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Shahbaz forms committee to probe reasons for not running anti-measles campaign

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has formed an investigation committee to probe reasons for not running anti-measles campaign in the province, Dispatch News...

Fourth patient dies as doctors’ strike continue at Karachi’s JPMC

KARACHI: Another patient died at the Karachi’s Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center on Thursday as the ongoing strike by doctors entered the third day. The doctors...

World Bank approves $100 million loan for reforms in Punjab health sector

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank (WB) has approved a $100 million loan to finance reforms in the health sector of Punjab, the country’s largest province...

“No Tobacco Day” is today

Islamabad: Every year, on 31 May, WHO and partners everywhere mark World No Tobacco Day, highlighting the health risks associated with tobacco use and advocating...

WHO suspends anti-polio drive in Peshawar after shooting

PESHAWAR: The World Health Organisation (WHO) suspended its polio eradication campaign in Pakistan's troubled northwestern city of Peshawar on Tuesday after two young workers...

Attack on Polio team in Peshawar; one lady health worker killed, another injured

PESHAWAR: One lady worker was killed and another was critically injured when unidentified assailants opened fire on an anti-polio vaccination team in Badbher area...

10 more kids die of measles in Lahore, toll mounts to 120

LAHORE: Ten more children died of measles in Lahore on Monday, bringing the death toll in this city to 65 and 120 in Punjab...

Three more children die of measles, Punjab death toll hits 90

LAHORE: Three more children died of measles on Monday, bringing overall death toll from the outbreak in Punjab to 90 since January. The deceased children...

Eleven dengue cases reported in last two days in Karachi

KARACHI: As many as 113 people were declared as dengue patients in the year so far only in Karachi while at least eleven cases...

Two more children die of measles in Punjab, death toll rises 80

LAHORE: Two more children passed away on Wednesday, bringing the number of deaths from the disease to 80 in Punjab. The two kids died in...

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