Zamzam water being provided to pilgrims upon return on August 18, 2019Zamzam water is being provided to Pakistani pilgrims upon their return at all small airports, while Hujjaj landing on big airports will get the holy water at Jeddah and Medina airports, said Ministry of Religious Affairs Spokesman Imran Siddiqi while talking to Radio Pakistan. He said every pilgrim will get a five-liter Zamzam water bottle […]
Safoora tragedy: reply sought from Defence Ministry on pleas against death sentence on August 17, 2019The Sindh High Court |(SHC) on Friday ordered the Defence Ministry to submit its reply in all petitions filed against the death sentences awarded to the accused of Safoora Goth incident by a military court. A SHC bench heard appeals of the convicted accused against death sentence awarded to them by military court. The counsel […]
Outbreak of dengue expected in Sindh on August 17, 2019A huge outbreak of dengue fever is expected in Karachi and other parts of Sindh following recent heavy rains, sources said. They said concerned government departments have already been alerted in this regard. They said in this connection an urgent meeting of Prevention and Control Program for Dengue in Sindh was held on Friday at […]
Hajj rituals conclude in Makkah on August 15, 2019At least 2.5 million pilgrims have performed Hajj this year, and according to a Radio Pakistan’s report, five-day Hajj rituals concluded in Makkah. On the last day, pilgrims performed the ritual of throwing seven pebbles each on three pillars resembling the devil. Then they left Mina before sunset and returned to their residential buildings, after […]
Brain-eating amoeba claims 11 lives in Karachi this year on August 10, 2019At least eleven people – ten males and one female – have been so far died from brain-eating Naegleria fowleri in Karachi in the first seven months of 2019. According to data of Regional Disease Surveillance and Response Unit (RDSRU) of Directorate General Health Services, these deaths were reported in private and public sector hospitals […]
Murad asks departments to stay prepared for any rain emergency on August 9, 2019Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah presiding over a high-level rain-emergency meeting here at CM House has set outlines of his priorities under which maxim focus would be made on service delivery so that every kind of losses could be controlled. He declared divisional commissioners as focal persons where coordinate efforts among various departments, […]
Another Congo virus case surfaces in Karachi on August 7, 2019One more Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) patient has been reported at Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, taking the reported cases toll to nine in this hospital since January 1, 2019. A 29-year-year-old man, Zahid, resident of Orangi Town, Karachi was brought to the emergency department with fever and gum bleeding. The patient was moved to Isolation […]
KE pledges Rs 20m for ‘Let’s Clean Karachi’ on August 6, 2019K-Electric has pledged Rs 20 million to support the ‘Let’s Clean Karachi’ drive, which is being spearheaded by Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs Ali Zaidi. The KE said it would extend full support along with its employees who would serve as volunteers in the initiative. According to a KE spokesperson, “This support is line in […]
Another Congo fever case reported at JPMC on July 27, 2019Another Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) patient has been reported at Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center, taking the reported cases toll to eight in this health facility since January 1, 2019. A patient, Ashraf Khan, son of Hayatullah, resident of Quetta Baluchistan, was brought to emergency department with history of fever and nasal blood since two days. […]
Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi visits Kenya on July 26, 2019Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi is on an official visit to Kenya. During the visit, the naval chief called on Defence Cabinet Secretary, Ambassador Raychelle Omamo and Chief of Defence Forces, General Samson Mwathethe at the Defence Headquarters in Nairobi. Upon his arrival at the Defence Headquarters, the Admiral was received […]