Experts link congenital heart defects to hereditary factors, cousin marriages, and inadequate antenatal care PESHAWAR: Heart disease, often associated with old age, is affecting thousands of children in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), with doctors treating a wide range of congenital and cardiac conditions among the young. During 2025, the Peshawar Institute of Cardiology (PIC) examined 22,563 children … Read more

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi during an interview with Hamid Mir. — Screengrab via Geo News LAHORE: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Chief Minister Sohail Afridi on Monday accused the Punjab government and police of political victimisation and brutality during his visit to Lahore to offer condolences to the family of a slain Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) activist, … Read more

Capital Development Authority (CDA). Photo: APP ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for preparing an integrated Water Supply, Sewerage and Drainage Master Plan for the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT). CDA Chairman and Chief Commissioner Islamabad Sohail Ashraf signed the MoU on … Read more

. LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) has restrained authorities from expelling 13 Afghan medical students from their colleges and directed the University of Health Sciences (UHS), PMDC and concerned medical colleges to submit their replies at the next hearing. Justice Khalid Ishaq issued the interim order while hearing petitions filed by 13 Afghan students, … Read more

. Jinnah International Airport, Karachi. Photo: Express KARACHI: The deadline for implementing NADRA-integrated vaccination certificates for Umrah pilgrims departing from Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport was extended until Sept 25 at 10am, according to a notification issued by the Airport Health Department of Border Health Services-Pakistan on Monday. Last week, the federal government made it mandatory … Read more