M. Waqar Bhatti, is an investigative reporter, currently covering health, science, environment and water issues for The News International.

A representational image of medicines. — Pixabay/FileThe Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan has sealed a pharmaceutical factory in...
A medical practitioner holding a test tube for HIV test. — AFP/FileAn alarming surge in HIV cases among children is being witnessed across Sindh...
This representational image shows solar panels. — Unsplash/FileSolar energy and basic technical training are enabling widows and low-income women...
A representational image shows a diabetic patient conducting a diabetes test. — Reuters/FileISLAMABAD: Only 16 per cent of diagnosed diabetics in...
Prof Dr Shahid Rasool, executive director of Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre . — jpmc.edu.pk/FileProf Dr Shahid Rasool, executive director of...
A logo is pictured outside a building of the World Health Organization . — Reuters/FileISLAMABAD: Pakistan recorded an estimated 670,000...
Goods carrier trucks cross into Pakistan at the zero point Torkham border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan, in Nangarhar province. —...
The representational image of an ambulance. — APP/FileA picnic meant for joy turned tragic on Wednesday when three final-year students of the Dow...
The National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases building in Karachi can be seen in this photo. — NICVD website/File In a groundbreaking medical...
A representational image showing the silhouette of a woman holding her head. — AFP/FileWomen, low-income urban residents and divorced Pakistanis...
A dengue virus patient rests on a hospital bed covered with a net for protection from virus-carrying mosquitos. — AFP/FileDengue claimed another...
Chairman Senate Standing Committee on National Health Services Senator Amir Waliuddin Chishti chairs the committee meeting on November 5, 2025. —...
In this image taken on May 8, 2019, a Pakistani doctor examines the blood sample from a patient for an HIV test at a state-run hospital. —...
Participants pose for a group photo at the Global Conference on Brain and Mental Health hosted by the Aga Khan University’s Brain and Mind...
Dengue Virus and Malaria patients are being treated in isolation ward established at the Civil Hospital in Karachi on November 5, 2025. —...
HIV/AIDS can affect any organ, causing systemic illnesses that appear as skin involvement. — AFP/FileHIV cases among children in Pathan Colony and...
Federal Health Minister Syed Mustafa Kamal speaks at an event in Islamabad on November 3, 2025. — Facebook@KamalMQMISLAMABAD: Federal Health...
Dengue patients rest under mosquito nets at the dengue ward in the hospital, in Provincial Capital.— ONLINE/ FileKARACHI: The dengue situation in...
HIV/AIDS can affect any organ, causing systemic illnesses that appear as skin involvement. — AFP/FileKARACHI: A surge in HIV cases among children...
Federal Health Minister Syed Mustafa Kamal speaks at the Multistakeholder Technical Workshop on Strengthening Pharmacovigilance Systems in...