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Father seeks probe into death of twin sons after polio drops

CHITRAL: Twin brothers aged eight months died in Denin area after they were administered polio drops, their father claimed on Thursday. However, a doctor associated with the polio vaccination rejected the allegation regarding the death of twin brothers from polio drops and said the kids were already sick and had many diseases from birth.  Talking […]

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SHC dismisses case against AKUH

KARACHI: A case against Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH)  has been dismissed by Sindh High Court. The petition had sought a direction for the AKUH to provide free medical facilities to the poor, a division bench headed. SHC Chief Justice Ahmed Ali M Sheikh observed that the hospital had been acting within its aims and

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Put our house in order: Nawaz

Put our house in order, as there is an urgent need for a national agenda to pull Pakistan out of its current crises and take it on the path of democracy, said PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif. In a speech delivered from London to the Asma Jahangir Conference held in Lahore, the former prime minister once

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Truck spills cash on California freeway

LOS ANGELES: An armoured truck spilled huge wads of cash across a California freeway on Friday, prompting chaotic scenes as drivers stopped to scoop up banknotes. Cash on California freeway. But motorists hoping to line their pockets with an unexpected pre-Thanksgiving windfall were thwarted, as police cracked down and arrested two people. “There’s a lot

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Over 8.2 million microfinance borrowers in Pakistan

KARACHI: Microfinance borrowing has recorded significant increase across Pakistan, taking the number of such borrowers to over 8.2 million. According to the latest data released by the Pakistan Microfinance Network (PMN) — the national association for retail players in the microfinance industry — as many as 161,318 customers joined the ranks of active borrowers in

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