Islamabad, April 20 (IANS) Pakistan has learned little even after 10 years and roughly 10 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) outbreaks later. As many as 331 children tested positive for HIV in Pakistan’s Taunsa between November 2024-October 2025, a report has stated. These cases in Taunsa have been reported despite government claiming to have launched a crackdown on the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital, where the medical superintendent was removed and replaced. However, the undercover footage by the…
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Islamabad, April 20 (IANS) Unchecked dumping of industrial chemicals and livestock waste into the sea is pushing coastal ecosystem of Pakistan’s Karachi city towards a crisis, with marine life and fishing community facing serious consequences, local media reported citing information from the Coastal Media Centre. According to the Coastal Media Centre, the area of Rehri Goth remains polluted as industrial waste and sewage flows into the sea. The organisation stated that the waste has led to fishi…
Karachi, April 18 (IANS) A dramatic increase in the number of paediatric human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases has been recorded at three hospitals in Pakistan’s Karachi over the last nine months, and their numbers continue to grow, according to a latest report. The Sindh Infectious Diseases Hospital and Research Centre (SIDH&RC) admitted 10 HIV positive children in 2024, and in 2025 their numbers rose to over 70. 30 children with HIV posive status were admitted to the hospital this year,…
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) As deliberations on the upcoming budget gather pace, Pakistan Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb’s recent engagement with trade bodies and the business community has thrown up a set of entrenched concerns that continue to weigh on economic activity, according to an editorial in the Karachi-based Business Recorder newspaper. Stakeholders pointed to the persistently high cost of doing business, tightening liquidity, chronic infrastructure gaps and most importantly, po…
Mumbai April 16 (IANS) Bollywood heartthrob Ranveer Singh has called each and everyone who was a part of his blockbuster movie Dhurandhar, as a warrior. The actor took to his social media account to reshare Dhurandhar’s director Aditya Dhar’s post where he penned an elaborate and long post talking about the team who worked behind the lens, day and night relentlessly.Ranveer write, “Each and every one a true Warrior! Let blood, sweat and tears flow unabated throughout the entire process with un…
London, April 15 (IANS) Child abuse in Pakistan remains widespread, encompassing physical, sexual, and emotional violence, as well as exploitation through child labour and trafficking. Despite existing legal frameworks, entrenched stigma, weak enforcement, and cultural barriers continue to hinder reporting, leaving thousands of cases unreported every year, a report detailed this week. According to UK-based ‘Asian Lite’, on February 2, Pakistan’s National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA…
Islamabad, April 15 (IANS) Two patients have tested positive for mpox in Pakistan’s Sindh province, increasing the provincial tally to 25 in 2026, local media reported on Wednesday. So far, 122 suspected cases of mpox have been reported in Sindh in 2026. Among them, 25 patients have tested positive for mpox while nine patients have died, Pakistan’s leading daily Dawn reported.Currently, Khairpur is the hotspot for mpox in Sindh with 18 confirmed cases, followed by four cases in Karachi and three…
Islamabad, April 15 (IANS) People have been facing problems as the power outages have increased up to eight hours in urban and 12-16 hours in rural areas in the service areas of Lahore Electric Supply Company (Lesco) and other districts of Pakistan’s Punjab province, local media reported on Wednesday. The situation worsened from Monday evening after the power distribution in Lahore and cities and towns in other districts started observing unannounced or forced loadshedding on an hourly basis, re…
Islamabad, April 14 (IANS) Residents in Pakistan’s Karachi have been facing difficulties as the Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) has failed to ensure gas supply even during meal hours three times a day, local media reported on Tuesday. The SSGC claimed that it was providing gas to households from 6 am to 10:30 pm (local time) without any disruption. However, over the past two weeks, people of Karachi have complained about unannounced gas outages in their localities. The gas shortage has triggered…
Islamabad, April 13 (IANS) A new study conducted by the Labour Education Foundation (LEF), in collaboration with Arisa, a Holland-based rights body, has found labour rights violations in Pakistan’s textile recycling industry, sparking critical questions about the true cost of “sustainable fashion”, local media reported. While fashion brands market textile recycling as a pillar of sustainable, they remain largely unaware or unaccountable for labour rights violations in the vary systems that make …