KARACHI: A recent study has found most piped water samples collected from three different areas of Korangi town contaminated with faecal matter. In addition, the level of residual chlorine in these samples was below the World Health Organisation guidelines. Titled ‘Prevalence of faecal contamination within a public drinking water supply system in district Korangi’, the […]
By: Mariam Shafqat and Danish Hussain RAWALPINDI / ISLAMABAD: Location and management of a waste-dumping site on the IJP Road has led to buck passing between the Rawalpindi Waste Management Company (RWMC) and the Capital Development Authority (CDA). The level of air pollution in Rawalpindi has reached alarming proportions. A recent World Health Organisation (WHO) […]
KHAIRPUR: India, Pakistan, China and Iran are the world’s most polluted countries while Karachi is the most environmentally degraded city of Pakistan. This was stated by Prof Mohammad Sharif Shaikh, chairman of the geography department of Shah Abdul Latif University (Salu) Khairpur, while quoting the World Health Organization’s (WHO) reports for years 2008-13 at an […]
By Asma Humayun According to the World Health Organisation, domestic violence is a global public health issue. Simply put, this verdict means that domestic violence exists in all countries, cultures and religions and stems from the social, cultural and economic fabric of communities. Further, any health issue where the basic rights of an individual are […]
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