KARACHI: Sindh’s health minister Dr. Azra Fazal Pechuho has said that a special vaccination campaign being run in the areas with several measles cases, ARY News reported on Wednesday. In a statement Azra Pechuho has said that a vaccine drive being started again from May 13 to 25 for typhoid vaccination. “In Sindh 8.9 million children of six months to …

ISLAMABAD: Over half of the country’s population does not have access to internet, but districts that perform better on digital transformation are also among the better performing areas in terms of human development, reve­als the first-ever Di­g­ital Develop­ment Index (DDI) report, released on Tuesday. Prepared in the collaboration with the United Nati­ons Develo­pment Prog­r­a­mme (UNDP), the rep­ort is part of …

Experimentation closer to a World Cup is a norm. In this day and age of tight international schedules—and, in the case of Pakistan, sometimes the unavailability of competitive opponents due to leagues around the world—finalising permutations and combinations becomes an arduous task. You have to rely on the available sample size—something the Pakistan Cricket Board did after the conclusion of …

Pakistani mixed martial arts fighter Shahzaib Rind on Tuesday lamented that it was the government’s “bad luck” that it did not support its country’s heroes after his 2-1 victory over India at Dubai’s Karate Combat 45 event over the weekend. Karate Combat, which describes itself as the world’s “premier full-contact karate league”, held a “night of martial arts excellence” with its …

PARIS: No fencers from Russia or Belarus will take part in the Paris Olympics after those eligible under a neutral banner did not enter for European qualifiers, acco­r­ding to the European Fencing Confederation. “There are unfortunately no Russian or Belarusian athletes,” EFC president Giorgio Scarso told reporters on Tuesday. “The date for enrolment has passed. The reason for their absence …

KARACHI: West Indies rode on yet another century by skipper Hayley Matthews to win the third women’s One-day International and secure a 3-0 clean sweep over Pakistan here at the National Bank Stadium on Tuesday. Matthews, who had also scored a hundred n the first one-dayer, smashed 141 off 149 balls with the help of 19 boundaries to help the visitors post …

LAHORE: The message is clear: In Lahore, Pakistan can’t rest on their laurels. New Zealand’s stunning victory in the third Twenty20 International was a reminder that Pakistan wouldn’t be enjoying a cakewalk against the depleted tourists and all-rounder Shadab Khan has stressed that his side will need to learn from their mistakes. After the opening game of the five-match series was …

KARACHI: A prospective investment blueprint delineating a proposed infusion of $1 billion into various plans for port development in Pakistan was unveiled on Tuesday by Hutchison Ports, one of the world’s leading ports network, already operating in the country. The plan was unveiled by a delegation of the Hong Kong-based ports network during a meeting with Minister for Maritime Affairs …

KARACHI: The non-performing loans (NPLs) of the banking sector increased by 7.6 per cent, or Rs70 billion, during 2023, according to data released by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Tuesday. The rise in defaults, influenced by high interest rates and sluggish economic growth, reflects ongoing financial struggles within almost all segments of the economy. Throughout 2023, political instability …