Wednesday, December 19, 2012
By Shahid Husain
Violence against women is a problem of pandemic proportions in Pakistan. The number of women and girls killed in the name of honour in 2011 alone is 2,341, according to figures compiled from reports of the Aurat Foundation. The ...

Sunday, December 09, 2012
By Shahid Husain
LifeLine launched a mass awareness and advocacy campaign on reproductive health rights of Pakistani youth named HAYAT at a local hotel on Thursday. It says that only 29 per cent of girls and 41 per cent of boys have access to ...

Wednesday, December 05, 2012
By Shahid Husain
Around 68 percent of women and girls in Pakistan are subjected to sexual harassment, according to the latest Human Rights Watch (HRW) data. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the HRW said the mistreatment of women, including forced ...

Wednesday, November 21, 2012
By Shahid Husain
The ever-increasing roles of the private sector and businesses in protecting coastal areas and maintaining their ecological integrity were the main topics of discussion at a learning event of the ninth regional meeting of the ...

Wednesday, September 12, 2012
By Shahid Husain
There is great scope for medical tourism between Pakistan and India, especially in the domains of children’s cardiac surgery and liver transplants, eminent hematologist and transplant physician Dr Tahir S Shamsi told The News on ...

Wednesday, August 29, 2012
By Shahid Husain
As many as 157 cases of dengue have been reported in Sindh so far, and out of them 156 are reported from the metropolis alone. This was disclosed at a high-level meeting presided over by Sindh Health Secretary Aftab Khatri on ...

Wednesday, August 01, 2012
By Shahid Husain
Doctors say up to 12 patients visiting hospitals daily Officials say the number of dengue cases in the city has soared to 126, with a hospital survey showing 10-12 patients with high fever are visiting public and private sector ...

Wednesday, June 27, 2012
By Shahid Husain
Violence against women and children has become an insidious problem of alarming proportions and a recent study has revealed that many have fallen victim to incest, which some experts say has a more damaging psychological effect than ...

Wednesday, June 06, 2012
By Shahid Husain
Rear Admiral Azhar Hyat on Tuesday said that the Karachi Port Trust (KPT) was planning to install an effluent treatment plant to save the marine life from pollution besides establishing a wetland park. “We have planned a waste ...