With no incinerators, most healthcare facilities hire private contractors for medical waste disposal KARACHI: Government district and taluka hospitals in Karachi and interior Sindh lack proper incinerator facilities to dispose of medical waste on scientific grounds. As a result, hazardous hospital waste is largely being handed over to private contractors, with little oversight on its…
24-year-old clears exam on first try, secures top post, brings pride to tribal district Muneeba Hussain is the first woman from Bajaur successfully cleared CSS 2025 examination. PHOTO: AUTHOR PESHAWAR: In a major milestone for the tribal districts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Muneeba Hussain became the first woman from Bajaur to be allocated to the Pakistan Administrative…
KENYA: There was a hero’s welcome for marathon world record-breaker Sabastian Sawe as he returned to Kenya and was lauded by President William Ruto on Thursday. Sawe made history in London on Sunday by becoming the first athlete to run a sub-two hour marathon in race conditions.Receiving Sawe at State House in Nairobi, Ruto said…
10,194 gutka-related cases were registered in 2019, of which 5,500 are still pending Gutka and mainpuri prepared and sold openly in defiance of the law. PHOTO: FILE KARACHI: Karachi is facing a growing public health and law enforcement crisis as the illegal trade and widespread use of gutka continue largely unchecked. Despite strict laws and…
Afghan forces target civilian populations in six separate incidents, destroy eight residential houses Taliban security personnel stand guard near the Torkham border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan in the Nangarhar province on February 27, 2026. Pakistan bombed major cities in Afghanistan including the capital Kabul on February 27. PHOTO: AFP At least nine civilians were…
LONDON: Scott Parker has left his position as head coach of Burnley by mutual consent following the club’s relegation from the Premier League, it was announced on Thursday. Burnley said in a statement that Parker and the board had “mutually agreed that his time at Turf Moor would conclude” following one season back in the…
Israel’s foreign ministry says 20 of the ships ‘now making their way peacefully to Israel’ The flotilla set sail in recent weeks from Marseille in France, Barcelona in Spain and Syracuse in Italy.AFP Organisers of a Gaza-bound aid flotilla on Thursday said Israel’s army had “kidnapped” 211 activists, including a Paris city councillor, in a…
Project hailed as breakthrough, offering rapid transport for critical patients in remote districts Chief Minister Balochistan Mir Sarfraz Bugti said the air ambulance is now fully ready for service and will soon be formally launched for the public. PHOTO: CM BALOCHISTAN X QUETTA: For the first time in Balochistan’s history, people living in remote and…
LONDON: A FIFA rule change allowing Afghanistan’s women footballers to compete in official matches is a “historic moment” and “basic human right”, former captain Khalida Popal told AFP on Thursday. Afghanistan will in future be eligible to qualify for the Women’s World Cup and the Olympics, something Popal said was the culmination of a “long…
Germany says it is prepared for possible US troop cuts, stresses importance of transatlantic ties US President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz meet in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, US, March 3, 2026. PHOTO: REUTERS United States President Donald Trump criticised German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Thursday, saying…