January 2026

KARACHI: Following reports of Nipah virus cases in India, the Director General of Health of Sindh issued an advisory directing health authorities to remain vigilant and take preventive measures. According to the Sindh health department, the situation is being closely monitored. The advisory asks all public and private hospitals to remain on alert and strictly

"Demanding that Karachi be placed under federal control is not unconstitutional," Federal Minister for Education and senior MQM-Pakistan leader Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui said on Thursday. Adding that if such debate is termed treason, then the relevant clauses should be removed from the Constitution itself. He expressed these views while answering questions from the media

Shahid Abdul Salaam Thahim, Pakistan People’s Party MP. Photo: file HYDERABAD: The brother of Pakistan People’s Party MP Shahid Abdul Salaam Thahim has accused the MPA and his paternal uncle of corruption, alleging that their actions tarnished the reputation of their late father, former provincial minister Abdul Salaam Thahim. In a video message broadcast from

HYDERABAD: Traders in Sanghar district observed a shutdown strike on Thursday to protest the police’s failure to make progress in the murder case of Dr Saleem Arain, who was shot dead on Tuesday. The family, the Arain community and local traders lamented that not only were the culprits still at large, but sections of the