News & Blogs from Pakistan
Archive for July, 2010
Breastfeeding practice ‘lowest in Pakistan’
Jul 29th
ISLAMABAD: Experts at a seminar on Wednesday revealed that in Pakistan, 72 infants die out of 1000 live births every year. But out of these 72 deaths, 53 are those who die before reaching the age of one month due to diarrhoea, pneumonia, respiratory infections and malnutrition. A major source of these diseases is lack [...]
Rumoured survivors stretch hope in agonising wait
Jul 29th
ISLAMABAD: “Just tell me one thing, is my brother alive or death?” A middle-aged woman standing outside the emergency ward of Pims cried out. She went around, outside the hospital, pleading everyone to give her information. Her brother, a student, was on the ill-fated Airblue flight ED-202, when it went down with 152 people on [...]
Resolute locals rush to the crash site
Jul 29th
ISLAMABAD: The news of the tragic plane crash in Margalla Hills left Islamabad devastated and confused. Two hours after the incident, locals trekking up the site of the crash had swelled up to seven hundred. Some were there for signs of their relatives who were on the fateful flight of Airblue ED 202, others had [...]
Balochistan faces more torrential rain
Jul 29th
QUETTA: At least three people – including two children – were killed while five others suffered injuries when heavy rains hit the already flood-affected districts in Balochistan on Wednesday. Babo, nine, and Fariza, five, were killed in Ghot Pyara Khan Umrani, a village in Usta Mohammad, when their mud house collapsed. Three others received injuries [...]
Merger of FIA, NAB proposed
Jul 29th
ISLAMABAD: The federal government is likely to establish a new autonomous anti-corruption institution for accountability in public sector enterprises, sources said. A study commissioned by the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on accountability of public sector has suggested merger of anti-corruption functions of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) with those of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to [...]
Travel agency files case for ‘discrimination’
Jul 29th
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) issued a notice to the religious affairs ministry on Wednesday for alleged discriminatory registration of private Hajj tour-operator agencies for quota allocation. The two-member SHC division bench also issued a notice to the Sindh deputy attorney-general to file comments at the next hearing date. The petitioner, Aurangzeb Orakzai, the [...]
Dais offer a helping hand where nurses and doctors can’t reach
Jul 29th
KARACHI: Because of expensive and scarce heathcare and medical facilities in Pakistan, most of the public, especially those living in rural areas, is left with no choice but to resort to midwives or dais when it comes to delivering a baby, said the Midwifery Association of Pakistan. The association (MAP) celebrated the International Day of [...]
Two more too much
Jul 29th
SUKKUR: When the Pakistan Express finally made it to the Rohri Railway Station, ten hours behind schedule, the passengers waiting for it were already edgy. When the railway authorities announced soon after, that the train’s locomotive has broken down and would take at least two hours to fix the problem, some of the people went [...]
Roads submerged on third day of monsoons
Jul 29th
KARACHI: People thought Karachi survived the monsoons that started on Monday, but Wednesday’s downpour proved otherwise. At least 11 people were killed in different incidents over the last two days as over 69 millimetres of rain lashed the city. The Meteorological office has forecast rain and thundershowers with moderate rainfall for the city on Thursday. [...]
Footballer Mesha Daud among plane crash victims
Jul 29th
ISLAMABAD: Renowned national female footballer Mesha Daud was also among those 152 passengers aboard on Air blue’s plane, which met deadly crash in Islamabad on Wednesday morning, Geo News reported. She was hailing from Karachi and was flying to Islamabad for participation in 6th National Women Football Championship (NWFC) due to be held in Islamabad from today. The sad demise of Mesha has left the participants deeply saddened.
