluka, where high ratio of cases have surfaced, PPI learnt Saturday. “HIV cases have also surfaced in Moro after hitting Ratodero,

Water samples from 11 areas show presence of polio virus

KARACHI:The wild poliovirus has been detected from samples taken from all major areas of Karachi, confirms an environmental survey carried out by Emergency Operation Cell teams. The environmental survey done by the Emergency Operation Cell team shows the presence of the wild