File photo. In Pakistan, about seven thousand children die every day due to various diseases, out of which about 150 children lose their lives due to various birth defects. Congenital defects or birth defects of children can be corrected by operation or surgery soon after birth but unfortunately there are less than 200 pediatric surgeons…
Students in the capital Port-au-Prince have missed hundreds of hours of class time over the past year and now, now, more than one million Haitians are facing emergency levels of acute food insecurity, according to a new UN-backed report. As deadly threats to school security continue in Port-au-Prince, and northern parts of the Artibonite department, UN…
That’s according to the Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Jamie McGoldrick, speaking in-depth to UN News exactly six months since hostilities began with the Hamas-led terror attack. He underlined that the entire UN aid effort is about saving lives “and nothing else.” The veteran humanitarian was speaking as the Israeli defence forces said…
In a statement released on Saturday night, António Guterres said he was alarmed by the raid on the embassy in the capital Quito which led to the arrest of Jorge Glas. The Secretary-General “reaffirms the cardinal principle of the inviolability of diplomatic and consular premises and personnel, emphasizing that this principle must be respected in all cases, in…
“I thought I was going to lose my baby and die on the journey to hospital.” The chilling words of Samueline Razafindravao, who had to make the harrowing hours-long trip to the nearest specialist hospital in Ambovombe town in the Androy region of southern Madagascar after it became clear she might lose her child if…
The government fixed the support price of wheat at Rs 3900 per maund, which is very low, said Chairman Kisan Ittehad Chaudhry Khalid Hussain Bath. Lahore: Chairman Kisan Etihad Chaudhry Khalid Hussain Baath has said that the farmers of the entire Punjab will protest strongly after Eid for setting the support price of wheat low….
Photo: Screen grab Karachi: The Department of Transport and Mass Transit Department Sindh has continued the campaign against the collection of additional fares on the instructions of Senior Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon. During the campaign, 1012 vehicles were checked and an additional amount of Rs. 22 lakh 85 thousand taken from the passengers was returned…
CCTV cameras were installed in all the buses involved in the Chinese convoy Peshawar: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police has sent a second report to the federal government regarding the suicide attack on Chinese engineers in Bisham. The report said that based on preliminary examination, the vehicle carrying the Chinese was apparently not bulletproof and bombproof. A…
20% of children die due to lack of timely treatment and 80% of children remain healthy with treatment, Professor Sohail Bangash. Photo: File Every year more than 70 thousand children are born suffering from heart diseases in Pakistan, while the biggest heart disease in children is having a hole in their heart. All over Sindh,…
Passengers complained of overcharging at bus stations. Photo: File Karachi: Inter-city buses and transport continue to depart from the city’s bus bases to celebrate Eid in the native areas, while complaints are being received from passengers about excessive fares in inter-city buses and transport this year as well. As in previous years, this year too,…
