On August 18, 2025, Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz announced a groundbreaking initiative to transform the province’s sewage and waste management systems by adopting advanced Japanese technology. During her five-day visit to Japan, she toured Yokohama’s largest wastewater treatment plant, gaining insights into cutting-edge methods that could address Punjab’s pressing sanitation challenges. Maryam Nawaz, inspired...
On August 6, 2025, Transparency International Pakistan raised an urgent alarm over the soaring prices of medicines, exposing a troubling lack of transparency and weak enforcement of pharmaceutical policies. In a strongly worded letter to Federal Minister for National Health Services Syed Mustafa Kamal, the organization highlighted a staggering 3,000% to 4,000% price disparity for...
In a remarkable medical feat, doctors at Sindh Government Lyari General Hospital in Karachi successfully removed a lock from the stomach of a 23-year-old mentally ill patient without resorting to surgery. The patient, a resident of Khokhrapar, was brought to the hospital in critical condition after swallowing a lock, according to Professor Anjum Rehman, a...
On August 1, 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially recognized Madinah Munawwarah as a “Healthy City,” a prestigious accolade highlighting the city’s commitment to public health, environmental sustainability, and community well-being. Prince Salman bin Sultan, Governor of Madinah Region, accepted the WHO accreditation certificate from Minister of Health Fahd Al-Jalajel. The governor emphasized that...
On July 30, 2025, Federal Health Minister Mustafa Kamal chaired a high-level meeting in Islamabad to review the progress of Pakistan’s ambitious telemedicine project, a transformative initiative aimed at delivering healthcare to the doorstep of millions. Joined by the Joint Secretary Health, Director General Development, and a Special Consultant on Telemedicine, the meeting focused on...
On July 29, 2025, Pakistan signed an agreement with the World Health Organization (WHO) to provide free cancer medicines to 8,000 children annually. This agreement, part of the Global Platform for Access to Childhood Cancer Medicines (GPACCM), aims to transform pediatric cancer care in Pakistan by boosting survival rates from 30% to 60% by 2030....
The Sindh Health Department confirmed the province’s first dengue-related death of the year today. A 48-year-old woman from Karachi’s East District succumbed to complications from dengue fever while receiving treatment at a private hospital. The patient, admitted on July 23, 2025, was battling not only dengue but also underlying conditions, including diabetes and a urinary...
On July 19, 2025, authorities in Karachi declared 43 residential buildings in Gulistan-e-Johar as dangerous, raising alarm for thousands of residents, including women and children, living in hundreds of flats across various blocks. The Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) identified these structures as structurally unsound, prompting safety concerns following the recent Lyari building collapse that...
The Tharparkar district in Sindh, Pakistan, is grappling with a significant spike in snakebite cases, with nearly 200 people bitten in July 2025 alone, following heavy monsoon rains, according to the Sindh Health Department. The victims primarily come from rural areas and were rushed to government hospitals in Mithi, Chhachro, Islamkot, Nangarparkar, and Diplo for...
The federal cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, approved a 15% increase in pensions under the Employees’ Old-Age Benefits Institution (EOBI), effective from January 1, 2025, and extended a five-year duty exemption for importing life-saving drugs for cancer, heart diseases, and critical care. According to a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office Media...