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...
A medical practitioner holding a test tube for HIV test. — AFP/FileTwo children have lost their lives and a dozen others have tested positive for...
Pakistan Medical and Dental Council building can be seen in this image. — PMDC website/FileISLAMABAD: The IHC has restrained PMDC from taking...
An image from the launch of a joint UNFPA-SDPI report “Drought and Deluge: The Silent Sufferings of Women and Girls in Climate Change” on...
A general view of an airport. — AFP/FileIslamabad: Pakistan is facing a critical shortage of emergency medicine specialists with nearly 50 of the...
A representational image of a patient suffering from abdominal pain. — Pixabay/FileRestrictive narcotics laws and excessive regulation are denying...
Federal Minister for Health Syed Mustafa Kamal visits a stall during the third day of the 22nd Health Asia Exhibition on October 25, 2025. — NNI ...
Dr Emin Çakmak, Founding Chairman of the Turkish Healthcare Travel Council and Global Healthcare Travel Council. —...
Federal Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination, Syed Mustafa Kamal, addresses the National Health Awards during the...
Participants pose for a photo during the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the United Nations at the NED University of Engineering &...
A representational image of medicines. — AFP/FilePakistan is losing an estimated Rs35 billion to Rs50 billion every year due to non-evidence-based...
Participants pose for a photo at the 1st Health Research Symposium organised by the PIMA at JPMC on October 22, 2025. — Screengrab via...
A representational image of an inside view of a hospital ward. — AFP/FileISLAMABAD: The Ministry of National Health Services has removed Dr Ayaz...
A health care worker conducting a diabetes test on a patient. — AFP/FileFinancial strain, double jobs and unhealthy diets are pushing people as...
World Health Organization Representative to Pakistan Dr. Luo Dapeng. — emro.who.int/pak/FileISLAMABAD: Pakistan produces some of the most...
An MOU signing ceremony between a local Karachi School of Arts pharmaceutical firm on October 14, 2025. — Facebook@karachischoolofartWith the...
The image shows a blood sample in a test tube labeled for an HIV test. — AFP/FileISLAMABAD: Pakistan is on track to record its highest number of...
Vice Chancellor HSA Prof. Dr Shahzad Ali Khan speaks in a meeting. — Facebook@healthservicesacademy/FilePakistan should abandon fragmented...
Patients suffering from dengue fever being treated at a hospital on October 8, 2023. — OnlineA steep rise in dengue infections has put Karachi’s...
A representative image of a person suffering from a mental health crisis.— Reuters/File Urging the state to treat mental health as an emergency...
This representational image shows an SIEHS 1122 ambulance on the road. — Screengrab via YouTube@@siehspk/FileIn a city where parents of critically...
A representative image of a person suffering from a mental health crisis.— Reuters/File ISLAMABAD: With one in three Pakistanis estimated to be...
Palestinian children wait to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen amid shortages of food supplies, as the ongoing conflict between Israel and...
A view of containers at Faizabad Interchange. The residents of the twin city face difficulties due to the blockage of key routes ahead of a protest...
A delivery boy rides past the National Institute of Health building in Islamabad on August 16, 2024. — AFP ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of National...
This representational image shows a fire extinguisher in a red cabinet mounted on a wall. — Unsplash/FileKarachi is teetering on the edge of a...
Federal Health Minister Syed Mustafa Kamal looks on in this image on August 5, 2025. — Facebook@KamalMQM ISLAMABAD: Federal Health Minister Syed...
A logo is pictured outside a building of the World Health Organization . — Reuters/FileISLAMABAD: As global smoking rates fall to their lowest...
A representational image shows a person holding a cigarette between the fingers. — AFP/FileIslamabad: Despite a steady global decline in smoking,...
A family visits Clifton beach during intense hot weather in Karachi. — Reuters/FileThe Pakistan Meteorological Department said on Monday Cyclone...
The representational image shows a mobile health unit providing healthcare to women. — Facebook@alkhidmatsindhOwing to the growing incidence of...
