Islamabad, May 5 (IANS) A public health emergency is unfolding in Pakistan as a recent joint study by the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) and Pakistan’s Ministry of National Health Services has revealed that four in every 10 children aged 12 to 36 months in high-risk urban areas carry lead in their blood. The cities surveyed in the report, including Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar, Quetta and Rawalpindi, are not remote or marginal spaces but economic and population cent…
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Islamabad, May 3 (IANS) The WHO’s Global Hepatitis Report 2026 has revealed that Pakistan is the single largest contributor to the number of people living with hepatitis C in the world, even as field reports from different parts of the country revealed continued availability of banned reusable syringes and fake auto-disable syringes in the market, which experts fear can cause transmission of hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HIV, when used repeatedly by unqualified practitioners. Pakistan is among t…
Islamabad, May 1 (IANS) Pakistan is the single largest contributor to the global number of people living with hepatitis C, the World Health Organisation (WHO) Global Hepatitis Report 2026 has revealed. In addition, Pakistan has been named among the 10 nations which have most hepatitis C related deaths worldwide, sparking concerns over unsafe injections, reusable syringes and weak infection prevention measures in the country, local media reported. According to the WHO report, hepatitis B and C ar…
Islamabad, April 27 (IANS) Pakistan is mediating between Iran and the US out of necessity. For Pakistan, a destabilised Iran increases space for militants on the western flank and tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran risk triggering pact obligations, a report has stated. By mediating between the US and Iran, Pakistan has gained visibility. However, diplomatic access does not lead to an agreement and leverage does not imply a cash flow. Until each gets paid, packaged and converted, Pakistan is …
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Pakistan is grappling with deepening economic stress as the fallout from the ongoing tensions linked to the US-Iran conflict continues to disrupt global energy supplies, pushing fuel prices higher and straining the country’s already fragile economy, a report has said.While diplomatic efforts are underway, with Islamabad actively engaging to de-escalate the situation, there is still no final resolution in sight, as per The News International report.The continued uncer…
Islamabad, April 24 (IANS) A new alternate report submitted to the UN Committee against Torture by the National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) showcases gaps in Pakistan’s legal protections, local media reported. The report, submitted ahead of the review of Pakistan’s compliance with its obligations under the Convention against Torture, exposes incidents of custodial abuse and inadequacy in the country’s enforcement of the Torture and Custodial Death (Prevention and Punishment) Act, 2022. “T…
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Despite constituting nearly half of Pakistan’s population, only one in four working-age women participates in the labour force, compared to nearly four out of five men, according to an article in Karachi-headquartered The News International.Among those women who do work, most are concentrated in agriculture, while fewer than 15 per cent are in formal employment. In major industrial sectors, women account for just 3.6 per cent of employment, highlighting the extent to…
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) Pakistan has entered more than 20 programmes with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) over 65 years since 1958, and yet continues to remain trapped in a recurring cycle of economic crises, bailouts and temporary stabilisation without achieving durable structural reform, a report has lamented.According to a report in The News International, latest concerns were reflected in the IMF’s End-of-Mission Statement of March 2026, which once again highlighted familiar prior…
Islamabad, April 20 (IANS) The latest annual report by the Digital Rights Foundation has revealed that online abuse in Pakistan is evolving faster than the systems designed to contain it, a report has stated. “The main factor is Artificial Intelligence, which is transforming harassment into something more scalable, more anonymous and far harder to trace. The most disturbing consequence: children, some as young as six, are now being pulled into an ecosystem of harm that the state is woefully unpr…
Islamabad, April 14 (IANS) Two Pakistani-flagged oil tankers, named Khairpur and Shalamar, which were moving towards the Strait of Hormuz made a 180-degree turn and changed their route, local media reported on Tuesday. The two oil tankers which were heading Eastward towards the Strait of Hormuz altered their route and headed West, turning back from the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, Pakistan’s leading daily The News International reported, citing Iran’s Fars news agency.According to the report, tra…