Islamabad, March 5 (IANS) Pakistan on Thursday reported its first wild polio virus case of 2026 in a four-year-old child from Bello Union Council in Sujawal district of Sindh province, local media reported. According to Pakistan’s National Emergency Operations Centre for Polio Eradication (NEOC), the case was detected through the polio surveillance network and the Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health (NIH), Islamabad confirmed it, Pakistan’s l…
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London, Jan 28 (IANS) Violence against the transgender community has surged in Pakistan, a report stated on Wednesday while highlighting the recent attack on Bindiya Rana. Rana was attacked at her home while she was having tea with Zehrish Khanzadi, another trans woman who works for the Gender Alliance Interactive (GIA), an organisation that advocates for transgender rights.”Within seconds of Rana unlocking the door remotely from the kitchen, three shots rang out. The men fled and she narrowly e…
Islamabad, Jan 24 (IANS) The recent gang rape of a minor girl by policemen in custody in Jacobabad district of Pakistan’s Sindh province reflects a grave procedural failure that warrants serious institutional accountability. The subsequent arrest of six policemen is being touted as evidence that the system works, but accountability limited to junior officers is not true justice, a report highlighted on Saturday. “Female detainees — including minors — were allegedly kept in a private loca…
Kathmandu, Jan 24 (IANS) Pakistan’s Sindh province, home to the bulk of the country’s Hindu minority, has faced recurring outbreaks of communal violence sparked by blasphemy accusations. These attacks unfold in a similar pattern, beginning with an allegation, followed by the mobilisation of crowds by religious leaders, communal unrest, and the forced displacements of the affected Hindu community, a report highlighted on Saturday. “The latest killing of a Hindu farmer in Sindh once again expose…
Islamabad, Jan 2 (IANS) Shortage of funds has obstructed functioning of Mardan children hospital in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, local media reported on Friday citing officials. Speaking to Dawn, officials said that wards remained functional in the OPD of hospital while work was still being conducted on the main building supposed to provide all specialised services. The officials said that the project required government funds.According to officials, there was shortage of beds as three to four…